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

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I-24 truck accidents in Tennessee (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-24 in Tennessee[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202448[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024209[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes23.0%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202446[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-24 in Tennessee recorded 48 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024, alongside 209 deaths from all fatal crashes assigned to the route in the state. Large-truck crashes accounted for 23.0% of those route deaths. The 48 deaths occurred in 46 fatal large-truck crashes. These truck accident statistics count people killed in crashes involving large trucks, including people who were not truck occupants; they do not count only deaths inside the trucks themselves.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For I-24 in Tennessee, 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, excluding buses and motor homes. Assignment uses the crash-level route fields: ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, the recorded trafficway identifier. Those fields identify route signing and crash location rather than the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-24 truck accident deaths in Tennessee by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-24 in Tennessee fell from 14 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, rose to 13 in 2022, fell to 6 in 2023, and rose to 7 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 14 in 2020; the lowest was 6 in 2023. Neither extreme was tied.[1][2][3][4][5]

All-route deaths followed a different annual sequence: 44 in 2020, 46 in 2021, 38 in 2022, 41 in 2023, and 40 in 2024. Their highest year was 2021 and their lowest was 2022, without ties. All-route deaths rose as large-truck deaths fell in 2021; in 2022, all-route deaths fell as large-truck deaths rose. The annual figures describe deaths at recorded crash locations on this Tennessee segment.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-24 truck accident deaths in Tennessee by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
20201444
2021846
20221338
2023641
2024740

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 Tennessee

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-24 in Tennessee occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Rutherford County had the highest death count, 11, and share, 22.9%. Davidson County followed with 9 deaths and 18.8%, then Marion County with 8 and 16.7%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Hamilton County and Coffee County each recorded 6 deaths and 12.5%. Montgomery County recorded 5 deaths and 10.4%. Robertson County had the lowest count and share among the listed rows, at 3 deaths and 6.2%. Each percentage uses the segment's large-truck death total. These county figures locate the fatal crashes; they do not identify where the people killed in those crashes lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-24 in Tennessee[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Rutherford County1122.9%
Davidson County918.8%
Marion County816.7%
Hamilton County612.5%
Coffee County612.5%
Montgomery County510.4%
Robertson County36.2%

How the truck crashes on I-24 happened

For I-24 in Tennessee, rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 19, or 39.6%. Angle (side impact) and sideswipe each recorded 6 deaths and 12.5%; head-on recorded 3 and 6.2%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 14 deaths and 29.2%. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or striking parked vehicles. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daytime recorded 19 deaths and 39.6%, versus nighttime's 27 and 56.2%; time was not reported for 2 deaths and 4.2%. Urban locations recorded 31 deaths and 64.6%; rural locations recorded 17 and 35.4%. Work-zone deaths numbered 6. These truck accident breakdowns count deaths, not crashes or trucks, and describe separate characteristics of the fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-24 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end1939.6%
Angle (side impact)612.5%
Sideswipe612.5%
Head-on36.2%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle1429.2%

I-24 in other states

Across I-24, the supplied route-wide count was 72 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 4 states. Tennessee's 48 deaths represented 66.7% of that route-wide total. Kentucky, the listed other state segment, recorded 21 deaths. Tennessee's large-truck death count was higher than Kentucky's count for the same period.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The other-state table is a subset, while the route-wide total is supplied separately. Its listed segments should not be treated as the complete route count. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings. Whether reading for reference or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the Tennessee segment count distinct from the route-wide count.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

I-24 in other states[1][2][3][4][5]
I-24 segmentDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024
Kentucky21

About these figures

The I-24 Tennessee figures come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Its scope requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Truck accident involvement does not establish fault.[8][6][7]

State and county fields locate crashes, not residences. I-24 assignment in Tennessee uses crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers, which do not describe the highway's full geographic extent. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when replaced by the Final File. These counts cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[8][6][7]

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