Delta City, MS truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Delta City: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Delta City and Sharkey County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Sharkey County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 13 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Sharkey County: 13 truck crashes on record for Sharkey County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 13 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Sharkey County. They injured 13 people and killed 0.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 309 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Delta City since 2015; patterns below come from Sharkey County as a whole.
31% of truck crash reports in Sharkey County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
Sharkey 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 Delta City happened on US-61 (2) and CR-RITCHEY Rd (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Sharkey County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Delta City fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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 Sharkey County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-61 | 2 |
| CR-RITCHEY Rd | 1 |
Delta City at a glance
| Land area | 2.4 sq mi |
Historical data: truck crashes in Sharkey 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 | 2 | — | 0.4 |
| 2000s | 2 | -16% | 0.2 |
| 2010s | 1 | -30% | 0.2 |
| 2020s | 1 | -29% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Delta City
How many truck crashes happen in Delta City?
Sharkey County has had 13 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 13 people and killing 0.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Delta City?
Since 2015, Sharkey County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Delta City?
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.