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

Truck accident deaths in Wise County by year

Truck accident deaths increased each year, from 1 in 2020 to 2 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2024, and the lowest was 1 in 2020. The 2024 count was 8 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Across the period, the average was 4.2 deaths per year.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents also rose: 9.1% in 2020, 11.1% in 2021, 17.4% in 2022, 22.7% in 2023 and 25.7% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different sequence, rising from 11 to 18 to 23, falling to 22, then rising to 35.^{[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 Wise County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 23.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 76.2%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is represented by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Whether someone was outside a vehicle is not literally what the grouping tests: occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can also be included.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Wise County involved 19 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 10 and represented 52.6% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 9 vehicles. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 18 fatal crashes and 21 deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table describes the vehicles involved rather than the number of 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 10 deaths (47.6%), Head-on 5 (23.8%), Rear-end 2 (9.5%), Sideswipe 0 (0.0%) and Other 1 (4.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 3 deaths (14.3%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include a parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. Vehicles in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were Single-vehicle, 3 (14.3%); Two-vehicle, 18 (85.7%); and Three or more vehicles, 0 (0.0%). These shares describe the number of vehicles in the crash, a separate classification from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, a 0.0% share. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; no individual interstate route counts are listed in the packet. The route coding identifies a subset rather than a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 10 deaths (47.6%), while nighttime recorded 11 (52.4%). Urban locations accounted for 4 deaths (19.0%), and rural locations accounted for 17 (81.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 0. Each of these figures counts deaths in fatal crashes involving large trucks, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Texas and the United States

Wise County's truck accident death rate was 5.6 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, compared with 2.5 for Texas and 1.6 nationally. The county rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts for 2020 through 2024 were 21 in Wise County, 3,712 in Texas and 27,553 in the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, rates were 1.1 in Tarrant County, 0.9 in Denton County and 3.0 in Parker County. Wise County's rate was higher than each. Parker County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties, while Denton County had the lowest. These rates use annual population estimates and 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. Whether reading for statistics or searching for a truck accident lawyer, remember that counts follow crash location, not where people lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. 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. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

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