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

I-64 truck accident deaths in Virginia by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-64 in Virginia rose from 7 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, fell to 6 in 2022, then rose to 8 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 10 in 2024, and the lowest was 6 in 2022. Neither extreme was tied.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths on the route followed a different sequence: 33 in 2020, 39 in 2021, 38 in 2022, 29 in 2023 and 32 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in 2021 and its lowest in 2023, also without ties. From 2022 to 2023, truck accident deaths rose while all-route deaths fell. Both measures rose from 2023 to 2024; the 2024 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 Virginia

Large-truck crash deaths on Virginia's I-64 segment were recorded across 17 counties. Among the listed rows, City of Newport News had the highest death count, 6, and share, 15.0%. Louisa County followed with 5 deaths and 12.5%. York County and Henrico County each recorded 4 deaths and 10.0%; James City County recorded 3 and 7.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

City of Richmond, City of Hampton, Albemarle County, City of Chesapeake and Goochland County each recorded 2 deaths and 5.0%, tying for the lowest count among the listed rows. Each share uses the segment's large-truck death total. These truck accident figures identify crash locations, not the residences of people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-64 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 14 truck accident deaths, or 35.0%, on I-64 in Virginia. Angle (side impact) recorded 2 deaths and 5.0%, sideswipe 4 and 10.0%, and head-on 0 and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 20 deaths and 50.0%. This describes a first harmful event other than collision with a motor vehicle in transport, 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 16 deaths and 40.0%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) recorded 24 and 60.0%. Urban locations recorded 24 deaths and 60.0%, while rural locations recorded 16 and 40.0%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 5. These classifications count people killed, not trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-64 in other states

Across all states, I-64 recorded 100 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 6 states. Virginia's 40 deaths represented 40.0% of that route-wide total. The listed Kentucky segment recorded 25 deaths. Virginia's large-truck death count was higher than Kentucky's, but this comparison concerns recorded deaths rather than traffic-adjusted risk.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table supplies a subset of state segments, while the 100 route-wide deaths are supplied separately. Kentucky's listed count is not the total for I-64 outside Virginia. These truck accident statistics provide death counts without population or mileage rates. They cannot establish relative truck accident risk per trip or mile for either state segment.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-64 in Virginia, FARS supplies a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes; 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. Counts follow crash locations, not residences. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign records to I-64 without defining its full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement establishes no fault. Whether searching for a truck accident lawyer or reviewing statistics, read Virginia's I-64 counts as deaths grouped by crash location and truck involvement. 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]

See also

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