Denali Borough, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Denali Borough: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 9 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Denali Borough: #5 of 18 rank among Alaska's 18 counties by yearly truck crashes.
Overview
Since 2015, 9 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Denali Borough. They injured 9 people and killed 4.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 365 days.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Denali Borough has on record.
Where crashes happen
Roads with fatal crashes involving a large truck in Denali Borough since 2015: SR-3 (4). No single road stands out.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Denali Borough.
Route planning tips for Denali Borough fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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.
Crash reporting for 2020 and 2021 is incomplete; those years are shown in grey and not used for rates.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Denali Borough
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (in Denali Borough) |
|---|---|
| SR-3 | 4 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Denali Borough) |
|---|---|
| .8 Miles North Of Mp 193 Parks Hwy | 1 |
| Feet South Milepost 248 | 1 |
| Mile 217 Parks Hwy. | 1 |
| Mile 252.5 Parks Hwy | 1 |
| Milepost 252.6 Parks Hwy | 1 |
| Milepost 274 Parks Highway | 1 |
| Mp 185 Parks Hwy | 1 |
| Mp 280 Parks Hwy | 1 |
Denali Borough at a glance
| Population | 1,621 |
| Land area | 12,641.0 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP average) | $82,022 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Denali Borough 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 | 1 | — | 0.2 |
| 2010s | 2 | +11% | 0.5 |
| 2020s | 0 | -84% | 0.0 |
From the 2000s to the 2010s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 1.0 a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Cities, towns & communities in Denali Borough
ZIP codes in Denali Borough
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Denali Borough
How many truck accidents are there in Denali Borough?
Denali Borough has had 9 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 9 people and killing 4.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Denali Borough?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Denali Borough since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Denali Borough?
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.