I-40 truck accidents in Texas (2020-2024)

I-40 truck accident deaths in Texas by year

The annual truck accident death counts for I-40 in Texas were 7 in 2020, 1 in 2021, 13 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest count was 13 in 2022; the lowest was 1 in 2021. The counts for 2020 and 2023 were tied at 7. Deaths fell from 2020 to 2021, rose in 2022, fell in 2023 and rose in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed the same sequence of decreases and increases: 14 in 2020, 5 in 2021, 16 in 2022, 13 in 2023 and 17 in 2024. Their highest year was 2024 and lowest was 2021. The annual columns distinguish deaths involving large trucks from all deaths assigned to the Texas route segment.^{[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-40 in Texas

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-40 in Texas occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Oldham County had the highest death count, 15, and the highest share of the segment total, 39.5%. Carson County followed with 9 deaths and 23.7%, then Potter County with 6 and 15.8%. Wheeler County recorded 3 deaths, representing 7.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Gray County and Deaf Smith County each recorded 2 deaths and 5.3%. Donley County had the lowest count and share among the listed rows, at 1 death and 2.6%. These county figures identify where the fatal crashes occurred, using the crash location fields. They do not count deaths by residence.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-40 happened

Rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 11 (28.9%); angle (side impact), 5 (13.2%); sideswipe, 3 (7.9%); head-on, 8 (21.1%); and Other, 1 (2.6%). The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths (26.3%). Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, 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.) accounted for 30 deaths (78.9%); nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), 8 (21.1%). Rural locations recorded 33 deaths (86.8%), versus 5 (13.2%) in urban locations. Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These I-40 Texas figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes; a fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks or deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-40 in other states

Across 8 states with deaths assigned to I-40, large-truck crashes accounted for 590 deaths during 2020 to 2024. Texas recorded 38 of those deaths, representing 6.4% of the supplied route-wide total. The other-state table presents selected segments; its entries are a subset, not the complete route total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Tennessee had the highest truck accident death count at 163, followed by New Mexico at 137, Arizona at 88, Arkansas at 65 and Oklahoma at 53. Each listed other-state segment recorded a higher count than Texas. These are location-based death counts, not traffic-adjusted risk rankings. The supplied figures cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-40 in Texas, NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System covers fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Eligibility requires a death within 30 days and a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public. State and county totals follow crash location, not residence.^[8][6][7]

Texas I-40 assignment uses crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers, which do not establish the highway's full geographic extent. Truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should distinguish these location-based counts from fault findings. Records for 2020 to 2023 are Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Texas truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-40 truck accidents in Arizona (2020-2024)
• I-40 truck accidents in Arkansas (2020-2024)
• I-40 truck accidents in New Mexico (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Potter County, Texas (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)