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I-95 truck accidents in North Carolina (2020-2024)

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I-95 truck accidents in North Carolina (2020-2024)
Data years2020-2024[1][2][3][4][5]
Route segmentI-95 in North Carolina[1][2][3][4][5]
Deaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-202457[1][2][3][4][5]
All deaths on the route segment, 2020-2024139[1][2][3][4][5]
Share of segment deaths in large-truck crashes41.0%[1][2][3][4][5]
Fatal crashes involving large trucks, 2020-202447[1][2][3][4][5]
2024 data fileFARS Annual Report File[5]

I-95 in North Carolina recorded 57 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, representing 41.0% of the 139 deaths assigned to the route in the state. Those truck accident deaths occurred in 47 fatal large-truck crashes. The death count includes everyone killed in the qualifying crashes, rather than only people occupying large trucks. These figures describe fatal crashes recorded at locations assigned to this North Carolina segment of I-95.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

For these statistics, a truck accident involves at least one medium or heavy truck with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds; buses and motor homes are excluded. Assignment to I-95 in North Carolina uses the crash-level ROUTE=1 field and a parseable I-route number in TWAY_ID, the recorded trafficway identifier. These fields identify route signing and crash location. They do not describe the highway's full geographic extent or establish truck fault.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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I-95 truck accident deaths in North Carolina by year

Annual truck accident deaths on I-95 in North Carolina rose from 9 in 2020 to 10 in 2021, then to 13 in 2022. The count remained at 13 in 2023 before falling to 12 in 2024. Thus, 2022 and 2023 shared the highest large-truck death count, while 2020 had the lowest. These are deaths in qualifying crashes, rather than annual counts of fatal truck accidents.[1][2][3][4][5]

All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 21 in 2020, 27 in 2021, 31 in 2022, 27 in 2023 and 33 in 2024. The highest all-route count was 33 in 2024; the lowest was 21 in 2020. The 27 deaths recorded in 2021 and 2023 were equal. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File.[1][2][3][4][5]

I-95 truck accident deaths in North Carolina by year[1][2][3][4][5]
YearDeaths in large-truck crashesAll deaths on the route
2020921
20211027
20221331
20231327
20241233

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 North Carolina

Truck accident deaths assigned to I-95 in North Carolina occurred in 7 counties. Among the listed rows, Halifax County had the highest death count and share, with 13 deaths and 22.8%. Johnston County and Robeson County each recorded 10 deaths and 17.5%. Cumberland County and Wilson County each recorded 8 deaths and 14.0%.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Nash County recorded 6 deaths, representing 10.5% of the segment total. Harnett County had 2 deaths and 3.5%, the lowest count and share among the listed rows. Each share refers to large-truck crash deaths on the route within North Carolina. County assignments identify truck accident locations, not the residences of those killed.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Counties along I-95 in North Carolina[1][2][3][4][5]
CountyDeaths in large-truck crashes, 2020-2024Share of the route total in the state
Halifax County1322.8%
Johnston County1017.5%
Robeson County1017.5%
Cumberland County814.0%
Wilson County814.0%
Nash County610.5%
Harnett County23.5%

How the truck crashes on I-95 happened

For I-95 in North Carolina, rear-end truck accident deaths numbered 21 (36.8%), angle deaths 3 (5.3%), sideswipe deaths 7 (12.3%) and head-on deaths 0 (0.0%). The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 26 deaths (45.6%). Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle, fixed object, pedestrian or cyclist. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Daytime accounted for 25 truck accident deaths (43.9%); nighttime accounted for 32 (56.1%). Urban locations recorded 9 deaths (15.8%), and rural locations recorded 48 (84.2%). Work-zone deaths numbered 16. These classifications count deaths, not trucks or crashes; a qualifying crash can involve multiple large trucks and can kill multiple people.[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-end2136.8%
Angle (side impact)35.3%
Sideswipe712.3%
Head-on00.0%
Not a collision with another moving vehicle2645.6%

I-95 in other states

Across I-95, the supplied route-wide count was 430 deaths in large-truck crashes during 2020 to 2024, with deaths recorded in 16 states. North Carolina's 57 truck accident deaths represented 13.3% of that route-wide figure. The total is supplied separately; the listed other-state segments are a subset.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Among the listed other-state rows, Florida had the highest large-truck death count at 103. Virginia recorded 46, South Carolina 43, Georgia 36 and Maryland 35. Maryland had the lowest count among those listed rows. North Carolina's count exceeded each listed segment except Florida. These death counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.[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
Virginia46
South Carolina43
Georgia36
Maryland35

About these figures

The I-95 North Carolina truck accident figures come from NHTSA's FARS census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires 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 fields locate crashes, not residences.[8][6][7]

For I-95 in North Carolina, crash-level route signing and trafficway identifiers determine assignment without establishing the highway's full geographic extent. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these figures as location-based fatal-crash statistics. The 2020 to 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains revisable when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File.[8][6][7]

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