Cottonwood, NE truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Cottonwood: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Cottonwood and Nance County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Nance 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.
What stands out in Nance County: 18 truck crashes on record for Nance County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 18 crashes involving commercial trucks in Nance County since 2015: 15 people were injured and 0 were killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 223 days.
Cottonwood had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Nance County numbers.
78% of truck crash reports in Nance 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 Nance County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Cottonwood since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Nance County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Cottonwood fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
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
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Nance 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 (Nance County) |
|---|---|
| 039 /21.240/N39 & 480Th St-W Of Genoa | 2 |
| SR-52 | 2 |
| 014 /100.410/N14 N Of 535Th St-N Of Fullerton | 1 |
| 014 /101.330/N14 N Of Jct W/N22-N Of Fullerton | 1 |
| 014 /104.640/N14 S Of 490Th St-E Of Belgrade | 1 |
| 022 /63.780/N22 W Of 315Th Ave-Ne Of Fullerton | 1 |
| 022 /73.240/Park St(N22) & Willard Ave(N39) | 1 |
| 022 /73.590/Willard Ave(N22) E Of Chestnut St-En | 1 |
Cottonwood at a glance
| Population | 62 |
| Land area | 45.7 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 68864) | $83,365 |
| Median home value (ZIP 68864) | $186,559 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Nance 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 | 2 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 2 | +2% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +21% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -64% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Cottonwood
How common are truck crashes in Cottonwood?
18 truck crashes have been reported in Nance County since 2015, with 0 deaths and 15 injuries.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Cottonwood?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Nance County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How can I plan a safer truck route in Cottonwood?
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.