Napoleon, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Napoleon: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Napoleon and Logan County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Logan County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 21 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Logan County: June the month with the most truck crashes: 23.8% of the year's total.
Overview
Logan County has recorded 21 truck crashes since 2015, with 9 people injured and 5 killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 211 days.
Napoleon had 3 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Logan County numbers.
57% of truck crash reports in Logan County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
June has the most truck crashes, 23.8% of the yearly total, while January has the fewest (0.0%).
By time of day, 8–9 am stands out with 19.0% of truck crashes.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Napoleon since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
1 crash involved a garbage or refuse truck, a 4.8% share (North Dakota: 0.9%).
Route planning tips for Napoleon fleets
- Build extra time into June routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- 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 Logan 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 (Logan County) |
|---|---|
| 33Rd Ave Se | 1 |
| 55Th St Se | 1 |
| Lake | 1 |
| Main Ave | 1 |
| SR-30 | 1 |
| SR-34 | 1 |
Napoleon at a glance
| Population | 746 |
| Land area | 1.4 sq mi |
| Density | 539 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58561) | $61,688 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58561) | $100,794 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Logan 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 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 0 | -60% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +1200% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | +15% | 0.2 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 1 a year in the 2010s and 2 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 0.0 a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Napoleon
How common are truck crashes in Napoleon?
21 truck crashes have been reported in Logan County since 2015, with 5 deaths and 9 injuries.
When do most truck crashes happen in Napoleon?
The worst month is June: 23.8% of truck crashes in Logan County happen then.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Napoleon?
Since 2015, Logan County has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 4.8% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Napoleon?
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.