Truck accident statistics for Fairfax County, Virginia (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Fairfax County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 7 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, then fell to 5 in 2022 and 3 in 2023. The count rose to 4 in 2024. The highest count was 9 in 2021, while the lowest was 3 in 2023. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The share of all traffic deaths involving large trucks declined each year: 17.9% in 2020, 17.3% in 2021, 8.1% in 2022, 7.1% in 2023 and 7.0% in 2024. All traffic deaths followed a different sequence, with 39, 52, 62, 42 and 57 recorded in those respective years. Those figures cover all traffic deaths, rather than only truck accident deaths.^{[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 Fairfax County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 4 deaths, or 14.3%. People in other vehicles accounted for 21 deaths, or 75.0%, the largest share of truck accident deaths. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 3 deaths, or 10.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

The trucks involved

The truck accident records identify 26 large trucks involved in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, including semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 14 trucks and 53.8% of the large-truck count. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 12 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These are distinct from fatal crash counts and death counts, even when their numerical values match. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, and deaths include people beyond truck occupants.^{[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 4 deaths, head-on 1, rear-end 7 and sideswipe 5. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 11 deaths. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by vehicle count were single-vehicle: 5 (17.9%); two-vehicle: 10 (35.7%); and three or more vehicles: 13 (46.4%). These configuration categories describe the number of vehicles involved, rather than the manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 18, or 64.3% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 6 deaths on I-95, 6 on I-66 and 6 on I-495. These records require interstate route coding and a readable interstate route number; the listed routes are a subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 16 deaths (57.1%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 12 (42.9%). Urban records contained 28 deaths (100.0%), and rural records contained 0 (0.0%). Work-zone records accounted for 7 deaths, a death count rather than a truck or crash count.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Virginia and the United States

Fairfax County's truck accident death rate was 0.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. That rate was lower than Virginia's 1.4 and the national rate of 1.6. The listed neighboring county, Prince George's County, Maryland, had a rate of 0.8. The corresponding death counts were 28 for Fairfax County, 593 for Virginia, 27,553 nationally and 38 for Prince George's County.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths at the crash location and annual Census population estimates. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths by the deceased person's residence. When reading with the phrase "truck accident lawyer" in mind, keep that location-based grouping attached to the figures.^{[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. County counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Prince George's County, Maryland (2020-2024)

On related publications

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