Rainy Butte, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Rainy Butte: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Rainy Butte and Slope County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Slope County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 20 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Slope County: August worst month: 15.0% of truck crashes, vs 8.3% in an average month.
Overview
Slope County has recorded 20 truck crashes since 2015, with 9 people injured and 1 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 211 days in fully reported years.
Rainy Butte had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Slope County numbers.
90% of truck crash reports in Slope County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
The worst month is August with 15.0% of truck crashes; the quietest is October at 0.0%.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Rainy Butte since 2015 were spread across roads: CR-21 (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Slope County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Rainy Butte fleets
- Review driver schedules for August, the month with the most truck crashes.
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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 Slope County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-21 | 1 |
Rainy Butte at a glance
| Population | 36 |
| Land area | 35.9 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58647) | $84,583 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58647) | $186,602 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Slope 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 | 2 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | -66% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 4 | +517% | 0.5 |
| 2020s | 1 | -77% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 0.2 a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Rainy Butte
How many truck crashes happen in Rainy Butte?
Slope County has had 20 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 9 people and killing 1.
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Rainy Butte?
The worst month is August: 15.0% of truck crashes in Slope County happen then.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Rainy Butte?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Slope County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Rainy Butte?
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.