Truck accident statistics for Utah County, Utah (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Utah County by year

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

The annual share of traffic deaths involving large trucks was 21.2% in 2020, 15.8% in 2021, 19.0% in 2022, 9.7% in 2023 and 18.2% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a separate series: 33 in 2020, 38 in 2021, 42 in 2022, 31 in 2023 and 33 in 2024. The highest truck accident death share occurred in 2020.^{[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 Utah County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 13.3%. People in other vehicles accounted for 23 deaths, or 76.7%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 3 deaths, or 10.0%, in truck accidents during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The FARS nonoccupant grouping is identified by that quoted label and includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles, can fall within the other category. Consequently, the grouping does not literally test whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Utah County involved 29 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) accounted for 15 trucks, or 51.7% of the large trucks counted. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 14 trucks. The number of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These figures describe vehicles involved in fatal crashes. They are separate from the 28 fatal crashes and the 30 truck accident deaths recorded during the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count 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) accounted for 11 deaths (36.7%), Head-on 6 (20.0%), Rear-end 3 (10.0%), Sideswipe 1 (3.3%) and Other 2 (6.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 7 deaths (23.3%). 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 vehicle configuration were Single-vehicle, 7 (23.3%); Two-vehicle, 19 (63.3%); and Three or more vehicles, 4 (13.3%). Configuration and manner of collision are distinct classifications.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 9, or 30.0% of the county total. The listed route-coded count for I-15 was 9 deaths. Interstate classification requires an interstate route code and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes represent the packet's route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 22 deaths (73.3%), while Nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 8 (26.7%). Urban locations recorded 22 deaths (73.3%), and rural locations recorded 8 (26.7%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2; this figure counts deaths, not vehicles or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Utah and the United States

Utah County's truck accident death rate was 0.9 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than Utah's 1.6 and the United States rate of 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Salt Lake County, had a rate of 0.7, lower than Utah County's 0.9.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The corresponding death counts were 30 for Utah County, 270 for Utah, 27,553 for the United States and 44 for Salt Lake County. 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. The county rate describes deaths at crash locations in Utah County relative to population, not deaths classified by the home addresses of those 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. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash location, not where those killed lived.^[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 use deaths divided by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates, Vintage 2025, multiplied by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 745,668 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Salt Lake County, Utah (2020-2024)

On related publications

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