New Hampshire truck accident statistics (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in New Hampshire by year

Annual truck accident deaths were 11 in 2020, 7 in 2021, 17 in 2022, 12 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. Their respective shares of New Hampshire traffic deaths were 10.6%, 5.9%, 11.6%, 9.4% and 9.8%. Both the death count and traffic-death share were highest in 2022 and lowest in 2021. The 2024 count was 2 deaths higher than 2020.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

New Hampshire's annual shares of national large-truck deaths were 0.2%, 0.1%, 0.3%, 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively. Across 2020 through 2024, its 60 deaths represented 0.2% of the national total of 27,553. The 2024 truck accident 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 New Hampshire truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 14 deaths, or 23.3%, while people in other vehicles accounted for 42 deaths, or 70.0%. The latter category had the largest death count among the listed rows for New Hampshire truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" records 4 deaths, or 6.7%. This FARS nonoccupant grouping includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. It is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle: the grouping can include occupants of parked motor vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

New Hampshire fatal truck accidents involved 56 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors accounted for 22 trucks, or 39.3% of that count. The category single-unit and other large trucks recorded 34 trucks. Large trucks over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating numbered 32, representing 57.1% of the large trucks recorded.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

The truck records also identify 1 large truck as jackknifed and 1 large truck carrying hazardous materials. Each figure counts vehicles involved in fatal crashes. These truck accident measures do not count deaths or separate crashes, since a fatal crash can involve multiple large trucks.^{[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

Interstate truck accident deaths in New Hampshire numbered 9 during 2020 through 2024, accounting for 15.0% of large-truck crash deaths. The route table lists no interstate segment meeting the 20-death threshold. No interstate segment met the table's 20-death threshold; the statewide interstate count was 9 deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Route-coded large-truck deaths and all traffic deaths on a listed route are separate measures. The route selection is a coded subset, not a complete road network. Separately, work-zone records identify 2 truck accident deaths; this measure counts people killed, not crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Counties with the most truck accident deaths

Among the listed counties, Hillsborough County and Rockingham County tied for the highest truck accident death count at 11 each; their respective average annual rates per 100,000 residents were 0.5 and 0.7. Carroll County recorded 8 deaths and 3.1, the highest listed rate; Merrimack County recorded 8 and 1.0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The remaining death counts and rates were Belknap County, 5 and 1.5; Cheshire County, 4 and 1.0; Strafford County, 4 and 0.6; Sullivan County, 4 and 1.8; Grafton County, 3 and 0.7; and Coos County, 2 and 1.3.^{[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 New Hampshire compares with the national rate

New Hampshire's average annual truck accident death rate was 0.9 per 100,000 residents, compared with the national rate of 1.6. The respective death counts were 60 and 27,553 for 2020 through 2024. These rates use deaths divided by summed annual Census population estimates, multiplied by 100,000.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The separately reported 2024 population of 1,408,518 is not the denominator for the period's rate. Neither rate adjusts for miles driven or visitors. Readers searching for a truck accident lawyer should keep the statistical grouping in view: these deaths are assigned to crash locations, not the deceased people's residences.^{[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" records 20 deaths (33.3%); it means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can include a vehicle stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 44 (73.3%); nighttime deaths numbered 16 (26.7%). Urban deaths were 29 (48.3%), and rural deaths were 31 (51.7%). Separately, crash configuration recorded single-vehicle deaths at 16 (26.7%), two-vehicle deaths at 35 (58.3%), and deaths involving three or more vehicles at 9 (15.0%). Configuration and collision manner are distinct classifications.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck occupant deaths by crash configuration

Among people in the large truck who died in New Hampshire crashes, 12 died in single-vehicle crashes and 2 in multiple-vehicle crashes. These truck occupant figures cover a specific subset of truck accident deaths, excluding people in other vehicles and the nonoccupant category.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

About these figures

New Hampshire's FARS records cover fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county assignments follow recorded crash locations, not home addresses.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau Vintage 2025 populations and multiply by 100,000. The July 1, 2024 estimate stands separately. New Hampshire's rates include no adjustment for mileage or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

On related publications

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