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

I-80 truck accident deaths in Nevada by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-80 in Nevada rose from 1 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and 9 in 2022. They then fell to 5 in 2023 before rising to 7 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 9 in 2022; the lowest was 1 in 2020. Neither annual extreme was tied.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths assigned to the route fell from 20 in 2020 to 19 in 2021, rose to 29 in 2022, fell to 16 in 2023 and rose to 18 in 2024. That measure also reached its highest count in 2022, but its lowest count occurred in 2023. These annual truck accident comparisons concern deaths, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Nevada

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-80 in Nevada occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Washoe County had the highest death count, 11, and share, 39.3%. Pershing County followed with 6 deaths and 21.4%. Churchill County, Elko County and Humboldt County each recorded 3 deaths, each representing 10.7% of the route total in the state.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Eureka County and Lyon County each recorded 1 death and 3.6%, tying for the lowest death count and share among the listed rows. Every county figure describes the recorded location of a fatal crash on this segment. These are crash-location counts, not counts based on where the people killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-80 happened

For I-80 in Nevada, rear-end crashes accounted for 9 deaths, or 32.1%; head-on crashes for 3, or 10.7%; and sideswipes for 2, or 7.1%. Angle (side impact) crashes recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 14 deaths and 50.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event. Examples include a rollover or striking a parked vehicle or fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can still be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 15, or 53.6%, compared with nighttime's 13, or 46.4%. Rural locations recorded 21 deaths, or 75.0%; urban locations recorded 7, or 25.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These classifications count deaths in large-truck crashes, rather than the number of trucks involved or the number of crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-80 in other states

Across I-80, the supplied route-wide count is 430 deaths in large-truck crashes, with deaths recorded in 11 states during 2020 to 2024. Nevada's 28 deaths represent 6.5% of that route-wide total. The listed other state segments are a subset, so their counts do not constitute the full I-80 total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other state rows, Nebraska had the highest large-truck death count at 68, followed by Pennsylvania at 56, Wyoming at 55, Iowa at 45 and Indiana at 41. Each listed segment recorded a higher count than Nevada. These truck accident counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

For I-80 in Nevada, FARS counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow recorded crash locations, not residence. Crash-level ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID determine route assignment, without defining the highway's full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault.^[8][6][7]

The Nevada I-80 figures use FARS Final Files for 2020 to 2023 and the revisable 2024 Annual Report File. NHTSA can change the 2024 figures when replacing that file with the Final File. For a reader searching for a truck accident lawyer, the grouping remains deaths in qualifying large-truck crashes on this recorded route segment, rather than deaths limited to truck occupants.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Nevada 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 Washoe County, Nevada (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)