Homestead, MT truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Homestead: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Homestead and Sheridan County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Sheridan County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 23 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Sheridan County: January the month with the most truck crashes: 17.4% of the year's total.
Overview
Sheridan County has recorded 23 truck crashes since 2015, with 8 people injured and 1 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 223 days in fully reported years.
Homestead had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Sheridan County numbers.
78% of truck crash reports in Sheridan County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
January has the most truck crashes, 17.4% of the yearly total, while March has the fewest (0.0%).
The busiest hour is 3–4 pm, with 21.7% of truck crashes.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Homestead since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage and refuse trucks were involved in 1 crash, 4.3% of the total, against 0.9% across Montana.
Route planning tips for Homestead fleets
- Review driver schedules for January, the month with the most truck crashes.
- 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 Sheridan County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded within 10 miles since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Sheridan County) |
|---|---|
| E Comertown Rd | 1 |
| Highway 16 Mile Marker 67 | 1 |
| Highway 16 South | 1 |
| Mm 10 Highway 16 | 1 |
| SR-16 | 1 |
Homestead at a glance
| Land area | 0.4 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 59242) | $128,750 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Sheridan 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 | — | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 2 | — | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +7% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 2 | -33% | 0.0 |
In the 2000s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Homestead
How many truck crashes happen in Homestead?
23 truck crashes have been reported in Sheridan County since 2015, with 1 deaths and 8 injuries.
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Homestead?
Truck crashes in Sheridan County peak in January, with 17.4% of the year's crashes.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Homestead?
Since 2015, Sheridan County has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 4.3% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Homestead?
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.