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

Truck accident deaths in Nacogdoches County by year

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

The share of all traffic deaths attributed to crashes involving large trucks increased each year: 6.2% in 2020, 17.6% in 2021, 23.5% in 2022, 38.9% in 2023 and 54.5% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 16, 34, 17, 18 and 11 in those respective years. These annual shares describe deaths, rather than the proportion of crashes involving trucks.^{[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 Nacogdoches County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 7 deaths, or 29.2%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 70.8%. People in other vehicles were the largest category of truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, covering pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. The label therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Nacogdoches County involved 23 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 11 and represented 47.8% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 12. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These truck accident figures count vehicles, rather than crashes or deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count has a different meaning from the county's 21 fatal crashes and 24 deaths. The truck-tractor share uses the 23 large trucks as its denominator.^{[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 11 deaths (45.8%), head-on for 8 (33.3%), rear-end for 2 (8.3%) and sideswipe for 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 3 deaths (12.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle; a vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 3 (12.5%); two-vehicle, 17 (70.8%); and three or more vehicles, 4 (16.7%). Configuration counts vehicles involved, while manner of collision classifies the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

The route-coded interstate category recorded 0 truck accident deaths, or 0.0%, during 2020 through 2024. This category requires an interstate route classification and a parseable I-route number in the roadway identifier. No individual interstate route counts are listed in the supplied data.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 17 deaths (70.8%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 7 (29.2%). Urban locations recorded 10 deaths (41.7%), and rural locations recorded 14 (58.3%). Work-zone deaths numbered 2. These figures describe deaths by the recorded circumstances of crashes, not counts of trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

The average annual truck accident death rate in Nacogdoches County was 7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was higher than the Texas rate of 2.5 and the United States rate of 1.6. Neighboring Angelina County recorded a rate of 4.8, also lower than Nacogdoches County's rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 24 in Nacogdoches County, 3,712 in Texas, 27,553 nationally and 21 in Angelina County. Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and express the result as average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Deaths are assigned by crash location, so the rates do not describe deaths exclusively among county residents.^{[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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. When reading these figures alongside the phrase "truck accident lawyer," keep their grouping by crash county, rather than residence, in mind.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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