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

I-20 truck accident deaths in Mississippi by year

Annual truck accident deaths on Mississippi's I-20 rose from 5 in 2020 to 10 in 2021, then fell to 6 in 2022. The count rose to 7 in 2023 and remained at 7 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2021 was the highest year and 2020 was the lowest. The equal counts in 2023 and 2024 were neither the highest nor the lowest.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route followed a different sequence: 19 in 2020, 22 in 2021, 10 in 2022, 23 in 2023 and 22 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in 2023 and its lowest in 2022. The all-route counts for 2021 and 2024 were equal. Both annual series count deaths rather than fatal crashes.^{[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 Mississippi

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-20 in Mississippi occurred in 6 counties. Among the listed rows, Lauderdale County had the highest death count, 19, and the highest share of the state segment's total, 54.3%. Hinds County and Warren County each recorded 4 deaths and 11.4%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rankin County and Newton County were also equal, each with 3 deaths and 8.6%. Scott County recorded 2 deaths and 5.7%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. These county figures locate the fatal truck accidents using the crash records. They describe where crashes occurred on the route-coded Mississippi segment, rather than where the people who died lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-20 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 19 truck accident deaths, or 54.3%, the largest count among the listed manner-of-collision rows. Angle (side impact), sideswipe and head-on crashes each accounted for 2 deaths and 5.7%. Other accounted for 1 death and 2.9%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 9 deaths and 25.7%. 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 (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) recorded 19 deaths and 54.3%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 16 and 45.7%. Urban locations recorded 15 deaths and 42.9%, while rural locations recorded 20 and 57.1%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 1. These classifications count deaths, not trucks or 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. Mississippi's 35 deaths represented 9.4% of that route-wide measure. The route total is supplied separately; the other-state table presents a subset of state segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed rows, Texas had the highest truck accident death count at 171. Georgia recorded 66, Louisiana 46, South Carolina 27 and Alabama 26. Alabama had the lowest count among those listed rows. Mississippi's count was lower than Louisiana's and higher than South Carolina's. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

The Mississippi I-20 truck accident figures come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Qualifying crashes involve a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded.^[8][6][7]

State and county fields locate crashes, not residences. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign crashes to I-20 without defining its full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts remain grouped by crash location. The 2020 to 2023 figures use Final Files; Mississippi's 2024 figures use the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

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

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Lauderdale County, Mississippi (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)