| Data years | 2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5] |
|---|---|
| Route segment | I-80 in Nebraska[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024 | 68[1][2][3][4][5] |
| All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024 | 114[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes | 59.6%[1][2][3][4][5] |
| Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-2024 | 56[1][2][3][4][5] |
| 2024 data file | FARS Annual Report File[5] |
Fatal crashes involving large trucks on I-80 in Nebraska recorded 68 deaths during 2020 to 2024, out of 114 deaths from all fatal crashes assigned to the route in the state. The large-truck share was 59.6%. These truck accident deaths occurred in 56 fatal large-truck crashes. The death count includes everyone killed in those crashes, rather than only people occupying the large trucks, and truck involvement does not establish fault.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
For I-80 in Nebraska, 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. Buses and motor homes are excluded. Assignment uses the crash-level route fields: ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, the recorded trafficway identifier. These fields identify route signing and crash location; they do not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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I-80 truck accident deaths in Nebraska by year
Annual truck accident deaths on Nebraska's I-80 were 14 in 2020, 15 in 2021, 15 in 2022, 10 in 2023 and 14 in 2024. The highest annual count was shared by 2021 and 2022; the lowest was 2023. Deaths rose from 2020 to 2021, remained unchanged in 2022, fell in 2023 and rose in 2024. The 2024 truck accident death count equaled the 2020 count.[1][2][3][4][5]
All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 28 in 2020, 26 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 15 in 2023 and 21 in 2024. That measure declined through 2023 before rising in 2024. Its highest count was in 2020, and its lowest was in 2023. Both series count deaths at route-assigned crash locations.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Year | Deaths in large-truck crashes | All deaths on the route |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 28 |
| 2021 | 15 | 26 |
| 2022 | 15 | 24 |
| 2023 | 10 | 15 |
| 2024 | 14 | 21 |
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 Nebraska
Truck accident deaths occurred in 14 counties along the route-coded Nebraska segment. Among the listed rows, Seward County had the highest death count, 11, and share, 16.2%. Lincoln County followed with 10 deaths and 14.7%; Kimball County recorded 7 and 10.3%. Hall County and Buffalo County each recorded 5 deaths and 7.4%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Lancaster County, Deuel County, Keith County and Dawson County each recorded 4 deaths and 5.9% of the segment total. Douglas County had 3 deaths and 4.4%, the lowest death count and share among the listed rows. These truck accident figures identify crash locations on I-80 in Nebraska, not 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Seward County | 11 | 16.2% |
| Lincoln County | 10 | 14.7% |
| Kimball County | 7 | 10.3% |
| Hall County | 5 | 7.4% |
| Buffalo County | 5 | 7.4% |
| Lancaster County | 4 | 5.9% |
| Deuel County | 4 | 5.9% |
| Keith County | 4 | 5.9% |
| Dawson County | 4 | 5.9% |
| Douglas County | 3 | 4.4% |
How the truck crashes on I-80 happened
Rear-end and head-on truck accident crashes each accounted for 17 deaths (25.0%). Angle (side impact) recorded 11 (16.2%); sideswipe recorded 1 (1.5%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 21 (30.9%); not reported recorded 1 (1.5%). Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. The quoted row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Daytime, 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 39 truck accident deaths (57.4%); nighttime, 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 25 (36.8%). Time was not reported for 4 (5.9%). Rural locations recorded 61 deaths (89.7%); urban locations recorded 7 (10.3%). Work-zone deaths numbered 10. These Nebraska I-80 figures count deaths rather than 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. Nebraska's 68 truck accident deaths represented 15.8% of that route-wide total. The listed other state segments are a subset, and their counts do not replace the separately supplied route total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Pennsylvania recorded 56 deaths, Wyoming 55 and Iowa 45. Indiana and Ohio each recorded 41 deaths, tying for the lowest count among the listed other-state rows. Nebraska's truck accident death count was higher than each listed other-state count. These are crash-location 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-80 Nebraska truck accident figures come from NHTSA's FARS, a 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 fields locate crashes, not residences.[8][6][7]
For Nebraska's I-80 counts, crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields establish route assignment, without defining full highway coverage. Truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based fatal-crash data. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.[8][6][7]
See also
- Nebraska 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 Indiana (2020-2024)
On related publications
- Truck accident statistics for Douglas County, Nebraska (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)
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