Nuiqsut, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Nuiqsut: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Nuiqsut and North Slope Borough, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use North Slope Borough numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 3 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for North Slope Borough: 3 truck crashes on record for North Slope Borough since 2015.
Overview
North Slope Borough has recorded 3 truck crashes since 2015, with 1 people injured and 1 killed.
Nuiqsut had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use North Slope Borough numbers.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in North Slope Borough to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Nuiqsut since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for North Slope Borough.
Route planning tips for Nuiqsut 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 North Slope Borough
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded within 10 miles since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (North Slope Borough) |
|---|---|
| Ft N Of Milepost 320 Dalton Hwy | 1 |
| Mile 330.5 Dalton Highway | 1 |
| Mile 378 Dalton Highway | 1 |
Nuiqsut at a glance
| Population | 486 |
| Land area | 8.6 sq mi |
| Density | 56 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 99789) | $78,438 |
| Median home value (ZIP 99789) | $138,676 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in North Slope 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 | 1 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | +5% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +43% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 0 | -100% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2010s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Nuiqsut
How many truck crashes happen in Nuiqsut?
Since 2015, 3 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in North Slope Borough (1 injured, 1 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Nuiqsut?
Since 2015, North Slope Borough has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Nuiqsut?
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.