Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK truck route planning & crash data

Plan safer truck routes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets.

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1
truck crashes since 2015
0
people injured
1
deaths
0
garbage-truck crashes (0.0%)
1
fatal truck crashes in the county, 2015–24

Where fatal truck crashes happened

Fatal crash with a large truck (bigger = more deaths) heat glow = clusters 2015–2024, NHTSA FARS

Risk scorecard

33 out of 100
Moderate truck-crash risk
Fatal truck crashes per resident in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 2020–2024: 1.46 per 100,000 a year, higher than 33% of US counties.
Truck crashes / 100,000 residents / yr0.8
Share in winter (Nov–Mar)0%
Garbage-truck share of crashes0.0%
Alaska average
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Key findings

#9 of 18
for truck crashes in Alaska, out of 18 counties
1
truck crashes reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015
1
fatal crashes with a large truck in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015
0
garbage-truck crashes reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015

Snapshot

Crashes by month

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Darker = more crashes.

Garbage trucks vs all trucks

0.0%
0 of 1 crashes.
0 of 1 truck crashes since 2015.

Deadliest roads

Tongass Hwy1

Ketchikan Gateway Borough at a glance: #9 of 18 for truck crashes in Alaska, out of 18 counties.

Overview

Police reported 1 crash involving commercial trucks in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015: 0 people were injured and 1 were killed.

When crashes happen

There are too few truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough to show a reliable monthly pattern.

Where crashes happen

Fatal large-truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015 were spread across roads: Tongass Hwy (1).

Garbage & waste trucks

No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015.

Route planning tips for Ketchikan Gateway Borough fleets

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About the data

This report uses the FMCSA crash file (reported crashes of trucks over 10,000 lb) and NHTSA FARS (fatal crashes). It reports the numbers without guessing at reasons.

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

2005: 2 truck crashes2005: 0 garbage-truck crashes2006: 0 truck crashes2006: 0 garbage-truck crashes2007: 1 truck crash2007: 0 garbage-truck crashes2008: 1 truck crash2008: 0 garbage-truck crashes2009: 0 truck crashes2009: 0 garbage-truck crashes2010: 1 truck crash2010: 0 garbage-truck crashes2011: 0 truck crashes2011: 0 garbage-truck crashes2012: 0 truck crashes2012: 0 garbage-truck crashes2013: 0 truck crashes2013: 0 garbage-truck crashes2014: 0 truck crashes2014: 0 garbage-truck crashes2015: 0 truck crashes2015: 0 garbage-truck crashes2016: 0 truck crashes2016: 0 garbage-truck crashes2017: 0 truck crashes2017: 0 garbage-truck crashes2018: 0 truck crashes2018: 0 garbage-truck crashes2019: 0 truck crashes2019: 0 garbage-truck crashes2020: 0 truck crashes2020: 0 garbage-truck crashes2021: 0 truck crashes2021: 0 garbage-truck crashes2022: 0 truck crashes2022: 0 garbage-truck crashes2023: 0 truck crashes2023: 0 garbage-truck crashes2024: 1 truck crash2024: 0 garbage-truck crashes2025: 0 truck crashes2025: 0 garbage-truck crashes2026: 0 truck crashes2026: 0 garbage-truck crashes 20052008201120142017202020232026
All commercial trucksGarbage / refuse trucksincomplete reporting

Seasonality: when trucks crash in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Jan: 0.0% of truck crashesFeb: 0.0% of truck crashesMar: 0.0% of truck crashesApr: 0.0% of truck crashesMay: 0.0% of truck crashesJun: 0.0% of truck crashesJul: 0.0% of truck crashesAug: 100.0% of truck crashesSep: 0.0% of truck crashesOct: 0.0% of truck crashesNov: 0.0% of truck crashesDec: 0.0% of truck crashes JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
All trucks (share of crashes by month)Winter (Nov–Mar)

Most dangerous roads for trucks

RoadFatal truck crashes since 2015 (in Ketchikan Gateway Borough)
Tongass Hwy1

Roads named most in all truck crash reports

RoadTruck crashes since 2015 (Ketchikan Gateway Borough)
North Tongrass Highway At Kian Street1

Ketchikan Gateway Borough at a glance

Population13,677
Land area4,857.1 sq mi
Density3 per sq mi
Median household income (ZIP average)$92,885

Waste facilities and haulers nearby

Landfills in Ketchikan Gateway BoroughWaste haulers in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

Historical data: truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway 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).

1995: 1 reported truck crash2004: 2 reported truck crashes2005: 2 reported truck crashes2007: 1 reported truck crash2008: 1 reported truck crash2010: 1 reported truck crash2024: 1 reported truck crash 1982: 0 fatal truck crashes1983: 0 fatal truck crashes1984: 0 fatal truck crashes1985: 0 fatal truck crashes1986: 0 fatal truck crashes1987: 1 fatal truck crash1988: 0 fatal truck crashes1989: 0 fatal truck crashes1990: 0 fatal truck crashes1991: 0 fatal truck crashes1992: 0 fatal truck crashes1993: 0 fatal truck crashes1994: 0 fatal truck crashes1995: 0 fatal truck crashes1996: 0 fatal truck crashes1997: 0 fatal truck crashes1998: 0 fatal truck crashes1999: 0 fatal truck crashes2000: 0 fatal truck crashes2001: 0 fatal truck crashes2002: 0 fatal truck crashes2003: 0 fatal truck crashes2004: 0 fatal truck crashes2005: 0 fatal truck crashes2006: 0 fatal truck crashes2007: 0 fatal truck crashes2008: 0 fatal truck crashes2009: 0 fatal truck crashes2010: 0 fatal truck crashes2011: 0 fatal truck crashes2012: 0 fatal truck crashes2013: 0 fatal truck crashes2014: 0 fatal truck crashes2015: 0 fatal truck crashes2016: 0 fatal truck crashes2017: 0 fatal truck crashes2018: 0 fatal truck crashes2019: 0 fatal truck crashes2020: 0 fatal truck crashes2021: 0 fatal truck crashes2022: 0 fatal truck crashes2023: 1 fatal truck crash2024: 0 fatal truck crashes 198519901995200020052010201520202025
All reported truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough (FMCSA)Fatal truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough (FARS, separate scale, max 1)incomplete reporting
DecadeTruck crashes / yrChangeFatal crashes / yr (FARS)
1990s0—0.0
2000s1+200%0.0
2010s0-83%0.0
2020s0+150%0.2

NHTSA counts 0.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.

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Cities, towns & communities in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

KetchikanLoringSaxman

ZIP codes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough

99901

Nearby counties

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Questions fleets ask about Ketchikan Gateway Borough

How many truck accidents are there in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?

1 truck crash have been reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015, with 1 deaths and 0 injuries.

How many garbage truck accidents happen in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?

0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.

How do I plan a garbage truck route in Ketchikan Gateway 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.