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

Truck accident deaths in Webb County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 2 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and reached their highest annual count, 7, in 2022. The count then fell to 3 in 2023 and 2 in 2024. The lowest count was 2, recorded in both 2020 and 2024. The endpoint counts were the same, with a change of 0 deaths from 2020 to 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 14.3% in 2020, 26.1% in 2021, 26.9% in 2022, 11.1% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different sequence: 14, 23, 26, 27 and 23 for those respective years. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2022; the lowest 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 Webb County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 25.0%. People in other vehicles accounted for 9 deaths, or 45.0%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 6 deaths, or 30.0%, in truck accidents from 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles. It therefore does not function as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for fatal truck accidents in Webb County was 20 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, identified in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 15 trucks and 75.0% of the large-truck count. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 5 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures count vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are distinct from the 19 fatal crashes and 20 deaths recorded for the period. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so a truck count is not a crash count.^{[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 2 deaths (10.0%); head-on, 1 (5.0%); rear-end, 4 (20.0%); sideswipe, 1 (5.0%); and Other, 2 (10.0%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (50.0%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle 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 deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 10 (50.0%); two-vehicle, 9 (45.0%); and three or more vehicles, 1 (5.0%). Configuration counts vehicles involved and is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 5, or 25.0%, with 5 recorded for I-35. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number in the FARS road identifier. The listed route counts describe 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., accounted for 11 deaths (55.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 9 deaths (45.0%). Urban and rural classifications each recorded 10 deaths (50.0%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0; that figure counts deaths, not vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Webb County's truck accident death rate was 1.5 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. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts were 20 for Webb County, 3,712 for Texas and 27,553 nationally. No neighboring county rates are supplied in this packet.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The rate uses deaths divided by the sum of annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. It does not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Whether reading for statistical context or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the grouping in view: these deaths are assigned to the county where the crash happened.^{[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

NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. It includes crashes involving a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. County counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's home. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. These average annual rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]