Denver, MO truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Denver: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Denver and Worth County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Worth County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 13 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Worth County: 13 reported truck crashes in Worth County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 13 crashes involving commercial trucks in Worth County since 2015: 7 people were injured and 2 were killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 309 days.
With 0 truck crashes reported in Denver since 2015, this page uses Worth County numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
When crashes happen
Worth 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 Denver happened on CR-170 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
1 crash involved a garbage or refuse truck, a 7.7% share (Missouri: 2.2%).
Route planning tips for Denver 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.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Worth County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-170 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Worth County) |
|---|---|
| US-169 | 5 |
| Mo 46 | 3 |
| Crd 132Nd Trl | 1 |
| Crd 170 | 1 |
| Cst Lyon St | 1 |
| Rt C | 1 |
| Rt F | 1 |
Denver at a glance
| Population | 31 |
| Land area | 0.4 sq mi |
| Density | 81 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 64441) | $42,250 |
| Median home value (ZIP 64441) | $153,936 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Worth 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 | 8 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | -92% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 1 | +0% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | +67% | 0.2 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 8 to 1. 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 Denver
How common are truck crashes in Denver?
Since 2015, 13 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Worth County (7 injured, 2 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Denver?
Since 2015, Worth County has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 7.7% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Denver?
The free Route Planner takes your stops and returns a route risk score, safer alternatives and low-bridge warnings.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.