Wainwright, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Wainwright: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Wainwright 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 reported truck crashes in North Slope Borough since 2015.
Overview
North Slope Borough has recorded 3 truck crashes since 2015, with 1 people injured and 1 killed.
With 0 truck crashes reported in Wainwright since 2015, this page uses North Slope Borough numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
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 Wainwright.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for North Slope Borough.
Route planning tips for Wainwright 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.
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 |
Wainwright at a glance
| Population | 594 |
| Land area | 10.3 sq mi |
| Density | 58 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 99782) | $93,750 |
| Median home value (ZIP 99782) | $126,618 |
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. NHTSA counts 0.2 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Wainwright
How common are truck crashes in Wainwright?
Since 2015, 3 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in North Slope Borough (1 injured, 1 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Wainwright?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in North Slope Borough since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How can I plan a safer truck route in Wainwright?
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.