Medicine Lake, MT truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Medicine Lake: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Medicine Lake 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.
Sheridan County at a glance: January worst month: 17.4% of truck crashes, vs 8.3% in an average month.
Overview
Since 2015, 23 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Sheridan County. They injured 8 people and killed 1.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 223 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Medicine Lake since 2015; patterns below come from Sheridan County as a whole.
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
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Medicine Lake.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage trucks account for 1 of the truck crashes here, or 4.3%, compared with 0.9% in Montana.
Route planning tips for Medicine Lake fleets
- Review driver schedules for January, the month with the most truck crashes.
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
About the data
This report uses the FMCSA crash file (reported crashes of trucks over 10,000 lb) and NHTSA FARS (fatal crashes). It reports the numbers without guessing at reasons.
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 |
Medicine Lake at a glance
| Population | 240 |
| Land area | 0.4 sq mi |
| Density | 608 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 59247) | $73,750 |
| Median home value (ZIP 59247) | $107,587 |
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 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 2 a year in the 2000s and 2 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. NHTSA counts 0.2 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Medicine Lake
How many truck accidents are there in Medicine Lake?
Sheridan County has had 23 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 8 people and killing 1.
When do most truck crashes happen in Medicine Lake?
January has the most truck crashes in Sheridan County, 17.4% of the yearly total.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Medicine Lake?
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 Medicine Lake?
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.