I-55 truck accidents in Mississippi (2020-2024)

I-55 truck accident deaths in Mississippi by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-55 in Mississippi were 10 in 2020, 6 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was 10 in 2020; the lowest was 3 in 2022. Deaths fell from 2020 to 2021 and again in 2022, rose in 2023, then fell in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 31 in 2020, an unchanged 31 in 2021, 28 in 2022, 38 in 2023 and 45 in 2024. The lowest all-route count was 28 in 2022, while the highest was 45 in 2024. Thus, 2024 had fewer deaths in large-truck crashes than 2023 but a higher all-route death count. These annual figures count deaths, not fatal crashes.^{[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-55 in Mississippi

Truck accident deaths on this Mississippi segment occurred in 14 counties. Among the listed rows, DeSoto County had the highest count, 5 deaths, and share, 15.2%. Carroll County and Panola County each recorded 4 deaths and 12.1%. Hinds County, Madison County and Grenada County each had 3 deaths and 9.1%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Tate County, Pike County and Copiah County each recorded 2 deaths and 6.1%. Montgomery County had 1 death and 3.0%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each share uses the segment's large-truck deaths as its denominator. The county entries identify where crashes occurred on I-55 in Mississippi, not where the people who died lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-55 happened

The manner-of-collision figures classify truck accident deaths by the crash's first harmful event. Rear-end crashes accounted for 9 deaths, 27.3%; angle (side impact) crashes for 3, 9.1%; head-on crashes for 3, 9.1%; and sideswipes for 1, 3.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 17 deaths, 51.5%. It means no collision with another 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.) recorded 15 deaths, 45.5%, and nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 18, 54.5%. Urban locations had 18 deaths, 54.5%; rural locations had 15, 45.5%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These classifications count deaths, not trucks or crashes, within the I-55 Mississippi segment.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-55 in other states

Across 6 states with deaths recorded on I-55, the route-wide count was 153 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024. Mississippi's 33 deaths represented 21.6% of that supplied route total. This share concerns truck accident deaths assigned to the route, rather than all fatal crashes or all deaths across those states.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Illinois had the higher large-truck death count at 64, while Missouri recorded 24. Mississippi's count was lower than Illinois's and higher than Missouri's. The listed other-state segments are a subset, not the route-wide total. These counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative truck accident risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-55 in Mississippi, FARS supplies fatal-only, location-based counts; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign the corridor, without describing its full geographic extent. State and county fields identify crash locations, not residences.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. For a reader searching "truck accident lawyer," the grouping here remains deaths in qualifying crashes on I-55 in Mississippi. The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File, which can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Mississippi truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-55 truck accidents in Illinois (2020-2024)
• I-55 truck accidents in Missouri (2020-2024)