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

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I-70 truck accidents in Ohio (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-70 in Ohio[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202450[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-202489[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes56.2%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202439[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-70 in Ohio recorded 50 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024, accounting for 56.2% of the route's 89 deaths in the state. Those large-truck deaths occurred in 39 fatal crashes. The truck accident death count includes everyone killed in those crashes, rather than only people occupying trucks. These figures describe fatal crashes assigned to the Ohio segment through the route information recorded for each crash in FARS.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For this I-70 Ohio summary, 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 identify route signing and crash location; they do not describe 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 Ohio by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-70 in Ohio fell from 11 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, then rose to 14 in 2022. The count fell to 12 in 2023 and to 5 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2022 was the highest year and 2024 was the lowest year.[1][2][3][4][5]

All deaths on the route followed the same annual direction: 19 in 2020 fell to 14 in 2021, rose to 25 in 2022, then fell to 21 in 2023 and 10 in 2024. The highest all-route count was also in 2022, and the lowest was in 2024. These annual truck accident figures count deaths at crash locations assigned to the route, not the number of trucks involved.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-70 truck accident deaths in Ohio by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
20201119
2021814
20221425
20231221
2024510

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 Ohio

Truck accident deaths on Ohio's I-70 segment occurred in 9 counties. Among the listed rows, Franklin County had the highest death count, 9, and share, 18.0%. Clark County, Preble County and Licking County each recorded 8 deaths and 16.0%. Guernsey County recorded 7 deaths, or 14.0%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Madison County had 4 deaths and 8.0%; Montgomery County had 3 and 6.0%; Belmont County had 2 and 4.0%. Muskingum County had the lowest count and share among the listed rows: 1 death and 2.0%. Each share uses the segment's large-truck death total. These truck accident figures identify the counties where crashes occurred, not where the people killed lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-70 in Ohio[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Franklin County918.0%
Clark County816.0%
Preble County816.0%
Licking County816.0%
Guernsey County714.0%
Madison County48.0%
Montgomery County36.0%
Belmont County24.0%
Muskingum County12.0%

How the truck crashes on I-70 happened

For I-70 truck accident deaths in Ohio, rear-end collisions accounted for 24 deaths, or 48.0%; angle collisions for 7, or 14.0%; sideswipes for 2, or 4.0%; and head-on collisions for 4, or 8.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 13 deaths, or 26.0%. This first-harmful-event category means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as rollovers or striking parked vehicles. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 20 truck accident deaths, or 40.0%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 30, or 60.0%. Urban and rural locations each recorded 25 deaths and 50.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 6. These truck accident breakdowns measure deaths, not crashes or trucks; a fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-70 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end2448.0%
Angle (side impact)714.0%
Sideswipe24.0%
Head-on48.0%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle1326.0%

I-70 in other states

Across 10 states with deaths recorded on I-70, the route-wide total was 292 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024. Ohio's 50 deaths represented 17.1% of that separately supplied total. The other-state table lists only a subset of state segments, so its entries do not define the route-wide truck accident death total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Among the listed other-state rows, Colorado had the highest large-truck death count at 55, followed by Missouri at 52, Indiana at 40 and Illinois at 26. Kansas had the lowest listed count at 23. These truck accident counts describe fatal outcomes by crash location. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings or measures of risk per trip or mile.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

I-70 in other states[1][2][3][4][5]
I-70 segmentDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024
Colorado55
Missouri52
Indiana40
Illinois26
Kansas23

About these figures

The I-70 Ohio truck accident figures come from NHTSA's FARS census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Deaths are grouped by crash location, not residence; large-truck involvement does not establish fault.[8][6][7]

For Ohio's I-70 truck accident counts, ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID determine assignment. These crash-level fields describe signing and location, not the highway's full extent. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should retain these location and fatal-only distinctions when reading the counts.[8][6][7]

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