Melrose, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Melrose: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Melrose 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 on record for Steele County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 18 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Steele County. They injured 4 people and killed 1.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 223 days.
With 0 truck crashes reported in Melrose since 2015, this page uses Steele County numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
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
There are too few truck crashes in Steele County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Melrose happened on SR-32N (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Steele County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Melrose 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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Melrose at a glance
| Population | 40 |
| Land area | 35.9 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. NHTSA counts 0.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Melrose
How many truck accidents are there in Melrose?
Steele County has had 18 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 4 people and killing 1.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Melrose?
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 Melrose?
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.