Hettinger, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Hettinger: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Hettinger and Adams County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Adams County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 14 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Adams County: 14 truck crashes on record for Adams County since 2015.
Overview
Adams County has recorded 14 truck crashes since 2015, with 17 people injured and 2 killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 309 days.
Only 1 truck crash was reported in Hettinger since 2015; patterns below come from Adams County as a whole.
86% of truck crash reports in Adams County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
Adams County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Hettinger since 2015 were spread across roads: US-12E (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Adams County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Hettinger 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 Adams County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-12E | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Adams County) |
|---|---|
| US-12 | 1 |
Hettinger at a glance
| Population | 1,058 |
| Land area | 0.8 sq mi |
| Density | 1,276 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58639) | $63,636 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58639) | $111,561 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Adams 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 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 0 | -76% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +433% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | -58% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 1 truck crash a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. 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 Hettinger
How many truck accidents are there in Hettinger?
Since 2015, 14 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Adams County (17 injured, 2 killed).
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Hettinger?
Since 2015, Adams County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Hettinger?
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.