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I-215 truck accidents in California (2020-2024)

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I-215 truck accidents in California (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-215 in California[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202430[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024118[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes25.4%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202426[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-215 in California recorded 30 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, alongside 118 deaths across all fatal crashes assigned to the route. Large-truck crashes accounted for 25.4% of all route deaths. The 30 deaths occurred in 26 fatal large-truck crashes, so the death count and the crash count describe different measures. These truck accident deaths include everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than only people riding in a large truck.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For these I-215 California statistics, 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; buses and motor homes are excluded. Assignment to I-215 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, rather than establish the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-215 truck accident deaths in California by year

Annual truck accident deaths on California's I-215 were 7 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2020, 2021 and 2023; 2022 had the lowest count. Large-truck deaths were unchanged from 2020 to 2021, fell in 2022, rose in 2023 and fell in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]

All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 28 in 2020, 21 in 2021, 27 in 2022, 25 in 2023 and 17 in 2024. That measure was highest in 2020 and lowest in 2024. It fell from 2020 to 2021, rose in 2022, then fell in 2023 and 2024. Both annual series count deaths, with the truck accident series restricted to large-truck involvement.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-215 truck accident deaths in California by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
2020728
2021721
2022427
2023725
2024517

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

Counties along I-215 in California

The California segment's truck accident deaths were recorded in 2 counties. San Bernardino County had 15 deaths in large-truck crashes, representing 50.0% of the route total in the state. Riverside County also had 15 deaths and a 50.0% share. Among the listed rows, the counties are tied on both the death count and the share of California's I-215 total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

These county figures locate the fatal crashes in which the deaths occurred. They do not identify where the people killed lived. Each county entry covers 2020 to 2024 and uses the same large-truck involvement scope as the segment's truck accident statistics, rather than all fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-215 in California[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
San Bernardino County1550.0%
Riverside County1550.0%

How the truck crashes on I-215 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 14 truck accident deaths, or 46.7%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) recorded 2 deaths, or 6.7%; sideswipe recorded 1, or 3.3%; head-on recorded 0, or 0.0%; and Other recorded 2, or 6.7%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 11 deaths, or 36.7%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daytime accounted for 6 deaths, or 20.0%, and nighttime for 24, or 80.0%. Urban locations recorded 25 deaths, or 83.3%, versus 5, or 16.7%, in rural locations. Work-zone deaths numbered 1. These truck accident breakdowns count people killed, not trucks or fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-215 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end1446.7%
Angle (side impact)26.7%
Sideswipe13.3%
Head-on00.0%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle1136.7%
Other26.7%

I-215 in other states

Across all states, I-215 recorded 37 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 3 states. California's segment accounted for 30 deaths and 81.1% of that route-wide total. The route-wide figure is supplied separately from the other-state table and is not a sum of its displayed rows.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The other-state table lists "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0. That entry supplies no named state segment for a truck accident death comparison; it does not replace the route-wide count. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings. They provide neither population nor mileage rates and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

I-215 in other states[1][2][3][4][5]
I-215 segmentDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024
No other state segment met the threshold0

About these figures

For I-215 in California, FARS supplies a census of fatal traffic crashes; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Deaths are counted by recorded crash location, not residence. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. A reader searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based death counts.[8][6][7]

California's I-215 truck accident assignment requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. Those crash-level fields describe signing and location, not the highway'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. The distinction applies to the annual counts shown here.[8][6][7]

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