Carpenter, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Carpenter: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Carpenter and Steele County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Steele County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 18 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Steele County: 18 truck crashes reported in Steele County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 18 crashes involving commercial trucks in Steele County since 2015: 4 people were injured and 1 were killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 223 days.
Carpenter had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Steele County numbers.
78% of truck crash reports in Steele County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Steele County has on record.
Where crashes happen
Roads with fatal crashes involving a large truck within 10 miles of Carpenter since 2015: CR-26 (1) and SR-32N (1). No single road stands out.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Steele County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Carpenter fleets
- 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 Steele County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-26 | 1 |
| SR-32N | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Steele County) |
|---|---|
| 137Th Ave Ne | 2 |
| 2Nd St Ne | 2 |
| Ave Se | 1 |
Carpenter at a glance
| Population | 43 |
| Land area | 35.0 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58046) | $65,625 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58046) | $123,670 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Steele 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 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 0 | +60% | 0.3 |
| 2010s | 2 | +325% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 2 | -12% | 0.2 |
In the 2010s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. 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 Carpenter
How common are truck crashes in Carpenter?
18 truck crashes have been reported in Steele County since 2015, with 1 deaths and 4 injuries.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Carpenter?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Steele County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Carpenter?
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.