Madaket, MA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Madaket: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Madaket and Nantucket County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Nantucket County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 16 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Nantucket County: 16 reported truck crashes in Nantucket County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 16 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Nantucket County. They injured 5 people and killed 1.
That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Madaket since 2015; patterns below come from Nantucket County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Nantucket County has on record.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Madaket happened on Milestone Rd (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Nantucket County.
Route planning tips for Madaket fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
About the data
This report uses the FMCSA crash file (reported crashes of trucks over 10,000 lb) and NHTSA FARS (fatal crashes). It reports the numbers without guessing at reasons.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Nantucket County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| Milestone Rd | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Nantucket County) |
|---|---|
| Madaket Rd | 2 |
| Steamboat Wharf | 2 |
| Cherry St @ Orange St | 1 |
| Easton St | 1 |
| Fairgrounds Rd @ Ticcoma Way | 1 |
| Madaket Rd @ Barrett Farm Rd | 1 |
| Milestone Rd @ New South Rd | 1 |
| Milestone Rd @ Tawpoot Rd | 1 |
Madaket at a glance
| Land area | 2.0 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 02554) | $140,938 |
| Median home value (ZIP 02554) | $1,588,084 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Nantucket 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 | 1 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | -20% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +187% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | -28% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 1 truck crash a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. 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 Madaket
How common are truck crashes in Madaket?
Since 2015, 16 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Nantucket County (5 injured, 1 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Madaket?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Nantucket County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Madaket?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.