Hawaii truck accident statistics (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Hawaii by year

Annual truck accident deaths numbered 6 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 2 in 2023 and 2 in 2024. Their respective shares of all traffic deaths were 7.1%, 7.4%, 5.2%, 2.2% and 2.0%. The highest death count occurred in 2021; 2023 and 2024 tied for the lowest. The 2024 count was 4 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Hawaii's share of the national large-truck death total was 0.1% in 2020, 2021 and 2022, followed by 0.0% in 2023 and 2024. Across the full period, Hawaii accounted for 0.1% of 27,553 national deaths. The 2024 figures remain subject to revision.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised when NHTSA publishes the final file.

Who died in Hawaii truck accidents

People in other vehicles accounted for 13 truck accident deaths, or 56.5%. People in the large truck accounted for 5 deaths, or 21.7%. The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" also recorded 5 deaths and 21.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label identifies the FARS nonoccupant grouping: pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle. The other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, including people in parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The Hawaii records identify 23 large trucks in fatal crashes during 2020 through 2024. Of those trucks, 6 were truck-tractors, representing 26.1%. The category single-unit and other large trucks contained 17 trucks. These are vehicle counts, separate from the number of fatal crashes and the number of people killed in truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Large trucks over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating numbered 9, or 39.1% of the large trucks counted. The records show 0 large trucks recorded as jackknifed and 0 large trucks carrying hazardous materials. A fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks, so truck involvement is counted separately.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

Interstates and crash types

Hawaii recorded 0 interstate deaths in large-truck crashes, a 0.0% share of its truck accident deaths. The interstate classification requires the interstate route code and a readable I-route number in the recorded roadway identifier. It is a route-coded subset, not a description of the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

No interstate segment met the 20-death threshold for listing. The displayed threshold row shows 0 large-truck crash deaths and 0 all-route deaths; these columns represent distinct measures. Separately, work-zone records identify 1 death in a large-truck crash.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Counties with the most truck accident deaths

Among the listed counties, Honolulu County had the highest truck accident death count at 12, followed by Hawaii County at 7. Kauai County and Maui County each recorded 2 deaths. These rows are a supplied subset, not a complete county listing.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Average annual deaths per 100,000 residents were 0.2 in Honolulu County, 0.7 in Hawaii County, 0.5 in Kauai County and 0.2 in Maui County. Hawaii County had the highest listed rate; Honolulu County and Maui County tied for the lowest. Small counts make rates sensitive to each death.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Up to 15 counties with the most deaths in the period, largest first. Rates for counties with few deaths change sharply with each death.

How Hawaii compares with the national rate

Hawaii's average annual truck accident death rate was 0.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with the national rate of 1.6. The corresponding death counts were 23 for Hawaii and 27,553 for the United States during 2020 through 2024. Hawaii's rate was lower than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The denominator sums annual Census population estimates across the period, rather than using only the 2024 population of 1,434,952. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, keep the distinction between location-based death counts and population-based rates in view.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Manner of collision and setting

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport; transport includes vehicles stopped in traffic. That row recorded 9 deaths. Rear-end recorded 5, angle 4, head-on 3 and sideswipe 2.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 14 (60.9%); nighttime, 9 (39.1%). Urban deaths numbered 20 (87.0%); rural, 3 (13.0%). Separately, crash configuration counted single-vehicle deaths at 8 (34.8%), two-vehicle at 12 (52.2%) and three or more vehicles at 3 (13.0%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck occupant deaths by crash configuration

Among people in the large truck who died in Hawaii, 3 deaths occurred in single-vehicle crashes and 2 in crashes involving multiple vehicles. This truck occupant subset is distinct from all truck accident deaths, which also include people in other vehicles and nonoccupants.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

About these figures

Hawaii's figures use NHTSA FARS, a 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 assignments follow crash location, not residence.^[9][6][7][8]

Records for 2020 through 2023 are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau Vintage 2025 populations, then multiply by 100,000. They exclude mileage and visitor adjustments. The separate July 1, 2024 population is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

• Hawaii car accident statistics (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)