Truck accident statistics for Montgomery County, Texas (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Montgomery County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 7 in 2020 to 21 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022. The count rose to 7 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest count was 21 in 2021; the lowest was 6 in 2022. The 2024 count was 3 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed the same yearly direction: 13.2% in 2020, 30.4% in 2021, 9.1% in 2022, 10.9% in 2023 and 16.1% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 53, 69, 66, 64 and 62 in those respective years. These annual counts measure deaths, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Montgomery County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 39 truck accident deaths, or 76.5%, the largest person category. People in the large truck accounted for 9 deaths, or 17.6%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 3 deaths, or 5.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It is therefore not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Montgomery County involved 51 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 23 and represented 45.1% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 28. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks. The corresponding truck accident totals were 49 fatal crashes and 51 deaths; the vehicle figures describe the trucks involved in those crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) accounted for 15 deaths, or 29.4%; head-on for 6, or 11.8%; rear-end for 12, or 23.5%; and sideswipe for 3, or 5.9%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 15 deaths, or 29.4%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures assign 11 truck accident deaths, or 21.6%, to single-vehicle crashes; 31, or 60.8%, to two-vehicle crashes; and 9, or 17.6%, to crashes involving three or more vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 12, or 23.5%. The listed route counts were 7 deaths for I-45 and 5 for I-69. These figures use the interstate route code and a parseable interstate route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 35 deaths, or 68.6%, and nighttime for 16, or 31.4%. Urban locations recorded 36 deaths, or 70.6%; rural locations recorded 15, or 29.4%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2. These location and time figures count deaths rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Montgomery County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.5 for Texas and 1.6 nationally. Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County had a rate of 1.0, Liberty County 5.4 and Waller County 8.1. Montgomery County's rate was higher than Harris County's and lower than Liberty County's and Waller County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths during 2020 through 2024 by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The deaths are assigned by crash location, so the population-based rate does not mean that the people who died lived in the county.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

About these figures

FARS is NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep the grouping by crash county distinct from the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rate denominators sum annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025. The separately shown July 1, 2024 estimate of 751,183 is not the denominator used to calculate the average annual rate.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Harris County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Liberty County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Waller County, Texas (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Montgomery County, Texas (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)