I-64 truck accidents in Kentucky (2020-2024)

I-64 truck accident deaths in Kentucky by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-64 in Kentucky were 6 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 1 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 7 in 2021; the lowest was 1 in 2023. The counts for 2020 and 2022 were equal. Deaths rose in 2021, fell in 2022 and 2023, then rose in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths were 23 in 2020 and 23 in 2021, tying for the highest annual count. They fell to 16 in 2022 and 7 in 2023, the lowest year, before rising to 14 in 2024. Both annual series reached their lowest counts in 2023. The 2024 truck accident and all-route figures use the Annual Report File.^{[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-64 in Kentucky

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-64 in Kentucky occurred in 11 counties. Among the listed rows, Jefferson County had the highest count, 7 deaths, and share, 28.0%. Clark County followed with 3 deaths and 12.0%. These shares use the Kentucky segment's large-truck death total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Scott County, Rowan County, Carter County, Bath County, Shelby County and Montgomery County each recorded 2 deaths and 8.0%. Boyd County and Woodford County each recorded 1 death and 4.0%, tying for the lowest count and share among the listed rows. The county figures identify truck accident crash locations recorded in FARS, not the counties where the people killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-64 happened

Manner of collision describes the crash's first harmful event. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 11 deaths, or 44.0%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport. Rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 8, or 32.0%; angle (side impact), 1, or 4.0%; sideswipe, 3, or 12.0%; and head-on, 2, or 8.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 12 deaths and 48.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 13 and 52.0%. Urban locations recorded 6 deaths and 24.0%; rural locations recorded 19 and 76.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 1. These truck accident classifications count deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-64 in other states

Across I-64, the supplied route-wide count is 100 deaths in large-truck crashes, with deaths recorded in 6 states during 2020 to 2024. Kentucky's 25 truck accident deaths represent 25.0% of that route-wide total. The listed Virginia segment recorded 40 deaths in large-truck crashes, a higher count than Kentucky's 25.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table presents a subset of state segments, while the route-wide total is supplied separately. Its listed counts should not be treated as the complete route total. These truck accident counts are grouped by crash location. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and do not establish relative risk per trip or mile for Kentucky or Virginia.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-64 in Kentucky, FARS covers fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes with a death within 30 days on trafficways customarily open to the public. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county fields locate crashes, not people's homes. A reader searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep that location grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[8][6][7]

I-64 assignment in Kentucky uses crash-level ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, not the highway's full geographic extent. Truck accident involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 records are FARS Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. The source is NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Kentucky truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-64 truck accidents in Virginia (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Jefferson County, Kentucky (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)