I-24 truck accidents in Kentucky (2020-2024)

I-24 truck accident deaths in Kentucky by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-24 in Kentucky rose from 4 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, then fell to 3 in 2022 and 1 in 2023. The count rose to 7 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2024 was the highest year and 2023 was the lowest, with no ties for either position.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 7 in 2020, 9 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. The highest all-route death count was also in 2024, and the lowest was in 2023. Both series count deaths rather than fatal crashes. The 2024 truck accident and all-route figures come from the 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-24 in Kentucky

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-24 in Kentucky occurred in 6 counties. Among the listed rows, McCracken County had the highest count, 7 deaths, and the highest share, 33.3%. Marshall County and Lyon County each recorded 4 deaths and 19.0%, tying on both measures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Livingston County recorded 3 deaths, representing 14.3% of the state segment's total. Christian County had 2 deaths and 9.5%. Trigg County had 1 death and 4.8%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. These truck accident figures identify counties where the crashes occurred. They do not identify where the people killed lived, and each share uses Kentucky's I-24 large-truck death total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-24 happened

Rear-end crashes recorded 9 truck accident deaths, or 42.9%, the largest count among the listed rows. Sideswipe crashes recorded 4 deaths and 19.0%; angle (side impact) crashes recorded 3 and 14.3%. Head-on crashes recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 5 deaths and 23.8%. This row 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.) accounted for 17 deaths and 81.0%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 4 and 19.0%. Rural locations recorded 18 deaths and 85.7%, while urban locations recorded 3 and 14.3%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 2. These figures count deaths, not crashes or trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-24 in other states

Across all states, I-24 recorded 72 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024, with route deaths recorded in 4 states. Kentucky's 21 truck accident deaths represented 29.2% of that supplied route-wide total. The listed Tennessee segment recorded 48 deaths in large-truck crashes, a higher count than Kentucky's 21.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table presents a subset of state segments; its entries are not the route-wide total. The 72 deaths are supplied separately for the route across all states. These truck accident counts describe fatal-crash locations, without adjustment for traffic. They are not risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile. No population or mileage rates are supplied.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-24 in Kentucky, FARS supplies fatal-crash records, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. State and county counts follow crash locations, not residence. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when interpreting these counts.^[8][6][7]

Kentucky's I-24 assignment uses crash-level ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. These signing and location fields do not establish full highway coverage. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Kentucky truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-24 truck accidents in Tennessee (2020-2024)