Point Hope, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Point Hope: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Point Hope 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.
North Slope Borough at a glance: 3 reported truck crashes in North Slope Borough since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 3 crashes involving commercial trucks in North Slope Borough since 2015: 1 people were injured and 1 were killed.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Point Hope since 2015; patterns below come from North Slope Borough as a whole.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in North Slope Borough to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Point Hope.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for North Slope Borough.
Route planning tips for Point Hope 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 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 |
Point Hope at a glance
| Population | 780 |
| Land area | 5.0 sq mi |
| Density | 155 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 99766) | $74,844 |
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 |
In the 1990s about 1 truck crash a year were reported; in the 2010s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Point Hope
How many truck crashes happen in Point Hope?
3 truck crashes have been reported in North Slope Borough since 2015, with 1 deaths and 1 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Point Hope?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in North Slope Borough since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Point Hope?
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.