Brooks, MN truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Brooks: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Brooks and Red Lake County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Red Lake County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 11 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Red Lake County: 11 truck crashes reported in Red Lake County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 11 crashes involving commercial trucks in Red Lake County since 2015: 2 people were injured and 2 were killed.
Only 1 truck crash was reported in Brooks since 2015; patterns below come from Red Lake County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Red Lake County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Brooks since 2015 were spread across roads: CR-12 (Red Lake Co) (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Red Lake County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Brooks 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 Red Lake County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-12 (Red Lake Co) | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Red Lake County) |
|---|---|
| Usth 59 | 4 |
| Main Ave | 2 |
| Mnth 32 | 2 |
| 105Th Ave Sw | 1 |
| Hwy | 1 |
| Mnth 92 | 1 |
Brooks at a glance
| Population | 117 |
| Land area | 1.2 sq mi |
| Density | 102 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 56715) | $77,875 |
| Median home value (ZIP 56715) | $166,086 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Red Lake 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 | — | 0.2 |
| 2000s | 2 | +31% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +13% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -61% | 0.2 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 0.0 a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Brooks
How common are truck crashes in Brooks?
11 truck crashes have been reported in Red Lake County since 2015, with 2 deaths and 2 injuries.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Brooks?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Red Lake County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Brooks?
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.