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

I-80 truck accident deaths in Wyoming by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-80 in Wyoming fell from 9 in 2020 to 8 in 2021, then rose to 12 in 2022. The count rose again to 23 in 2023 before falling to 3 in 2024. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2023 was the highest year and 2024 was the lowest. These annual figures count people killed, rather than fatal truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All route deaths followed the same sequence of increases and decreases: 17 in 2020, 14 in 2021, 24 in 2022, 34 in 2023 and 6 in 2024. The highest all-route count was 34 in 2023; the lowest was 6 in 2024. The 2024 figures come from the revisable Annual Report File, while 2020 to 2023 use Final Files.^{[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 Wyoming

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-80 in Wyoming occurred in 5 counties. Among the listed rows, Sweetwater County had the highest death count, 24, and the highest share of the state segment's total, 43.6%. Carbon County followed with 13 deaths and 23.6%. Laramie County recorded 8 deaths, accounting for 14.5%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Uinta County had 6 deaths and 10.9%, followed by Albany County with 4 deaths and 7.3%. Albany County had the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each county figure describes the recorded location of a fatal truck accident on this route segment. These are crash-location counts, not counts of deaths grouped by where people lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-80 happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. For I-80 truck accident deaths in Wyoming, "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 32 deaths, 58.2%. This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including rollovers or striking pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles or fixed objects. Vehicles stopped in traffic can be in transport. Angle (side impact) recorded 8 deaths, 14.5%; sideswipe, 6, 10.9%; rear-end, 5, 9.1%; head-on, 3, 5.5%; and Other, 1, 1.8%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.) accounted for 24 deaths, 43.6%; nighttime (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), 31, 56.4%. Urban locations recorded 7 deaths, 12.7%, and rural locations 48, 87.3%. Work-zone deaths numbered 4. These truck accident classifications count deaths, not trucks or crashes; a fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks and multiple deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-80 in other states

Across I-80, the supplied route-wide count was 430 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 11 states. Wyoming's 55 truck accident deaths represented 12.8% of that route total. The listed other state segments are a subset, so their counts do not replace the separately supplied route-wide figure.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed rows, Nebraska had the highest death count at 68, followed by Pennsylvania at 56 and Iowa at 45. Indiana and Ohio each recorded 41 deaths, tying for the lowest count among the listed rows. These truck accident counts describe crash locations. They 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 Wyoming, FARS supplies a fatal-only census: qualifying traffic crashes involve 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. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign this Wyoming segment; they do not describe I-80's 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, which can change upon replacement with the Final File. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based fatal-crash statistics. Truck accident deaths include everyone killed in the qualifying crashes.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Wyoming 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 Sweetwater County, Wyoming (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)