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

Truck accident deaths in Williamson County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 9 in 2020 to 15 in 2021, then remained at 15 in 2022. The count fell to 7 in 2023 and rose to 11 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2022; the lowest occurred in 2023. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths involving a large truck was 20.9% in 2020, 27.8% in 2021, 22.7% in 2022, 16.3% in 2023 and 21.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 43, 54, 66, 43 and 51 in those respective years. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2021, while the highest all-traffic death count occurred in 2022.^{[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 Williamson County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 10.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 46 deaths, or 80.7%, the largest person category. These figures describe people killed in truck accidents during 2020 through 2024, rather than counts of vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 5 deaths, or 8.8%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Williamson County involved 52 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 23, accounting for 44.2% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 29. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 3.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the county's 50 fatal truck crashes and 57 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the truck total is not a count of separate accidents. Likewise, the jackknifed-truck figure counts trucks rather than deaths or crashes.^{[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 28 deaths (49.1%); head-on, 9 (15.8%); rear-end, 10 (17.5%); sideswipe, 0 (0.0%); and Other, 2 (3.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 deaths (14.0%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 6 (10.5%); two-vehicle, 43 (75.4%); and three or more vehicles, 8 (14.0%). Configuration counts vehicles involved; it is separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 6, or 10.5%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed route-coded count for I-35 was 6 deaths. Interstate identification requires the interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the listed route is 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 33 deaths (57.9%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 24 (42.1%). Urban locations recorded 23 deaths (40.4%), while rural locations recorded 34 (59.6%). The work-zone figure was 1 death, a count of people killed rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Williamson County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Texas recorded a rate of 2.5, and the United States recorded 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Travis County recorded 1.6, Bell County recorded 2.1 and Bastrop County recorded 3.7. Williamson County's rate was higher than Travis County's and lower than Bell County's and Bastrop County's. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. When reading truck accident lawyer material, keep this population-based rate distinct from a death count.^{[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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts use crash location, not the deceased person's residence.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced by the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjusting for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 729,013 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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

On related publications

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