| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-10 in Arizona[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 142[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 366[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 38.8%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 109[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
Fatal crashes involving large trucks on I-10 in Arizona accounted for 142 deaths from 2020 to 2024. The route recorded 366 deaths across all fatal crashes in the state during that period, with large-truck involvement accounting for 38.8%. There were 109 fatal large-truck crashes on this segment. These truck accident deaths include everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than only people occupying a large truck. Death counts and fatal-crash counts measure different things.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For I-10 in Arizona, a truck accident means a fatal crash involving at least one medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. Assignment to this route uses the crash-level ROUTE=1 field and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. Those recorded fields identify route signing and crash location; they do not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-10 truck accident deaths in Arizona by year
Annual truck accident deaths on Arizona's I-10 segment rose from 20 in 2020 to 24 in 2021, then to 27 in 2022 and 41 in 2023. The count fell to 30 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2023 was the highest year and 2020 was the lowest. The 2024 count remained higher than the 2022 count.[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route followed the same sequence of annual increases and a decrease: 58 in 2020, 62 in 2021, 73 in 2022, 89 in 2023 and 84 in 2024. This measure also reached its highest count in 2023 and its lowest in 2020. Both annual series count deaths; neither series gives the number of truck accidents. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Year | Deaths in large-truck crashes | All deaths on the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 20 | 58 |
| 2021 | 24 | 62 |
| 2022 | 27 | 73 |
| 2023 | 41 | 89 |
| 2024 | 30 | 84 |
Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.
Counties along I-10 in Arizona
The segment's truck accident deaths occurred in 6 counties. Among the listed rows, Maricopa County had the highest death count at 51, representing 35.9% of Arizona's route total. Cochise County followed with 27 deaths and 19.0%, then Pima County with 25 and 17.6%. Pinal County recorded 20 deaths and 14.1%; La Paz County recorded 18 and 12.7%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Mohave County had 1 death and 0.7%, the lowest death count and share among the listed rows. Each share refers to deaths in large-truck crashes on I-10 in Arizona during 2020 to 2024. These county figures locate the fatal crashes associated with the deaths, rather than identifying where the people killed lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
How the truck crashes on I-10 happened
Rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 57, or 40.1%. Angle (side impact) accounted for 8 deaths and 5.6%; sideswipe, 12 and 8.5%; head-on, 20 and 14.1%. The "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" row recorded 42 deaths and 29.6%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or impacts with parked vehicles or fixed objects. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Not reported accounted for 3 deaths and 2.1%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 76 truck accident deaths and 53.5%; nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 66 and 46.5%. Urban locations recorded 59 deaths and 41.5%; rural locations, 83 and 58.5%. Work-zone deaths numbered 21. These categories count people killed, not trucks or crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
I-10 in other states
Across I-10, the supplied route-wide count is 595 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 8 states. Arizona's 142 deaths represent 23.9% of that route total. The listed other-state segments are a subset, not the basis for reconstructing the route-wide figure.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Among the listed rows, Texas had the highest truck accident death count at 206, while New Mexico had the lowest at 23. California and Louisiana each recorded 66 deaths; Florida recorded 55. Arizona's count was lower than Texas's and higher than each of those other listed segments. These counts of deaths in large-truck crashes are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
About these figures
For I-10 in Arizona, NHTSA's FARS records fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when a person dies within 30 days. Nonfatal truck accidents and injuries are excluded. State and county counts follow crash locations, not residence. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind.[8][6][7]
Arizona's I-10 assignment uses crash-level ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, describing signing and location without establishing full highway coverage. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 figures come from FARS Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.[8][6][7]
See also
- Arizona truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
- I-10 truck accidents in California (2020-2024)
- I-10 truck accidents in Florida (2020-2024)
- I-10 truck accidents in Louisiana (2020-2024)
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Maricopa County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Pima County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Pinal County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Cochise County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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