Golden Lake, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Golden Lake: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Golden Lake 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
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Steele County: 18 truck crashes reported in Steele County since 2015.
Overview
Steele County has recorded 18 truck crashes since 2015, with 4 people injured and 1 killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 223 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Golden Lake since 2015; patterns below come from Steele County as a whole.
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
Steele County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Golden Lake since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Steele County.
Route planning tips for Golden Lake 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
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 (Steele County) |
|---|---|
| 137Th Ave Ne | 2 |
| 2Nd St Ne | 2 |
| Ave Se | 1 |
Golden Lake at a glance
| Population | 68 |
| Land area | 34.8 sq mi |
| Density | 2 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58274) | $105,395 |
| Median home value (ZIP 58274) | $181,009 |
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 |
From the 2010s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. 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 Golden Lake
How many truck crashes happen in Golden Lake?
18 truck crashes have been reported in Steele County since 2015, with 1 deaths and 4 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Golden Lake?
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 Golden Lake?
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.