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

Truck accident deaths in Ward County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 3 in 2020, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was 5, recorded in both 2022 and 2024; the lowest was 3 in 2020. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Across the period, the average was 4.2 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths also varied: 37.5% in 2020, 40.0% in 2021, 62.5% in 2022, 50.0% in 2023 and 71.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 8, 10, 8, 8 and 7 in those respective years. The highest annual share occurred in 2024.^{[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 Ward County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 23.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 15 deaths, or 71.4%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 4.8%.^{[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 therefore does not apply a literal outside-the-vehicle test to everyone in that row.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Ward County involved 21 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Of those vehicles, 17 were truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units. Truck-tractors represented 81.0% of the large trucks involved. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 4. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 20 fatal crashes and 21 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count individual crashes 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. Angle (side impact) recorded 7 deaths (33.3%); head-on, 5 (23.8%); rear-end, 3 (14.3%); and sideswipe, 2 (9.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 4 deaths (19.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle configuration were single-vehicle, 4 (19.0%); two-vehicle, 17 (81.0%); and three or more vehicles, 0 (0.0%). These shares describe the number of vehicles in the crash, separate from its manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 5, or 23.8%. The listed I-20 route-coded count was 5 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route classification and a parseable interstate route number. The listed route represents the packet's 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 9 deaths (42.9%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 12 deaths (57.1%). Urban locations recorded 5 deaths (23.8%), while rural locations recorded 16 (76.2%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0; that measure counts deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Ward County's truck accident death rate was 37.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The Texas rate was 2.5, and the United States rate was 1.6. Ward County's rate was higher than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Ector County recorded 6.2 and Reeves County recorded 50.3. Ward County's rate was higher than Ector County's and lower than Reeves County's.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The underlying truck accident death counts were 21 for Ward County, 3,712 for Texas, 27,553 nationally, 51 for Ector County and 32 for Reeves 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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts group deaths by crash county, not residence.^[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 the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. This yields average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting 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 Ector County, Texas (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Reeves County, Texas (2020-2024)