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I-95 truck accidents in Maryland (2020-2024)

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I-95 truck accidents in Maryland (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-95 in Maryland[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202435[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024145[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes24.1%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202435[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-95 in Maryland recorded 35 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, alongside 145 deaths from all fatal crashes assigned to the route. Large-truck involvement accounted for 24.1% of those route deaths. The segment recorded 35 fatal large-truck crashes. These truck accident deaths include everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than only people in trucks. The death count and fatal-crash count measure different things, even though their values match for this segment.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For I-95 in Maryland, 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, excluding buses and motor homes. Assignment uses the crash-level fields ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID. Those fields identify route signing and the recorded crash location; they do not describe the highway's full geographic extent.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-95 truck accident deaths in Maryland by year

Annual truck accident deaths on Maryland's I-95 fell from 7 in 2020 to 3 in 2021, then rose to 8 in 2022 and 9 in 2023. The count fell to 8 in 2024, matching 2022. For deaths in large-truck crashes, 2023 was the highest year and 2021 was the lowest. Neither extreme was tied.[1][2][3][4][5]

All deaths assigned to the route rose from 23 in 2020 to 24 in 2021, then to 32 in 2022 and 38 in 2023, before falling to 28 in 2024. That series also reached its highest count in 2023, but its lowest was 2020, with neither extreme tied. The annual columns distinguish deaths involving large trucks from deaths in all fatal crashes assigned to the route.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-95 truck accident deaths in Maryland by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
2020723
2021324
2022832
2023938
2024828

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-95 in Maryland

Truck accident deaths on this Maryland segment were recorded across 6 county location entries. Among the listed rows, Prince George's County had the highest death count, 9, and share, 25.7%, followed by Howard County with 7 and 20.0%. Cecil County, Baltimore County and Harford County each recorded 5 deaths and a 14.3% share.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

City of Baltimore recorded 4 deaths and 11.4%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each percentage uses deaths in large-truck crashes on I-95 in Maryland as its denominator. These entries identify where the fatal crashes occurred, using recorded crash locations, rather than where the people who died lived.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-95 in Maryland[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Prince George's County925.7%
Howard County720.0%
Cecil County514.3%
Baltimore County514.3%
Harford County514.3%
City of Baltimore411.4%

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 16 deaths, or 45.7%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, covering events such as striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport. Rear-end crashes recorded 14 deaths, or 40.0%; angle and sideswipe crashes each recorded 2, or 5.7%; head-on crashes recorded 1, or 2.9%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 31.4%, during 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.; nighttime deaths numbered 24, or 68.6%, during 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m. Urban locations recorded 34 deaths, or 97.1%, and rural locations recorded 1, or 2.9%. Work-zone deaths numbered 3. These breakdowns count people killed, not trucks or fatal crashes.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened[1][2][3][4][5]
Manner of collisionDeaths, 2020-2024Share
Rear-end1440.0%
Angle (side impact)25.7%
Sideswipe25.7%
Head-on12.9%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle1645.7%

I-95 in other states

Across I-95, the supplied route-wide count is 430 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 16 states. Maryland's 35 deaths represent 8.1% of that route-wide total. The other-state rows are a subset of the route's state segments, so they do not replace the separately supplied route total.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Florida recorded 103 truck accident deaths, North Carolina 57, Virginia 46, South Carolina 43 and Georgia 36. Each listed other state segment recorded a higher death count than Maryland. Among the listed other-state rows, Florida had the highest count. These are location-based counts without traffic adjustment, not risk rankings for travel on the respective segments.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

I-95 in other states[1][2][3][4][5]
I-95 segmentDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024
Florida103
North Carolina57
Virginia46
South Carolina43
Georgia36

About these figures

For I-95 in Maryland, FARS supplies fatal traffic crash records, excluding nonfatal crashes and injuries. Counts follow the crash's state and county location, not anyone's residence. Route assignment requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID; these crash-level fields do not establish the highway's full geographic extent.[8][6][7]

Truck accident involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep the grouping in view: these counts concern deaths in qualifying crashes. The Maryland I-95 figures use FARS Final Files for 2020 to 2023 and the 2024 Annual Report File. NHTSA can revise the latter when replacing it with the Final File. These counts cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[8][6][7]

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