Nantucket, MA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Nantucket: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Nantucket 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
What stands out in Nantucket County: 16 truck crashes on record for 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.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 251 days.
Nantucket had 15 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Nantucket County numbers.
When crashes happen
Nantucket County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Roads with fatal crashes involving a large truck within 10 miles of Nantucket since 2015: Milestone Rd (1). No single road stands out.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Nantucket County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Nantucket 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.
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 |
Nantucket at a glance
| Population | 14,670 |
| Land area | 5.8 sq mi |
| Density | 2,519 per 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 |
From the 1990s 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 Nantucket
How many truck crashes happen in Nantucket?
Since 2015, 16 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Nantucket County (5 injured, 1 killed).
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Nantucket?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Nantucket County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Nantucket?
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.