Saxman, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Saxman: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Saxman and Ketchikan Gateway Borough, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Ketchikan Gateway Borough numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 1 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Ketchikan Gateway Borough: 1 reported truck crashes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 1 crash involving commercial trucks have been reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. They injured 0 people and killed 1.
Saxman had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Ketchikan Gateway Borough numbers.
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 within 10 miles of Saxman 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 Saxman fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
About the data
Sources: the FMCSA crash file for all reported truck crashes and NHTSA FARS for fatal crashes with a large truck. Every statement here comes straight from those numbers.
Reporting to FMCSA was incomplete in 2020 and 2021; rates and comparisons skip those years.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| Tongass Hwy | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Ketchikan Gateway Borough) |
|---|---|
| North Tongrass Highway At Kian Street | 1 |
Saxman at a glance
| Population | 377 |
| Land area | 1.0 sq mi |
| Density | 390 per sq mi |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
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).
| Decade | Truck crashes / yr | Change | Fatal crashes / yr (FARS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | +200% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 0 | -83% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 0 | +150% | 0.2 |
NHTSA counts 0.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Saxman
How many truck accidents are there in Saxman?
Since 2015, 1 crash involving commercial trucks were reported in Ketchikan Gateway Borough (0 injured, 1 killed).
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Saxman?
Since 2015, Ketchikan Gateway Borough has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Saxman?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
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.