Truck route planning & crash data for garbage and commercial trucks
Plan safer truck routes with crash data for every US state, county, city and ZIP code: dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for garbage trucks, roll-off trucks and commercial fleets.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
3.0 deaths per 100 garbage-truck crashes vs 3.4 for all trucks.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
Fatal-crash risk by state
Each state is ranked against the others on fatal crashes involving a large truck per resident, 2020–2024 (NHTSA FARS). Point at a state for its numbers; select it to open its report.
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Truck crash data by state
| State | Truck crashes / 100k residents / yr | Garbage-truck share | Deaths per 100 crashes | Fatal-crash risk |
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| Alabama | 80.8 | 2.3% | 3.4 | Elevated |
| Alaska | 5.7 | 2.9% | 11.6 | Moderate |
| Arizona | 35.9 | 1.6% | 5.2 | Moderate |
| Arkansas | 92.4 | 1.6% | 3.9 | High |
| California | 33.2 | 1.6% | 3.6 | Low |
| Colorado | 32.6 | 2.8% | 5.1 | Moderate |
| Connecticut | 40.2 | 3.3% | 2.2 | Low |
| Delaware | 53.2 | 3.7% | 2.6 | Moderate |
| District of Columbia | 18.7 | 4.4% | 0.8 | Low |
| Florida | 37.4 | 3.8% | 4.1 | Moderate |
| Georgia | 62.4 | 2.6% | 3.3 | Moderate |
| Hawaii | 7.3 | 7.9% | 6.2 | Low |
| Idaho | 37.4 | 1.6% | 6.1 | Elevated |
| Illinois | 56.0 | 1.4% | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Indiana | 80.8 | 2.4% | 2.9 | Elevated |
| Iowa | 68.1 | 2.2% | 3.5 | Elevated |
| Kansas | 61.4 | 2.1% | 4.8 | Elevated |
| Kentucky | 68.4 | 2.6% | 3.5 | Elevated |
| Louisiana | 81.5 | 2.2% | 3.0 | Elevated |
| Maine | 57.4 | 3.4% | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Maryland | 49.3 | 3.1% | 2.2 | Low |
| Massachusetts | 22.9 | 5.3% | 2.0 | Low |
| Michigan | 52.4 | 3.2% | 2.1 | Low |
| Minnesota | 39.0 | 2.8% | 3.0 | Low |
| Mississippi | 65.0 | 1.6% | 5.1 | High |
| Missouri | 85.9 | 2.2% | 2.7 | Elevated |
| Montana | 64.3 | 0.9% | 3.8 | High |
| Nebraska | 60.7 | 1.8% | 4.8 | Elevated |
| Nevada | 21.8 | 2.2% | 5.7 | Moderate |
| New Hampshire | 30.4 | 4.2% | 2.6 | Low |
| New Jersey | 56.6 | 3.6% | 1.6 | Low |
| New Mexico | 45.6 | 0.4% | 9.5 | High |
| New York | 28.0 | 3.6% | 2.0 | Low |
| North Carolina | 61.3 | 2.6% | 2.5 | Moderate |
| North Dakota | 73.9 | 0.9% | 4.1 | High |
| Ohio | 50.8 | 2.5% | 3.1 | Moderate |
| Oklahoma | 79.3 | 1.4% | 4.1 | High |
| Oregon | 41.0 | 2.0% | 3.9 | Moderate |
| Pennsylvania | 57.2 | 3.6% | 2.6 | Low |
| Rhode Island | 14.2 | 4.6% | 2.8 | Low |
| South Carolina | 61.6 | 2.1% | 3.9 | Elevated |
| South Dakota | 42.0 | 1.6% | 5.2 | High |
| Tennessee | 60.1 | 1.9% | 3.9 | Elevated |
| Texas | 62.9 | 1.1% | 4.1 | Elevated |
| Utah | 35.6 | 1.5% | 3.6 | Moderate |
| Vermont | 28.2 | 3.3% | 3.6 | Low |
| Virginia | 51.1 | 2.5% | 2.6 | Moderate |
| Washington | 25.8 | 2.2% | 3.4 | Low |
| West Virginia | 57.6 | 1.1% | 4.1 | Elevated |
| Wisconsin | 42.6 | 2.7% | 3.4 | Moderate |
| Wyoming | 187.2 | 0.4% | 4.5 | High |
Since 2015, 45,638 crashes involving garbage and refuse trucks have been reported across the US, 2.3% of all 1,980,212 truck crashes.
Overview
Police reported 1,980,212 crashes involving commercial trucks in the US since 2015. They injured 974,949 people and killed 66,189.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage-truck crashes peak in August (9% of them). They recorded 3.0 deaths per 100 crashes, against 3.4 for all trucks.
About the data
Crash counts come from the FMCSA crash file (police-reported crashes involving trucks over 10,000 lb); fatal-crash locations come from NHTSA FARS. Text on this page states only what these numbers show.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in United States
By hour of day
Historical data: truck crashes in the US since the 1990s
Combines the FMCSA crash file (all reported truck crashes, real coverage from about 1990) with NHTSA FARS (fatal crashes involving a large truck, 1982–2024).
| Decade | Truck crashes / yr | Change | Fatal crashes / yr (FARS) |
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| 1990s | 70,248 | — | 4401.5 |
| 2000s | 127,764 | +82% | 4238.7 |
| 2010s | 147,194 | +15% | 3860.2 |
| 2020s | 171,864 | +17% | 5002.0 |
In the 1990s about 70,248 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 171,864. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 4419.2 a year in 2016–19, 5002.0 a year in 2020–24.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.