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

I-70 truck accident deaths in Kansas by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-70 in Kansas rose from 4 in 2020 to 9 in 2021, then fell to 3 in 2022 and 2 in 2023. The count rose to 5 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2021 was the highest year and 2023 was the lowest. The 2024 count was higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths on the route followed a different annual sequence: 20 in 2020, 27 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 16 in 2023 and 14 in 2024. The highest all-route death count was in 2021; the lowest was in 2022. From 2022 to 2023, all-route deaths rose while deaths in large-truck crashes fell. From 2023 to 2024, those directions reversed.^{[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 Kansas

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-70 in Kansas occurred in 12 counties. Among the listed rows, Wyandotte County and Geary County tied for the highest death count, with 3 deaths and 13.0% each of the segment total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Riley County, Gove County, Ellsworth County, Shawnee County, Thomas County, Sherman County and Dickinson County each recorded 2 deaths, representing 8.7% each. Russell County recorded 1 death and 4.3%, the lowest death count and share among the listed rows. These county figures identify where the fatal crashes occurred. They do not identify where the people killed lived, and the listed county rows do not represent every county with a death.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-70 happened

For I-70 in Kansas, angle (side impact) crashes accounted for 6 deaths and 26.1%; rear-end crashes accounted for 4 and 17.4%. Sideswipe and head-on crashes each accounted for 3 deaths and 13.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths and 30.4%. It describes a first harmful event other than collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including a rollover or striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime truck accident deaths, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., numbered 16, or 69.6%; nighttime deaths, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., numbered 7, or 30.4%. Rural locations recorded 18 deaths and 78.3%; urban locations recorded 5 and 21.7%. Work-zone deaths numbered 2. These categories count deaths, not trucks or crashes.^{[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. Kansas accounted for 7.9% of that route total, with 23 truck accident deaths assigned to its segment.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed other state segments recorded 55 deaths in Colorado, 52 in Missouri, 50 in Ohio, 40 in Indiana and 26 in Illinois. Colorado had the highest death count among the listed other-state rows. Each listed other state segment had a higher count than Kansas. This selection is a subset, not the route-wide total. These are location-based death counts, not traffic-adjusted risk rankings; they cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

The I-70 Kansas figures use NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Deaths are grouped by crash location, not residence. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, that location grouping applies to these counts.^[8][6][7]

Assignment to I-70 in Kansas relies on crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers, which do not establish the highway's full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The truck accident data for 2020 to 2023 come from FARS Final Files. The 2024 figures come from the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. The packet supplies counts rather than population or mileage rates.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Kansas 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 Indiana (2020-2024)