Dot Lake, AK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Dot Lake: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Dot Lake and Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Southeast Fairbanks Census Area numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 6 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 6 truck crashes reported in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 6 crashes involving commercial trucks in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area since 2015: 0 people were injured and 0 were killed.
Dot Lake had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Southeast Fairbanks Census Area numbers.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has on record.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Dot Lake since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area.
Route planning tips for Dot Lake fleets
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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.
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 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
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 (Southeast Fairbanks Census Area) |
|---|---|
| Richardson Hwy At Meadows Rd | 2 |
| Alaska Hwy Mile Post 1294 | 1 |
| Milepost 232 Richardson Highway | 1 |
| Milepost 232 Richardson Hwy | 1 |
| Richardson Hwy At Shaw Creek Rd | 1 |
Dot Lake at a glance
| Land area | 295.0 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 99737) | $83,107 |
| Median home value (ZIP 99737) | $314,972 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 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 | — | — | 0.3 |
| 2000s | 2 | — | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 2 | -7% | 0.3 |
| 2020s | 0 | -100% | 0.4 |
From the 2000s to the 2010s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.4 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Dot Lake
How many truck crashes happen in Dot Lake?
6 truck crashes have been reported in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area since 2015, with 0 deaths and 0 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Dot Lake?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Dot Lake?
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.