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

Truck accident deaths in Tarrant County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 24 in 2020 to 30 in 2021, then fell to 18 in 2022. The count rose to 24 in 2023 before falling to 20 in 2024. The highest count was 30 in 2021, and the lowest was 18 in 2022. The 2024 count was 4 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 12.6% in 2020, 13.1% in 2021, 8.6% in 2022, 11.1% in 2023 and 9.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 190, 229, 210, 217 and 205 in those respective years. These yearly figures count deaths rather than 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 Tarrant County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 19 deaths, or 16.4%. People in other vehicles accounted for 73 deaths, or 62.9%, the majority of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 24 deaths, or 20.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by the person's category in the crash.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Tarrant County involved 134 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 81, accounting for 60.4% of those trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 53 vehicles. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 101 fatal truck crashes and 116 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than the share of crashes or the share of people who died.^{[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) recorded 22 deaths (19.0%); Head-on, 9 (7.8%); Rear-end, 34 (29.3%); Sideswipe, 7 (6.0%); Other, 2 (1.7%); and Not reported, 7 (6.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 35 (30.2%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate truck accident configuration counts were Single-vehicle, 23 deaths (19.8%); Two-vehicle, 57 (49.1%); and Three or more vehicles, 36 (31.0%). These describe vehicle numbers, separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 55, or 47.4%, using ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. Listed route-coded counts were 22 deaths on I-35, 14 on I-20, 10 on I-820 and 6 on I-30. These routes are the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 51 deaths (44.0%); nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 65 (56.0%). Urban locations recorded 113 deaths (97.4%), and rural locations recorded 3 (2.6%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 8. The work-zone figure counts people who died, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Tarrant County's truck accident death rate was 1.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded 2.5, and the United States recorded 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates use deaths at the crash location and do not describe deaths by the person's home county.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Dallas County recorded 1.6, Ellis County 4.3, Denton County 0.9 and Johnson County 2.7. Ellis County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Denton County had the lowest. Tarrant County's rate was higher than Denton County's and lower than the other listed neighbors' rates. Population-based rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[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. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts use the crash county, not where people lived. Data for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and can change when replaced by the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This gives average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 2,230,038 is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Dallas County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Denton County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Ellis County, Texas (2020-2024)

On related publications

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