I-77 truck accidents in North Carolina (2020-2024)

I-77 truck accident deaths in North Carolina by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-77 in North Carolina were 7 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 5 in 2022, 4 in 2023 and 4 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2020 and 2021; the lowest was shared by 2023 and 2024. Deaths were unchanged from 2020 to 2021, fell in 2022 and 2023, and were unchanged in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths were 14 in 2020, 22 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 16 in 2024. That measure rose in 2021, fell in 2022 and 2023, then rose in 2024. Its highest year was 2021 and its lowest was 2023. Both series describe deaths at crashes assigned to this North Carolina route segment.^{[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-77 in North Carolina

The segment's truck accident deaths occurred in 4 counties. Among the listed rows, Mecklenburg County had the highest death count, 11, and the highest share of the state segment's total, 40.7%. Yadkin County followed with 6 deaths and 22.2%. Surry County recorded 5 deaths and 18.5%, matching Iredell County's 5 deaths and 18.5%. Surry County and Iredell County therefore shared the lowest death count among the listed rows.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These county figures locate fatal crashes assigned to I-77 in North Carolina during 2020 to 2024. They describe where the crashes occurred, using recorded crash-location fields, rather than where the people who died lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-77 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 13 deaths, or 48.1%, the largest death count among the listed manner-of-collision rows. Angle (side impact) and sideswipe crashes each recorded 1 death and 3.7%; head-on crashes recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 12 deaths and 44.4%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. 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 15 truck accident deaths and 55.6%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) accounted for 12 and 44.4%. Urban locations recorded 11 deaths and 40.7%, versus rural locations with 16 and 59.3%. Work-zone deaths numbered 5. These measures count deaths, not crashes or trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-77 in other states

Across I-77, the supplied route-wide count was 82 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 5 states. North Carolina's 27 deaths represented 32.9% of that route-wide total. The listed South Carolina segment recorded 26 deaths. North Carolina had the higher death count among the listed state segments.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table supplies a subset of segments, while the 82-death route total is provided separately. Its listed rows should not be treated as the full route total. These truck accident counts describe fatal crash locations. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile for either listed state segment.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-77 in North Carolina, FARS supplies fatal-crash records, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Its inclusion criteria require a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. State and county counts follow crash location. ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID assign crashes to I-77 without establishing its full geographic coverage.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based death counts. The North Carolina I-77 records for 2020 to 2023 use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, which can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

• North Carolina truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-77 truck accidents in South Carolina (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
• Truck accident statistics for Iredell County, North Carolina (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)