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

Truck accident deaths in Waller County by year

Truck accident deaths numbered 6 in 2020, rose to 8 in 2021, and fell to 3 in 2022. The count then rose to 7 in 2023 before falling to 1 in 2024. The highest count was in 2021, while 2024 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 5 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 33.3% in 2020, 36.4% in 2021, 27.3% in 2022, 46.7% in 2023 and 9.1% in 2024. Thus, the highest truck accident death count and the highest share occurred in different years: 2021 for the count and 2023 for the share.^{[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 Waller County truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 19 deaths, or 76.0% of truck accident deaths. People in the large truck accounted for 2 deaths, or 8.0%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category in the table.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 4 deaths, or 16.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The fatal truck accident records include 25 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 16 and represented 64.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 9. The records also identify 2 large trucks as jackknifed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 23 fatal crashes and 25 deaths. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the large trucks involved in fatal crashes, rather than a share of crashes or a share of 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. Angle (side impact) accounted for 10 deaths (40.0%), head-on for 2 (8.0%), rear-end for 3 (12.0%), sideswipe for 0 (0.0%) and Other for 3 (12.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 (28.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separate crash configuration figures assign 6 deaths (24.0%) to single-vehicle crashes, 15 (60.0%) to two-vehicle crashes and 4 (16.0%) to crashes involving three or more vehicles. These death shares classify vehicle involvement separately from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 5, or 20.0% of the county total. The listed I-10 count was 5 deaths. These interstate figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; the listed route counts are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 11 deaths (44.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 14 (56.0%). Urban records contained 2 deaths (8.0%), while rural records contained 23 (92.0%). Work-zone records accounted for 8 deaths. The work-zone figure counts people killed, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Waller County's truck accident death rate was 8.1 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.5 for Texas and 1.6 nationally. Among the listed neighboring counties, Harris County recorded 1.0, Montgomery County recorded 1.5 and Fort Bend County recorded 0.7. Waller County's rate was higher than each of these rates. Montgomery County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rates divide deaths from 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. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, remember that these counts group deaths by crash location, rather than by the home county of the people killed.^{[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. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. County counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 and multiply by 100,000, yielding average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments 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 Harris County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Montgomery County, Texas (2020-2024)