Maine, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Maine: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Maine 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
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Adams County: 14 truck crashes on record for 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.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 309 days.
With 0 truck crashes reported in Maine since 2015, this page uses Adams County numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
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
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Maine.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Adams County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Maine 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
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 (Adams County) |
|---|---|
| US-12 | 1 |
Maine at a glance
| Population | 10 |
| Land area | 31.7 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58650) | $74,167 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58650) | $108,432 |
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 Maine
How many truck crashes happen in Maine?
Adams County has had 14 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 17 people and killing 2.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Maine?
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 Maine?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.