Butte, NE truck route planning & crash data

Plan safer truck routes in Butte: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Butte and Boyd County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Boyd County numbers.

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0
truck crashes whose report names Butte as the city, since 2015
10
truck crashes in Boyd County since 2015
0
deaths in Boyd County
0
garbage-truck crashes (0.0%)
1
fatal truck crashes within 10 mi, 2015–24

Where fatal truck crashes happened

Fatal crash with a large truck (bigger = more deaths) heat glow = clusters dashed = 10 mi radius 2015–2024, NHTSA FARS

Risk scorecard

0 out of 100
Low truck-crash risk
Fatal truck crashes per resident in Boyd County, 2020–2024: 0.00 per 100,000 a year, higher than 0% of US counties.
Truck crashes / 100,000 residents / yr53.5
Share in winter (Nov–Mar)20%
Garbage-truck share of crashes0.0%
Nebraska average
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Key findings

10
truck crashes reported in Boyd County since 2015
1
fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Butte since 2015
0
reported garbage-truck crashes in Boyd County since 2015
Boyd County
not enough local crashes for patterns; see Boyd County figures below

Snapshot

Crashes by month

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Darker = more crashes.

Garbage trucks vs all trucks

0.0%
0 of 10 crashes.
0 of 10 truck crashes since 2015.

Deadliest roads

US-2811

What stands out in Boyd County: 10 truck crashes reported in Boyd County since 2015.

Overview

Police reported 10 crashes involving commercial trucks in Boyd County since 2015: 9 people were injured and 0 were killed.

Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Butte since 2015; patterns below come from Boyd County as a whole.

80% of truck crash reports in Boyd 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 Boyd County to show a reliable monthly pattern.

Where crashes happen

Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Butte since 2015 were spread across roads: US-281 (1).

Garbage & waste trucks

FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Boyd County since 2015.

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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

2005: 0 truck crashes2005: 0 garbage-truck crashes2006: 1 truck crash2006: 0 garbage-truck crashes2007: 0 truck crashes2007: 0 garbage-truck crashes2008: 2 truck crashes2008: 0 garbage-truck crashes2009: 1 truck crash2009: 0 garbage-truck crashes2010: 0 truck crashes2010: 0 garbage-truck crashes2011: 2 truck crashes2011: 0 garbage-truck crashes2012: 0 truck crashes2012: 0 garbage-truck crashes2013: 1 truck crash2013: 0 garbage-truck crashes2014: 0 truck crashes2014: 0 garbage-truck crashes2015: 4 truck crashes2015: 0 garbage-truck crashes2016: 0 truck crashes2016: 0 garbage-truck crashes2017: 3 truck crashes2017: 0 garbage-truck crashes2018: 0 truck crashes2018: 0 garbage-truck crashes2019: 2 truck crashes2019: 0 garbage-truck crashes2020: 0 truck crashes2020: 0 garbage-truck crashes2021: 0 truck crashes2021: 0 garbage-truck crashes2022: 1 truck crash2022: 0 garbage-truck crashes2023: 0 truck crashes2023: 0 garbage-truck crashes2024: 0 truck crashes2024: 0 garbage-truck crashes2025: 0 truck crashes2025: 0 garbage-truck crashes2026: 0 truck crashes2026: 0 garbage-truck crashes 20052008201120142017202020232026
All commercial trucksGarbage / refuse trucksincomplete reporting

Seasonality: when trucks crash in Boyd County

Jan: 0.0% of truck crashesFeb: 0.0% of truck crashesMar: 0.0% of truck crashesApr: 20.0% of truck crashesMay: 20.0% of truck crashesJun: 0.0% of truck crashesJul: 0.0% of truck crashesAug: 10.0% of truck crashesSep: 20.0% of truck crashesOct: 10.0% of truck crashesNov: 0.0% of truck crashesDec: 20.0% of truck crashes JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
All trucks (share of crashes by month)Winter (Nov–Mar)

Most dangerous roads for trucks

RoadFatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles)
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Roads named most in all truck crash reports

RoadTruck crashes since 2015 (Boyd County)
281 /219.260/Us281 S Of 905Th Rd-N Of Spencer2
012 /109.070/N12 & 478Th Ave-W Of Butte1
012 /109.120/N12 E Of 478Th Ave-E Of Butte1
012 /136.350/N12 & 4Th St1
Ne-11/ Milepost 189 / 6.5 N Of Butte /1

Butte at a glance

Population269
Land area0.5 sq mi
Density572 per sq mi
Median household income (ZIP 68722)$60,125
Median home value (ZIP 68722)$57,216

Historical data: truck crashes in Boyd 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).

1993: 1 reported truck crash1995: 4 reported truck crashes1996: 1 reported truck crash1997: 1 reported truck crash1999: 1 reported truck crash2003: 1 reported truck crash2004: 2 reported truck crashes2006: 1 reported truck crash2008: 2 reported truck crashes2009: 1 reported truck crash2011: 2 reported truck crashes2013: 1 reported truck crash2015: 4 reported truck crashes2017: 3 reported truck crashes2019: 2 reported truck crashes2022: 1 reported truck crash 1982: 0 fatal truck crashes1983: 0 fatal truck crashes1984: 0 fatal truck crashes1985: 0 fatal truck crashes1986: 1 fatal truck crash1987: 0 fatal truck crashes1988: 0 fatal truck crashes1989: 0 fatal truck crashes1990: 0 fatal truck crashes1991: 0 fatal truck crashes1992: 0 fatal truck crashes1993: 0 fatal truck crashes1994: 0 fatal truck crashes1995: 0 fatal truck crashes1996: 0 fatal truck crashes1997: 0 fatal truck crashes1998: 1 fatal truck crash1999: 0 fatal truck crashes2000: 0 fatal truck crashes2001: 0 fatal truck crashes2002: 0 fatal truck crashes2003: 0 fatal truck crashes2004: 0 fatal truck crashes2005: 0 fatal truck crashes2006: 0 fatal truck crashes2007: 0 fatal truck crashes2008: 0 fatal truck crashes2009: 0 fatal truck crashes2010: 0 fatal truck crashes2011: 0 fatal truck crashes2012: 0 fatal truck crashes2013: 1 fatal truck crash2014: 0 fatal truck crashes2015: 0 fatal truck crashes2016: 0 fatal truck crashes2017: 0 fatal truck crashes2018: 0 fatal truck crashes2019: 0 fatal truck crashes2020: 0 fatal truck crashes2021: 0 fatal truck crashes2022: 0 fatal truck crashes2023: 0 fatal truck crashes2024: 0 fatal truck crashes 198519901995200020052010201520202025
All reported truck crashes in Boyd County (FMCSA)Fatal truck crashes in Boyd County (FARS, separate scale, max 1)incomplete reporting
DecadeTruck crashes / yrChangeFatal crashes / yr (FARS)
1990s1—0.1
2000s1-39%0.0
2010s1+71%0.1
2020s0-86%0.0

From the 1990s to the 2010s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported.

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Nearby places

AnokaMcCulleySpencerDustinSaratogaMorton Township, Boyd CountyColemanNaperBristowGrossBoyd CountyNebraska

Questions fleets ask about Butte

How many truck accidents are there in Butte?

Since 2015, 10 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Boyd County (9 injured, 0 killed).

How many garbage truck crashes are there in Butte?

Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Boyd County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).

How can I plan a safer truck route in Butte?

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2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.