Sand Creek, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Sand Creek: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Sand Creek 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.
Slope County at a glance: August 15.0% of truck crashes happen in August, more than any other 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.
Sand Creek 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
Truck crashes peak in August (15.0% of the year) and are lowest in October (0.0%).
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Sand Creek since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Slope County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Sand Creek fleets
- Review driver schedules for August, the month with the most truck crashes.
- 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.
Sand Creek at a glance
| Population | 34 |
| Land area | 70.9 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 |
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 Sand Creek
How many truck crashes happen in Sand Creek?
Since 2015, 20 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Slope County (9 injured, 1 killed).
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Sand Creek?
The worst month is August: 15.0% of truck crashes in Slope County happen then.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Sand Creek?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Slope County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How can I plan a safer truck route in Sand Creek?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.