Mitchell, GA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Mitchell: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Mitchell and Glascock County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Glascock County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 19 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Glascock County: 19 reported truck crashes in Glascock County since 2015.
Overview
Glascock County has recorded 19 truck crashes since 2015, with 13 people injured and 1 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 223 days in fully reported years.
Only 1 truck crash was reported in Mitchell since 2015; patterns below come from Glascock County as a whole.
79% of truck crash reports in Glascock County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
Glascock County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Mitchell happened on SR-171 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Glascock County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Mitchell 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.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Glascock County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| SR-171 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Glascock County) |
|---|---|
| Block Of Sr 171 | 1 |
| Edgehill Mitchell Rd / Mt Nebo Church Rd | 1 |
| Edgehill-Mitchell Road [Sr 123 | 1 |
| Ga 171 Near Smith Rd | 1 |
| Ga 80 At Mm 2 | 1 |
| Ga Highway 171 N Pine Rd | 1 |
| Sleep Hollow Rd Near Wilcox Rd | 1 |
| Sr 102 E Near Bastonville | 1 |
Mitchell at a glance
| Population | 160 |
| Land area | 1.5 sq mi |
| Density | 108 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 30820) | $51,146 |
| Median home value (ZIP 30820) | $81,044 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Glascock County 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 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | +550% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | -31% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | +141% | 0.2 |
From the 2000s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. NHTSA counts 0.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Mitchell
How common are truck crashes in Mitchell?
Glascock County has had 19 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 13 people and killing 1.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Mitchell?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Glascock County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Mitchell?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.