Bethel, ND truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Bethel: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Bethel and Towner County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Towner County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 9 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Towner County: 9 truck crashes reported in Towner County since 2015.
Overview
Towner County has recorded 9 truck crashes since 2015, with 2 people injured and 0 killed.
Bethel had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Towner County numbers.
78% of truck crash reports in Towner 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 Towner County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Bethel.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Towner County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Bethel fleets
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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 Towner 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 (Towner County) |
|---|---|
| SR-5 | 1 |
Bethel at a glance
| Population | 20 |
| Land area | 35.7 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 58377) | $91,667 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Towner 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 | 1 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | -39% | 0.2 |
| 2010s | 1 | +71% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | -44% | 0.0 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 1 a year in the 1990s and 1 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Bethel
How many truck accidents are there in Bethel?
Towner County has had 9 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 2 people and killing 0.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Bethel?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Towner County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Bethel?
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.