Truck accident statistics for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Milwaukee County by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 0 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 8 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2021 and 2022, while 2020 had the lowest count. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count. Deaths were unchanged from 2021 to 2022, fell in 2023 and were unchanged in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The corresponding shares of all traffic deaths were 0.0%, 9.4%, 7.4%, 4.3% and 4.3%, respectively. All traffic deaths numbered 100 in 2020, 85 in 2021, 108 in 2022, 92 in 2023 and 93 in 2024. The highest truck accident share occurred in 2021.^{[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 Milwaukee County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 20.8%. People in other vehicles accounted for 17 deaths, or 70.8%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 2 deaths, or 8.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label denotes the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. The label therefore should not be read as a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Milwaukee County involved 22 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, meaning semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 12 and represented 54.5% of those large trucks. The Single-unit and other large trucks category recorded 10. Large trucks recorded as jackknifed numbered 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 20 fatal crashes and 24 deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table describes the vehicles involved rather than counting separate 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. Truck accident deaths were recorded as Angle (side impact), 8; Head-on, 1; Rear-end, 6; Sideswipe, 3; and Other, 2. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 4 deaths. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as 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]}

Separate crash configuration figures show single-vehicle deaths at 3 (12.5%), two-vehicle deaths at 17 (70.8%), and deaths in crashes involving three or more vehicles at 4 (16.7%). These group deaths by vehicle count rather than manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 5, representing 20.8% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 3 deaths for I-43 and 2 for I-41. These figures require ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate number in TWAY_ID; the listed routes represent the packet's subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 14 deaths (58.3%), while nighttime recorded 10 (41.7%). Urban locations accounted for 24 deaths (100.0%), and rural locations accounted for 0 (0.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 1. These location and time figures count people killed in truck accidents, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Wisconsin and the United States

Milwaukee County's truck accident death rate was 0.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Wisconsin's rate was 1.5, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. The corresponding death counts were 24 for Milwaukee County, 438 for Wisconsin and 27,553 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Each rate divides deaths during the period by the sum of annual population estimates and multiplies by 100,000. This expresses an average annual population-based rate, rather than a measure adjusted for miles driven or visitors. The county's July 1, 2024 population estimate of 924,323 is shown separately; that single-year estimate is not the denominator used for the rate.^{[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 a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash county, not where the people killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

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

See also

On related publications

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