| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-65 in Kentucky[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 42[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 97[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 43.3%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 36[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
Fatal large-truck crashes assigned to I-65 in Kentucky recorded 42 deaths during 2020 to 2024, representing 43.3% of the 97 deaths recorded for the route in the state. Those large-truck deaths occurred in 36 fatal crashes. The truck accident death count includes everyone killed in those crashes, not just people occupying the large truck. These figures describe deaths and fatal crashes assigned to this Kentucky segment through the recorded crash location and route fields.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For I-65 in Kentucky, a truck accident means a fatal crash involving at least one medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds, excluding buses and motor homes. Assignment requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, the crash's trafficway identifier. These crash-level fields record route signing and location; they do not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-65 truck accident deaths in Kentucky by year
Annual truck accident deaths on I-65 in Kentucky were 9 in 2020, 14 in 2021, 4 in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest count was 14 in 2021; the lowest was 4 in 2022. The 2020 and 2023 counts were equal. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021, fell in 2022, rose in 2023 and fell in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]
All-route deaths were 21 in 2020, 26 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 15 in 2023 and 18 in 2024. Their highest year was also 2021, but their lowest was 2023. From 2022 to 2023, truck accident deaths rose while all-route deaths fell. From 2023 to 2024, truck accident deaths fell while all-route deaths rose.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Year | Deaths in large-truck crashes | All deaths on the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 21 |
| 2021 | 14 | 26 |
| 2022 | 4 | 17 |
| 2023 | 9 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 | 18 |
Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.
Counties along I-65 in Kentucky
The Kentucky segment's truck accident deaths were recorded in 7 counties during 2020 to 2024. Among the listed rows, Hart County had the highest death count and share, with 8 deaths and 19.0%. Bullitt County, Jefferson County and Warren County each recorded 7 deaths and 16.7%, tying on both measures.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Simpson County recorded 6 deaths and 14.3%; Hardin County recorded 5 and 11.9%. Ohio County had the lowest death count and share among the listed rows, with 2 and 4.8%. Each share uses the I-65 large-truck death total in Kentucky. These truck accident counts identify crash locations, not where the people who died lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
How the truck crashes on I-65 happened
Rear-end crashes accounted for 17 truck accident deaths and 40.5%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) recorded 6 deaths and 14.3%, sideswipe 4 and 9.5%, head-on 2 and 4.8%, and Other 1 and 2.4%. These categories describe the crash's first harmful event.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 deaths and 28.6%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle, pedestrian, cyclist or fixed object. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Daytime recorded 20 deaths and 47.6%; nighttime recorded 22 and 52.4%. Urban locations recorded 16 deaths and 38.1%, while rural locations recorded 26 and 61.9%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 5. These I-65 Kentucky figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
I-65 in other states
Across all states, I-65 recorded 194 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with route deaths recorded in 6 states. Kentucky's 42 deaths represented 21.6% of that separately supplied route total. The listed other-state segments provide a subset of the route-wide truck accident figures.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Among the listed other-state rows, Alabama had the highest death count at 66, followed by Indiana at 56 and Tennessee at 30. Kentucky's count was lower than Alabama's and Indiana's and higher than Tennessee's. These are location-based truck accident death counts, not traffic-adjusted risk rankings. The packet supplies no mileage rates and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
About these figures
For I-65 in Kentucky, FARS counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Truck accident deaths use recorded crash locations, not residence. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign crashes to I-65; they describe signing and location, not the highway's full geographic extent.[8][6][7]
Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Kentucky's 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep these counts grouped by crash location and the supplied fatal-crash definition.[8][6][7]
See also
- Kentucky truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
- I-65 truck accidents in Alabama (2020-2024)
- I-65 truck accidents in Indiana (2020-2024)
- I-65 truck accidents in Tennessee (2020-2024)
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Jefferson County, Kentucky (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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