I-70 truck accidents in Indiana (2020-2024)

I-70 truck accident deaths in Indiana by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-70 in Indiana were 10 in 2020, 10 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was shared by 2020 and 2021; 2023 had the lowest. After remaining unchanged in 2021, deaths fell in 2022 and again in 2023, then rose in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths were 16 in 2020, 20 in 2021, 20 in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in both 2021 and 2022, with its lowest in 2023. Both death measures rose from 2023 to 2024. The annual truck accident figures count deaths in qualifying crashes, not the number of large trucks involved.^{[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-70 in Indiana

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-70 in Indiana occurred in 9 counties. Among the listed rows, Marion County had the highest death count, 9, and share, 22.5%. Hancock County followed with 6 deaths and 15.0%. Clay County, Wayne County and Henry County each recorded 5 deaths and 12.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Vigo County recorded 4 deaths, or 10.0%; Hendricks County recorded 3, or 7.5%; and Putnam County recorded 2, or 5.0%. Morgan County had the lowest count among the listed rows, 1 death, with 2.5%. Each share uses the Indiana segment's large-truck death total. These county figures locate the truck accident crashes, not the residences of the people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-70 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 24 truck accident deaths, or 60.0%, on I-70 in Indiana. Angle (side impact) crashes recorded 1 death and 2.5%; sideswipe crashes recorded 3 and 7.5%; head-on crashes recorded 2 and 5.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 10 deaths and 25.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event, including events such as rollovers or collisions with parked vehicles. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime and nighttime each recorded 20 deaths and 50.0%. Urban locations recorded 16 deaths and 40.0%; rural locations recorded 24 and 60.0%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 12. Each breakdown counts people killed in large-truck crashes, rather than trucks or fatal crashes, and manner of collision describes the crash's first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-70 in other states

Across I-70, the supplied route-wide total was 292 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 10 states. Indiana's 40 deaths represented 13.7% of that route total. The listed other state segments are a subset, not the complete route-wide accounting.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Colorado had the highest truck accident death count at 55, followed by Missouri at 52 and Ohio at 50. Illinois recorded 26 deaths, and Kansas recorded 23, the lowest count among those rows. Indiana's count was below Ohio's and above Illinois's. 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

For I-70 in Indiana, FARS counts fatal traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county fields locate crashes, not residences. Truck accident involvement does not establish fault.^[8][6][7]

Indiana's I-70 assignment requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; these crash-level fields do not establish full highway coverage. The 2020 to 2023 figures use Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File, which NHTSA can replace with a Final File. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep these counts grouped by crash location and large-truck involvement when interpreting the Indiana segment's figures.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Indiana truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-70 truck accidents in Colorado (2020-2024)
• I-70 truck accidents in Illinois (2020-2024)
• I-70 truck accidents in Kansas (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Marion County, Indiana (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)