I-17 truck accidents in Arizona (2020-2024)

I-17 truck accident deaths in Arizona by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-17 in Arizona rose from 0 in 2020 to 5 in 2021, then to 14 in 2022. The count fell to 10 in 2023 and to 1 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 14 in 2022, while the lowest was 0 in 2020. These are death counts, not counts of fatal truck crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed a different annual sequence: 23 in 2020, 25 in 2021, 31 in 2022, 31 in 2023 and 30 in 2024. The highest all-route count was tied between 2022 and 2023 at 31; the lowest was 23 in 2020. All-route deaths were unchanged between 2022 and 2023, while large-truck deaths fell from 14 to 10.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-17 in Arizona

The I-17 Arizona segment recorded large-truck crash deaths in 3 counties during 2020 to 2024. Among the listed rows, Maricopa County had the highest death count, with 16 deaths and 53.3% of the route total in the state. Yavapai County followed with 13 deaths and 43.3%. Coconino County had the lowest listed death count, with 1 death and 3.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Each county figure places truck accident deaths at the recorded crash location on the Arizona segment. The shares refer to the segment's large-truck deaths, not all fatal traffic deaths within each county. They do not count county residents or identify where the people killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-17 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 11 deaths, or 36.7%, the largest manner-of-collision death count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) crashes recorded 5 deaths and 16.7%; head-on crashes recorded 3 and 10.0%; sideswipe crashes recorded 2 and 6.7%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths and 30.0%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime recorded 14 truck accident deaths and 46.7%; nighttime recorded 16 and 53.3%. Urban locations recorded 11 deaths and 36.7%, while rural locations recorded 19 and 63.3%. Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These classifications describe deaths in qualifying I-17 crashes in Arizona, rather than numbers of trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-17 in other states

Across all states, the supplied I-17 total is 30 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024. The route recorded such deaths in 1 state, and Arizona's 30 deaths represent 100.0% of that route-wide count. The other-state table displays "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0; it does not identify another state segment for comparison.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The route-wide truck accident total is supplied separately from the other-state table, which is a subset rather than a basis for reconstructing that total. These counts do not establish traffic-adjusted risk rankings. For a reader searching "truck accident lawyer," the grouping to remember is deaths assigned to recorded crash locations on I-17 in Arizona.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-17 in Arizona, NHTSA's FARS supplies fatal-crash data; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. State and county counts follow crash locations, not residence. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault.^[8][6][7]

These Arizona truck accident counts use ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID at the crash level. Assignment follows recorded route signing and location, not I-17's full geographic extent. The 2020 to 2023 figures come from FARS Final Files. The 2024 figures come from the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Death counts are distinct from fatal-crash counts.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Arizona truck accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Maricopa County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
• Truck accident statistics for Yavapai County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
• Truck accident statistics for Coconino County, Arizona (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)