I-20 truck accidents in Alabama (2020-2024)

I-20 truck accident deaths in Alabama by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-20 in Alabama were 6 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 3 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2021, and the lowest was 3 in 2023. The counts for 2020 and 2022 were equal. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021, fell in 2022 and 2023, then rose in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route followed a different sequence: 10 in 2020, 17 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 8 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest all-route count was shared by 2021 and 2022; 2023 had the lowest. The 2024 truck accident and all-route death counts use the revisable Annual Report File.^{[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-20 in Alabama

Large-truck crash deaths assigned to I-20 in Alabama occurred in 5 counties during 2020 to 2024. Among the listed rows, Jefferson County had the highest death count, 9, and the highest share, 34.6%. Cleburne County followed with 8 deaths and 30.8%, then St. Clair County with 6 and 23.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Calhoun County recorded 2 deaths, representing 7.7%. Talladega County had 1 death and 3.8%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each share uses the Alabama segment's large-truck death total. These truck accident figures group deaths by the county recorded for the crash location, not by the home county of the people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-20 happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Among the listed rows, rear-end had the largest death count, 11 (42.3%), and head-on the smallest, 1 (3.8%). Angle (side impact), sideswipe and other each recorded 2 deaths (7.7%). The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 deaths (30.8%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) recorded 6 truck accident deaths (23.1%); nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 20 (76.9%). Urban locations recorded 9 deaths (34.6%), and rural locations 17 (65.4%). Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These I-20 Alabama classifications count deaths, not trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-20 in other states

Across I-20, the supplied route-wide count was 371 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 6 states. Alabama's 26 deaths represented 7.0% of that route-wide total. The listed other state segments are a subset; their figures do not replace the separately supplied route total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Texas recorded 171 truck accident deaths, Georgia 66, Louisiana 46, Mississippi 35 and South Carolina 27. Texas had the highest death count among the listed other state rows. Each listed other state segment recorded a higher count than Alabama. These truck accident counts describe crash locations. Without traffic-adjusted rates, the figures cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-20 in Alabama, FARS supplies a census of fatal traffic crashes, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Qualifying crashes involve a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Counts use crash locations, not residences. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign I-20 crashes in Alabama by route signing and location, without establishing full highway coverage.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers using the phrase truck accident lawyer should keep these counts grouped by crash location. The I-20 Alabama figures for 2020 to 2023 use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, which can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Alabama truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-20 truck accidents in Louisiana (2020-2024)
• I-20 truck accidents in Mississippi (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Jefferson County, Alabama (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)