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I-4 truck accidents in Florida (2020-2024)

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I-4 truck accidents in Florida (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-4 in Florida[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202432[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024189[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes16.9%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202431[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-4 in Florida recorded 32 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, representing 16.9% of the 189 deaths assigned to the route. Those large-truck deaths occurred in 31 fatal crashes. The truck accident death count includes everyone killed in those crashes, rather than only people occupying a large truck. These figures describe fatal crashes recorded at locations assigned to this Florida route segment; they do not measure the number of trucks involved.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For these I-4 truck accident statistics in Florida, a large truck is a medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. Route assignment uses the crash-level 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 establishing the full geographic extent of I-4.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-4 truck accident deaths in Florida by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-4 in Florida rose from 6 in 2020 to 8 in 2021 and 10 in 2022. They then fell to 5 in 2023 and 3 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 10 in 2022, while the lowest was 3 in 2024. Neither extreme was tied.[1][2][3][4][5]

All deaths assigned to the route rose from 35 in 2020 to 54 in 2021, then fell to 45 in 2022, 31 in 2023 and 24 in 2024. The all-route count reached its highest value in 2021, rather than 2022, and its lowest in 2024, also without ties. Each annual comparison concerns deaths at recorded crash locations. The 2024 counts come from the Annual Report File.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-4 truck accident deaths in Florida by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
2020635
2021854
20221045
2023531
2024324

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

Counties along I-4 in Florida

The segment's truck accident deaths occurred in 6 counties. Among the listed rows, Polk County had the highest count, 9 deaths, and the highest share, 28.1%. Orange County followed with 7 deaths and 21.9%, then Hillsborough County with 6 deaths and 18.8%. Osceola County recorded 5 deaths and 15.6%, followed by Seminole County with 3 deaths and 9.4%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Volusia County had the lowest count among the listed rows, 2 deaths, and the lowest share, 6.2%. Each percentage uses the Florida segment's large-truck death total. These county figures identify where the fatal crashes were recorded, not where the people who died lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-4 in Florida[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Polk County928.1%
Orange County721.9%
Hillsborough County618.8%
Osceola County515.6%
Seminole County39.4%
Volusia County26.2%

How the truck crashes on I-4 happened

For I-4 in Florida, rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 34.4%. Angle (side impact) and sideswipe each accounted for 4 deaths and 12.5%; head-on accounted for 0 and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 13 deaths and 40.6%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a pedestrian, cyclist, parked-vehicle or fixed-object strike, or a rollover. 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 10 deaths and 31.2%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 22 and 68.8%. Urban locations accounted for 29 deaths and 90.6%, compared with rural locations at 3 and 9.4%. Work-zone deaths numbered 5. These classifications count deaths, not crashes or trucks, and describe different aspects of the fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-4 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end1134.4%
Angle (side impact)412.5%
Sideswipe412.5%
Head-on00.0%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle1340.6%

I-4 in other states

Across all states, the supplied I-4 total is 32 deaths in large-truck crashes, with deaths recorded in 1 state. Florida's 32 deaths represent 100.0% of that route-wide total for 2020 to 2024. The other-state table displays "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0; it does not supply another named state segment for a comparison.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The route-wide truck accident death total is supplied separately from the other-state table, whose listed entries are a subset rather than the basis for calculating that total. These counts provide no traffic-adjusted risk ranking. They are death counts assigned by crash location, without population or mileage rates or a measure of relative risk per trip.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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

About these figures

The I-4 Florida truck accident counts use NHTSA's FARS, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county fields locate crashes, not residences.[8][6][7]

For I-4 in Florida, crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers determine assignment without establishing full highway coverage. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. A reader searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these as location-based death counts. 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]

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