Lightning Creek, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Lightning Creek: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Lightning Creek 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
Adams County at a glance: 14 truck crashes reported in Adams County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 14 crashes involving commercial trucks in Adams County since 2015: 17 people were injured and 2 were killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 309 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Lightning Creek 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
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Adams County has on record.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Lightning Creek happened on SR-79 (2); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Adams County.
Route planning tips for Lightning Creek fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
About the data
Sources: the FMCSA crash file for all reported truck crashes and NHTSA FARS for fatal crashes with a large truck. Every statement here comes straight from those numbers.
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) |
|---|---|
| SR-79 | 2 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Adams County) |
|---|---|
| US-12 | 1 |
Lightning Creek at a glance
| Population | 16 |
| Land area | 36.1 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58649) | $68,839 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58649) | $105,733 |
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 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Lightning Creek
How many truck accidents are there in Lightning Creek?
Since 2015, 14 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Adams County (17 injured, 2 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Lightning Creek?
Since 2015, Adams County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Lightning Creek?
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.