| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-35 in Texas[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 207[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 678[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 30.5%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 174[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
I-35 in Texas recorded 207 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, representing 30.5% of the 678 deaths recorded on the route. Those large-truck deaths occurred in 174 fatal crashes. These truck accident statistics count everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, including people who were not occupants of a large truck. The death total and fatal-crash total describe different measures: a crash can involve multiple large trucks and can kill multiple people.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For I-35 in Texas, 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. These recorded fields identify route signing and crash location; they do not describe the full geographic extent of I-35.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-35 truck accident deaths in Texas by year
Annual truck accident deaths on I-35 in Texas rose from 36 in 2020 to 52 in 2021, then fell to 37 in 2022. They rose to 50 in 2023 before falling to 32 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 52 in 2021, and the lowest was 32 in 2024. Neither extreme was tied.[1][2][3][4][5]
All-route deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 104 in 2020, 159 in 2021, 133 in 2022, 148 in 2023 and 134 in 2024. Their highest year was also 2021, but their lowest was 2020. Thus, the lowest years differed between truck accident deaths and all-route deaths. The annual figures count deaths at crashes assigned to this Texas route segment.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Year | Deaths in large-truck crashes | All deaths on the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 36 | 104 |
| 2021 | 52 | 159 |
| 2022 | 37 | 133 |
| 2023 | 50 | 148 |
| 2024 | 32 | 134 |
Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.
Counties along I-35 in Texas
Truck accident deaths on the Texas segment occurred in 19 counties. Among the listed rows, Dallas County had the highest count, 28, and share, 13.5%. Tarrant County and Travis County each recorded 22 deaths and 10.6%; Denton County recorded 15 and 7.2%. McLennan County and Bexar County each had 13 and 6.3%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Hays County recorded 12 deaths and 5.8%. Ellis County and Hill County each had 11 and 5.3%. Bell County had 10 and 4.8%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. These truck accident figures identify crash locations, not where the people killed lived. Each share uses the Texas segment's large-truck death total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| County | Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | Share of the route total in the state |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas County | 28 | 13.5% |
| Tarrant County | 22 | 10.6% |
| Travis County | 22 | 10.6% |
| Denton County | 15 | 7.2% |
| McLennan County | 13 | 6.3% |
| Bexar County | 13 | 6.3% |
| Hays County | 12 | 5.8% |
| Ellis County | 11 | 5.3% |
| Hill County | 11 | 5.3% |
| Bell County | 10 | 4.8% |
How the truck crashes on I-35 happened
Rear-end crashes accounted for 98 truck accident deaths, or 47.3%; angle (side impact) for 8, or 3.9%; sideswipe for 10, or 4.8%; and head-on for 12, or 5.8%. Other recorded 1 death, or 0.5%, and Not reported recorded 8, or 3.9%. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 70 deaths, or 33.8%. This 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 accounted for 68 truck accident deaths, or 32.9%, and nighttime for 139, or 67.1%. Urban locations recorded 146 deaths, or 70.5%, versus rural locations' 61, or 29.5%. Work-zone deaths numbered 29. These classifications count people killed in large-truck crashes, rather than trucks or crash events.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
I-35 in other states
Across I-35, the supplied route-wide count was 314 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 6 states. Texas accounted for 207 of those deaths and 65.9% of the route-wide total. Oklahoma, the other state segment listed in the table, recorded 56 truck accident deaths. Texas had a higher death count than Oklahoma.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The other-state table supplies a subset of segments; its entries do not replace the separately supplied route-wide total. These truck accident counts describe fatal crash locations without adjustment for traffic. They provide neither population nor mileage rates and cannot establish relative truck accident risk per trip or mile for Texas or Oklahoma.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
About these figures
For I-35 in Texas, FARS counts fatal traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public, with a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Truck accident counts use recorded crash locations, not residence. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign this Texas segment without establishing I-35's full geographic extent.[8][6][7]
Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Whether reading for reference or searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep these counts grouped by crash location. The I-35 Texas figures for 2020 to 2023 use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File. NHTSA may revise that year's truck accident figures when it replaces the Annual Report File with the Final File.[8][6][7]
See also
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Dallas County, Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Tarrant County, Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Bexar County, Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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