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Truck Accident Statistics & FMCSA Crash Data (2015–2025)

Explore truck accident statistics, truck crash data, and FMCSA crash records by year, state, and severity using the public MCMIS Crash File. This page is built for traffic, research, and safety analysis, with counts of reported records rather than fault or cause determinations.

The headline numbers (2015–2025)

2,037,296
Truck & bus accidents (2015–2025)
57,618
Fatal crashes (2015–2025)
65,613
Fatalities (2015–2025)
1,090,304
Injuries (2015–2025)

On record since the early reporting era: 4,949,346 crash records and 179,927 reported fatalities in total. The 2015–2025 window is shown above because earlier years used different reporting practices and 2026 is still partial.

Truck accident statistics by year

FMCSA-recordable truck and bus accident records per year, 2015–2025075k150k225k300k172k2015178k2016183k2017197k2018195k2019168k2020198k2021199k2022187k2023185k2024176k2025

Each bar shows the number of FMCSA-recordable truck and bus accident records for that year. This year-by-year view makes the page easier to scan and gives the /data section a more distinctive narrative than a static table alone. The final bar is lighter and outlined because it is provisional — late reports continue to arrive.

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FMCSA-recordable crash records by year, 2015–2025
YearCrash recordsFatal crashesFatalitiesInjuries
2015171,9124,7375,40298,238
2016178,1604,8865,552101,843
2017182,8285,0405,782101,675
2018196,5665,1975,921107,843
2019194,8045,3986,122107,364
2020167,6045,1345,85384,838
2021197,9505,9686,856101,275
2022199,3826,1337,03699,499
2023187,2655,6556,36497,094
2024185,0824,9705,60096,603
2025 (provisional)175,7434,5005,12594,032

By severity (all records on file)

Crash records by most-severe reported outcomeInjury41%Tow-away56%
  • Fatal — 3.1%
  • Injury — 40.7%
  • Tow-away (no reported injury/fatality) — 55.7%
  • No injury/fatality reported — 0.5%

Each record is counted once, under its most severe reported outcome. Categories are mutually exclusive and reflect what was reported, not a fault or cause determination.

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Crash records by most-severe reported outcome
OutcomeRecordsShare
Fatal153,3033.1%
Injury2,014,89840.7%
Tow-away (no reported injury/fatality)2,757,76655.7%
No injury/fatality reported23,3790.5%

Truck vs. bus

4,538,774
Truck crash records
410,177
Bus crash records

Vehicle type as recorded on each crash record (all years on file).

States with the most reported truck accidents

U.S. states ranked by number of reported FMCSA crash recordsTexas605,353California353,630Pennsylvania252,367Illinois217,969New Jersey199,196Georgia198,781Florida198,219North Carolina188,769Ohio173,362Missouri167,556New York161,161Michigan152,451Indiana151,088Virginia132,058Alabama119,854

Counts reflect fleet size and traffic volume (states with more trucking activity report more crashes) — not crash risk or relative safety. Showing where crashes were reported, not where carriers are based.

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Reported FMCSA crash records by state (top 15)
StateCrash recordsFatal crashesFatalitiesInjuries
Texas605,35318,39321,725401,778
California353,63011,46213,139181,593
Pennsylvania252,3676,2847,279196,223
Illinois217,9695,1795,897132,352
New Jersey199,1962,4542,822144,707
Georgia198,7816,2947,391139,075
Florida198,2199,00710,343146,873
North Carolina188,7694,8155,555158,436
Ohio173,3624,6145,279118,882
Missouri167,5564,6835,585110,252
New York161,1614,8345,413138,427
Michigan152,4513,5954,05177,747
Indiana151,0884,5955,31576,704
Virginia132,0583,3244,03081,227
Alabama119,8544,3894,97165,340

Frequently asked questions

How many truck accidents happen in the U.S. each year?
Over 2015–2025, the FMCSA MCMIS Crash File recorded 2,037,296 truck and bus crash records nationwide — an average of about 185,209 per year. These are reported records, reflecting trucking activity and exposure, not a measure of crash risk or road safety.
How many people die in truck accidents each year?
The file records 65,613 fatalities and 57,618 fatal truck and bus crashes over 2015–2025 — an average of about 5,965 fatalities per year — along with 1,090,304 injuries.
Which state has the most truck accidents?
By reported crash-record volume over 2015–2025, Texas has the most truck and bus crash records (230,347). This reflects how much trucking activity a state sees — fleet size and miles traveled — not that its roads are less safe.

Truck accident statistics by state

Per-state record counts for the 51 U.S. states and DC. These show where crashes were reported (reflecting trucking activity and exposure), not where carriers are based, and not relative safety or risk.

Data: public FMCSA MCMIS Crash File (dataset aayw-vxb3), snapshot 2026-06-09; 4,949,346 records analyzed. Independent HaulReport analysis — not an official FMCSA or CSA score. See methodology.