| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-70 in Illinois[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 26[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 43[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 60.5%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 24[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
I-70 in Illinois recorded 26 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, representing 60.5% of the route's 43 deaths in the state. Those large-truck deaths occurred in 24 fatal crashes. The truck accident death count includes everyone killed in those crashes, not solely people occupying trucks. These figures describe fatal crashes assigned to the Illinois segment through the recorded crash location and route fields; they do not describe nonfatal truck accidents.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For these I-70 statistics, 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-level trafficway identifier. These fields record route signing and crash location rather than the highway's full geographic extent. Truck involvement does not establish fault.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-70 truck accident deaths in Illinois by year
Annual truck accident deaths on I-70 in Illinois were 1 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 3 in 2022, 7 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. The highest count was 8 in 2021, and the lowest was 1 in 2020. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021, fell in 2022, rose in 2023 and remained unchanged in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]
All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 4 in 2020, 12 in 2021, 7 in 2022, 12 in 2023 and 8 in 2024. The highest all-route count was shared by 2021 and 2023, while 2020 had the lowest count. From 2023 to 2024, all-route deaths fell from 12 to 8, while truck accident deaths stayed at 7. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Year | Deaths in large-truck crashes | All deaths on the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12 |
| 2022 | 3 | 7 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12 |
| 2024 | 7 | 8 |
Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.
Counties along I-70 in Illinois
Truck accident deaths assigned to I-70 in Illinois occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Clark County had the highest death count and share: 7 deaths and 26.9%. Cumberland County and Bond County each recorded 4 deaths, each accounting for 15.4% of the segment total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Madison County, Fayette County and Effingham County each recorded 3 deaths and an 11.5% share. St. Clair County had 2 deaths and 7.7%, the lowest death count and share among the listed rows. Each percentage uses the Illinois segment's large-truck death total. These county figures locate the fatal truck accidents; they do not identify where the people killed lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
How the truck crashes on I-70 happened
For I-70 truck accident deaths in Illinois, angle (side impact) recorded 8 deaths, or 30.8%; rear-end recorded 7, or 26.9%; and sideswipe recorded 2, or 7.7%. Head-on and Other each recorded 1 death, or 3.8%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths, or 26.9%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event, such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 17 deaths, or 65.4%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 9, or 34.6%. Rural locations recorded 22 deaths, or 84.6%, and urban locations recorded 4, or 15.4%. Work-zone deaths numbered 5. These truck accident classifications count deaths, not vehicles or fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
I-70 in other states
Across I-70, 292 deaths in large-truck crashes were recorded across 10 states during 2020 to 2024. Illinois accounted for 8.9% of that route-wide death total, with 26 deaths. The listed other state segments show Colorado with 55 deaths, Missouri with 52, Ohio with 50, Indiana with 40 and Kansas with 23.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Among the listed other-state rows, Colorado had the highest large-truck death count and Kansas had the lowest. Illinois recorded fewer deaths than Indiana and more deaths than Kansas. The other-state table is a subset, not the route-wide total. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
About these figures
The I-70 Illinois truck accident figures come from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Its scope requires a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county fields identify crash locations, not residences.[8][6][7]
For I-70 in Illinois, crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers determine assignment, with no claim to describe the highway's full extent. Involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 counts use Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep these counts grouped by crash location and large-truck involvement.[8][6][7]
See also
- Illinois truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
- I-70 truck accidents in Colorado (2020-2024)
- I-70 truck accidents in Indiana (2020-2024)
- I-70 truck accidents in Kansas (2020-2024)
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Madison County, Illinois (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for St. Clair County, Illinois (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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