I-94 truck accidents in Michigan (2020-2024)

I-94 truck accident deaths in Michigan by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-94 in Michigan were 8 in 2020, 6 in 2021, 8 in 2022, 5 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest count was shared by 2020 and 2022, while 2023 and 2024 tied for the lowest. Deaths fell from 2020 to 2021, rose in 2022, then fell in 2023 and remained unchanged in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 28 in 2020, 39 in 2021, 45 in 2022, 28 in 2023 and 21 in 2024. The highest all-route count was in 2022; the lowest was in 2024. The all-route counts for 2020 and 2023 were equal. Each annual column counts deaths, with the large-truck column restricted to crashes involving qualifying trucks.^{[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-94 in Michigan

Truck accident deaths assigned to Michigan's I-94 segment occurred in 9 counties. Among the listed rows, Jackson County and Wayne County tied for the highest death count, each with 6 and 18.8%. Washtenaw County recorded 5 deaths and 15.6%. Kalamazoo County, Van Buren County and Calhoun County each recorded 3 deaths and 9.4%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Berrien County, Macomb County and St. Clair County each had 2 deaths and 6.2%, tying for the lowest death count among the listed rows. Each share uses the route's large-truck death total in Michigan. These county entries identify crash locations recorded in FARS, rather than the residences of the people who died.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-94 happened

For I-94 truck accidents in Michigan, rear-end crashes accounted for 8 deaths (25.0%), angle crashes for 4 (12.5%), head-on crashes for 4 (12.5%), sideswipes for 2 (6.2%) and Other for 3 (9.4%). The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 11 deaths (34.4%). It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport at the first harmful event, including 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 recorded 17 deaths (53.1%) and nighttime 15 (46.9%). Daytime runs from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime runs from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 24 deaths (75.0%), rural locations 8 (25.0%). Work-zone deaths numbered 9. These truck accident breakdowns count people who died, rather than vehicles or fatal crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-94 in other states

Across I-94, the supplied route-wide count was 120 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 7 states. Michigan's segment accounted for 26.7% of that route-wide death count. Its 32 deaths can be compared with the listed Minnesota segment's 25 and the Illinois segment's 24.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among these listed state segments, Michigan had the highest large-truck death count and Illinois the lowest. The other-state table contains a subset of segments; the 120 route-wide deaths are supplied separately. These truck accident counts describe recorded fatal outcomes by crash location. 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

The I-94 Michigan truck accident figures use NHTSA's FARS census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling 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 I-94 in Michigan, ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID assign crashes without defining full highway coverage. Truck involvement does not establish fault. Data for 2020 to 2023 are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should distinguish these location-based death counts from counts of fatal crashes involving large trucks.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Michigan truck accident statistics (2020-2024)
• I-94 truck accidents in Illinois (2020-2024)
• I-94 truck accidents in Minnesota (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Wayne County, Michigan (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)