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

Truck accident deaths in Panola County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 3 in 2020 to 15 in 2021, fell to 3 in 2022, rose to 7 in 2023 and fell to 2 in 2024. The highest count was 15 in 2021, and the lowest was 2 in 2024. The 2024 count was lower than the 2020 count by 1 death.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 30.0%, 68.2%, 30.0%, 50.0% and 28.6%. All traffic deaths numbered 10 in 2020, 22 in 2021, 10 in 2022, 14 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. These annual figures count deaths, rather than 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 Panola County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 16.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 80.0%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 3.3%. This 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. 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 truck accidents in Panola County involved 29 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 22 and represented 75.9% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 7. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 4.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each of these figures counts vehicles. They are distinct from the county's 24 fatal crashes and 30 deaths during the period. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle total is not a count of separate crash events or people killed.^{[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. Head-on recorded 10 deaths (33.3%); angle (side impact), 9 (30.0%); rear-end, 7 (23.3%); and sideswipe, 0 (0.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths (13.3%). That row 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]}

Separately, truck accident configuration counts vehicles involved: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 2 deaths (6.7%), two-vehicle crashes for 22 (73.3%), and crashes involving at least 3 vehicles for 6 (20.0%). These are death shares, distinct from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, representing 0.0%. This classification requires an interstate route code and a readable I-route number in the road identifier. No individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet; route-coded figures describe a subset rather than the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 20 deaths (66.7%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 10 (33.3%). Urban locations recorded 3 deaths (10.0%), and rural locations recorded 27 (90.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0. These location and time figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Panola County's truck accident death rate was 26.4 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5, and the national rate was 1.6. Panola County's rate was higher than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Harrison County, Texas, had a rate of 6.8; Caddo Parish, Louisiana, had 1.9; and De Soto Parish, Louisiana, had 15.5. Panola County's rate was higher than each listed neighbor's rate. These rates divide deaths at crash locations by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. They are not rates restricted to deaths of people who lived in each area.^{[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. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash county, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates use 2020 through 2024 deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for De Soto Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Harrison County, Texas (2020-2024)