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

I-94 truck accident deaths in Minnesota by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-94 in Minnesota rose from 1 in 2020 to 6 in 2021 and 7 in 2022. They then fell to 6 in 2023 and 5 in 2024. The highest large-truck death count was 7 in 2022, while the lowest was 1 in 2020. The years 2021 and 2023 tied at 6 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All deaths on the route followed a different sequence: 8 in 2020, 15 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 14 in 2023 and 11 in 2024. That measure reached its highest count in 2021 and its lowest in 2020. From 2021 to 2022, truck accident deaths rose while all-route deaths fell. From 2022 to 2023, truck accident deaths fell while all-route deaths rose.^{[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 Minnesota

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-94 in Minnesota occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Stearns County had the highest count, 10 deaths and 40.0% of the segment total. Clay County followed with 5 and 20.0%, then Wright County with 4 and 16.0%, and Hennepin County with 3 and 12.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Otter Tail County, Washington County and Douglas County each recorded 1 death and 4.0%, tying for the lowest death count among the listed rows. These county figures locate the fatal crashes on the Minnesota segment. They do not identify where the people killed lived. Each share refers to the segment's large-truck death total.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-94 happened

Rear-end crashes accounted for 12 truck accident deaths, or 48.0%, the largest manner-of-collision count among the listed rows. Head-on crashes recorded 3 deaths and 12.0%; angle (side impact) recorded 2 and 8.0%; sideswipe recorded 1 and 4.0%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 and 28.0%. It means the first harmful event was not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport, such as a rollover or striking a fixed object. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 14 truck accident deaths and 56.0%; nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., recorded 11 and 44.0%. Rural locations recorded 14 and 56.0%, compared with urban locations at 11 and 44.0%. Work-zone deaths numbered 6. These measures count deaths, not trucks or 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. Minnesota's 25 truck accident deaths represented 20.8% of that route-wide total. This share compares the Minnesota segment with the separately supplied total for I-94 across states.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed other-state rows, Michigan recorded the highest large-truck death count at 32, and Illinois the lowest at 24. Minnesota's count of 25 was lower than Michigan's and higher than Illinois's. The listed other-state segments are a subset, not the complete route total. 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-94 in Minnesota, FARS supplies fatal-only truck accident counts; nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Inclusion requires a death within 30 days of a qualifying traffic crash. State and county fields place deaths by crash location, not residence. Crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign the route but do not establish I-94's full geographic extent.^[8][6][7]

Large-truck involvement does not establish fault in a Minnesota I-94 truck accident. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based counts of fatal crashes and deaths. The 2020 to 2023 records are FARS Final Files. The 2024 records come from the Annual Report File and may change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.^[8][6][7]

See also

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

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Hennepin County, Minnesota (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)