I-65 truck accidents in Tennessee (2020-2024)

I-65 truck accident deaths in Tennessee by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-65 in Tennessee fell from 11 in 2020 to 6 in 2021, then to 5 in 2022 and 4 in 2023. The count remained 4 in 2024. Thus, 2020 had the highest large-truck death count, while 2023 and 2024 tied for the lowest. These are deaths in qualifying crashes, not annual counts of truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route followed a different sequence: 23 in 2020, 14 in 2021, 22 in 2022, 14 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest all-route count was in 2020 and the lowest in 2024. Although all-route deaths rose from 2021 to 2022, large-truck crash deaths fell across those years. The all-route counts for 2021 and 2023 were equal.^{[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-65 in Tennessee

The segment's truck accident deaths were recorded in 4 counties during 2020 to 2024. Among the listed rows, Davidson County ranked highest for deaths in large-truck crashes, with 17 and a 56.7% share of the Tennessee route total. Robertson County followed with 7 deaths and 23.3%, then Williamson County with 5 and 16.7%. Maury County had the lowest listed death count and share, at 1 and 3.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These county figures place deaths by the recorded crash location on I-65 in Tennessee. They do not count county residents. Each percentage uses the segment's large-truck crash deaths as its denominator, rather than all deaths assigned to the route.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-65 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 12 truck accident deaths, or 40.0%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Sideswipe recorded 4 deaths, or 13.3%. Angle (side impact) and Head-on each recorded 2 deaths, or 6.7%; Other and Not reported each recorded 1, or 3.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 8 deaths, or 26.7%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or fixed-object impacts. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime accounted for 10 deaths, or 33.3%, and nighttime for 20, or 66.7%. Urban locations recorded 25 deaths, or 83.3%; rural locations recorded 5, or 16.7%. Work-zone deaths numbered 5. These I-65 Tennessee truck accident classifications count deaths, not trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-65 in other states

Across 6 states with deaths recorded on I-65, the supplied route-wide count was 194 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024. Tennessee's 30 deaths represented 15.5% of that route-wide figure. The total is supplied separately from the other-state rows; those rows are a subset of the route's state segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Alabama had the highest truck accident death count at 66, followed by Indiana at 56 and Kentucky at 42. Each listed other-state count exceeded Tennessee's 30. These comparisons describe recorded deaths at crash locations. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings, and the supplied truck accident counts cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-65 in Tennessee, FARS supplies fatal-crash data, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Its scope requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. State and county fields locate truck accident deaths by crash location, not residence. ROUTE and TWAY_ID assign crashes to the route without establishing its full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. If searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep these location-based groupings in mind when reading the counts. The Tennessee I-65 figures use FARS Final Files for 2020 to 2023. Figures for 2024 use the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Tennessee 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 Kentucky (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Davidson County, Tennessee (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)