I-80 truck accidents in Indiana (2020-2024)

I-80 truck accident deaths in Indiana by year

Annual truck accident deaths on Indiana's I-80 segment were 5 in 2020, 11 in 2021, 11 in 2022, 9 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was shared by 2021 and 2022, while 2020 and 2024 shared the lowest count. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021, remained unchanged in 2022, then fell in 2023 and again in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All route deaths followed a different annual sequence: 9 in 2020, 20 in 2021, 21 in 2022, 15 in 2023 and 11 in 2024. That measure was highest in 2022 and lowest in 2020. Unlike truck accident deaths, all route deaths increased between 2021 and 2022. Both measures declined between 2022 and 2023 and between 2023 and 2024.^{[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-80 in Indiana

The recorded locations of truck accident deaths on I-80 in Indiana span 5 counties. Among the listed rows, Lake County had the highest death count at 19 and the highest share at 46.3%. LaGrange County followed with 10 deaths, representing 24.4% of the state segment's large-truck deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

St. Joseph County recorded 5 deaths and 12.2%, followed by Steuben County with 4 and 9.8%. Elkhart County had 3 deaths and 7.3%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each percentage uses the Indiana route segment's large-truck death total. These truck accident counts describe where crashes occurred, rather than where the people killed in them lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-80 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 21 truck accident deaths, or 51.2%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Angle (side impact) crashes recorded 4 deaths and 9.8%; sideswipe crashes recorded 2 and 4.9%; head-on crashes recorded 1 and 2.4%. Manner of collision describes the first harmful event.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 13 deaths and 31.7%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, encompassing events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime accounted for 21 deaths and 51.2%, while nighttime accounted for 20 and 48.8%. Urban locations recorded 21 deaths and 51.2%; rural locations recorded 20 and 48.8%. Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 9. These classifications count deaths, not trucks or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-80 in other states

Across I-80, the supplied route-wide total was 430 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 11 states. Indiana's 41 truck accident deaths represented 9.5% of that route-wide total. The listed other state segments are a subset, rather than a complete accounting of the route total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other state rows, Nebraska had the highest large-truck death count at 68. Pennsylvania recorded 56, Wyoming 55 and Iowa 45. Ohio recorded 41, matching Indiana's count. These truck accident figures compare recorded deaths by state segment. They are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile on I-80.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-80 in Indiana, FARS supplies fatal-only truck accident counts, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Its scope requires a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. State and county figures identify crash locations. Crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers assign crashes to I-80 without defining its full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File, subject to revision when replaced by the Final File. For readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer," the grouping here remains deaths by recorded crash location on I-80 in Indiana, not the residence of those killed.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Indiana truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-80 truck accidents in California (2020-2024)
• I-80 truck accidents in Illinois (2020-2024)
• I-80 truck accidents in Iowa (2020-2024)

On related publications

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