Prudhoe Bay, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Prudhoe Bay: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Prudhoe Bay 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.
What stands out in North Slope Borough: 3 truck crashes reported 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.
With 1 truck crash reported in Prudhoe Bay since 2015, this page uses North Slope Borough numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
When crashes happen
North Slope Borough has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Prudhoe Bay.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in North Slope Borough since 2015.
Route planning tips for Prudhoe Bay fleets
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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.
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 |
Prudhoe Bay at a glance
| Land area | 390.4 sq mi |
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 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 1 a year in the 1990s and 1 a year in the 2010s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Prudhoe Bay
How common are truck crashes in Prudhoe Bay?
North Slope Borough has had 3 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 1 people and killing 1.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Prudhoe Bay?
Since 2015, North Slope Borough has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Prudhoe Bay?
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.