Richland Center, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Richland Center: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Richland Center 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
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Slope County: August the month with the most truck crashes: 15.0% of the year's total.
Overview
Police reported 20 crashes involving commercial trucks in Slope County since 2015: 9 people were injured and 1 were killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 211 days.
Richland Center 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
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Richland Center.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Slope County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Richland Center fleets
- Plan August schedules with more margin; it is the worst month for truck crashes in Slope County.
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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 Slope County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded within 10 miles since 2015.
Richland Center at a glance
| Population | 5 |
| Land area | 35.6 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58620) | $76,875 |
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 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. 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 Richland Center
How common are truck crashes in Richland Center?
Slope County has had 20 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 9 people and killing 1.
Which month has the most truck crashes in Richland Center?
Truck crashes in Slope County peak in August, with 15.0% of the year's crashes.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Richland Center?
Since 2015, Slope County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Richland Center?
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.