| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-76 in Pennsylvania[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 34[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 79[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 43.0%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 27[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
I-76 in Pennsylvania recorded 34 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, compared with 79 deaths across all fatal crashes assigned to the route in the state. Large-truck involvement accounted for 43.0% of those route deaths. The truck accident figures cover 27 fatal large-truck crashes. Deaths and fatal crashes are separate measures: a crash can kill multiple people and can involve multiple large trucks.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For these I-76 Pennsylvania 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. Deaths include everyone killed in those crashes, not just people in trucks. Assignment uses crash-level route fields: ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. These recorded identifiers establish the route grouping used here; they do not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-76 truck accident deaths in Pennsylvania by year
Annual truck accident deaths on Pennsylvania's I-76 were 6 in 2020, 8 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 9 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was tied between 2022 and 2024; 2023 had the lowest count. Truck accident deaths rose from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022, fell in 2023, then rose in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5]
All route deaths were 16 in 2020, 21 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 15 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in 2021 and its lowest in 2023. Although large-truck deaths matched in 2022 and 2024, all route deaths differed: 17 and 15, respectively. 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 | 6 | 16 |
| 2021 | 8 | 21 |
| 2022 | 9 | 17 |
| 2023 | 2 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 15 |
Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.
Counties along I-76 in Pennsylvania
Truck accident deaths were recorded across 14 counties on this Pennsylvania segment. Among the listed rows, Westmoreland County and Lancaster County tied for the highest count, each with 7 deaths and 20.6% of the state segment total. Philadelphia County, Somerset County and Cumberland County each recorded 3 deaths and 8.8%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Beaver County and Bedford County each had 2 deaths and 5.9%. York County, Dauphin County and Lawrence County each had 1 death and 2.9%, tying for the lowest count among the listed rows. These truck accident figures identify the counties where crashes occurred. They do not count deaths according to where the people killed lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
| County | Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | Share of the route total in the state |
|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland County | 7 | 20.6% |
| Lancaster County | 7 | 20.6% |
| Philadelphia County | 3 | 8.8% |
| Somerset County | 3 | 8.8% |
| Cumberland County | 3 | 8.8% |
| Beaver County | 2 | 5.9% |
| Bedford County | 2 | 5.9% |
| York County | 1 | 2.9% |
| Dauphin County | 1 | 2.9% |
| Lawrence County | 1 | 2.9% |
How the truck crashes on I-76 happened
Manner of collision classifies the first harmful event. Rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 11 (32.4%); angle (side impact), 1 (2.9%); sideswipe, 3 (8.8%); head-on, 2 (5.9%); and Other, 5 (14.7%). The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 deaths (35.3%). It means no collision with another motor vehicle in transport, including events such as 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 12 (35.3%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 22 (64.7%). Urban locations had 7 deaths (20.6%); rural locations had 27 (79.4%). Work-zone deaths numbered 4. These truck accident classifications count people killed, not vehicles or fatal crashes, and all describe the Pennsylvania I-76 segment.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
I-76 in other states
Across the route-wide I-76 data, 55 deaths in large-truck crashes were recorded across 4 states during 2020 to 2024. Pennsylvania's segment accounted for 34 deaths, or 61.8% of that route-wide count. The route-wide figure is supplied separately from the other-state table.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The other-state table displays "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0. That entry supplies no named state segment for a truck accident comparison and does not mean that other states recorded no deaths. Listed other-state rows are a subset, not the route total. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile for Pennsylvania or another segment.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
About these figures
The I-76 Pennsylvania truck accident figures come from NHTSA's FARS census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county counts follow crash locations, not residence.[8][6][7]
For Pennsylvania's I-76 grouping, crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields identify route signing and location, with no claim to full highway coverage. Truck involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 figures use Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep this grouping in view: the counts concern fatal crashes involving large trucks.[8][6][7]
See also
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
- Truck accident statistics for Chester County, Pennsylvania (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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