Valdez, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Valdez: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Valdez and Chugach Census Area, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Chugach Census Area numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 0 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Chugach Census Area: 0 truck crashes on record for Chugach Census Area since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, no truck crashes have been reported to FMCSA for Chugach Census Area.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Valdez since 2015; patterns below come from Chugach Census Area as a whole.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Chugach Census Area has on record.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Valdez since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Chugach Census Area since 2015.
Route planning tips for Valdez fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
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.
Reporting to FMCSA was incomplete in 2020 and 2021; rates and comparisons skip those years.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
No truck crashes reported here since 2005.
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Chugach Census Area
No truck crashes reported here since 2015.
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded within 10 miles since 2015.
Valdez at a glance
| Population | 3,715 |
| Land area | 212.9 sq mi |
| Density | 17 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 99686) | $99,349 |
| Median home value (ZIP 99686) | $317,557 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Chugach Census Area 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2010s | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2020s | — | — | 0.0 |
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Valdez
How many truck accidents are there in Valdez?
Chugach Census Area has had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 0 people and killing 0.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Valdez?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
Crash reporting to FMCSA was incomplete in 2020 and 2021; those years are greyed out and left out of rates. 2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.