Rock County, NE truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Rock County: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 15 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Rock County: #83 of 93 among 93 counties in Nebraska for truck crashes per year.
Overview
Rock County has recorded 15 truck crashes since 2015, with 2 people injured and 0 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 335 days in fully reported years.
When crashes happen
Rock County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location in Rock County since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Rock County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Rock County 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 Rock County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded in Rock County since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Rock County) |
|---|---|
| US-183 | 6 |
| US-20 | 5 |
| 020 /268.150/Us20 Sw Of 456Th Ave-Sw Of Newport | 1 |
| 183 /175.800/Us183 N Of 873Rd Rd-S Of Bassett | 1 |
| Hwy-7 Mm 72 | 1 |
| Skyline Dr | 1 |
Rock County at a glance
| Population | 1,241 |
| Land area | 1,008.3 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP average) | $60,643 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Rock 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 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 1 | -12% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +40% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 2 | +19% | 0.0 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 1 a year in the 1990s and 2 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting.
ZIP codes in Rock County
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Rock County
How common are truck crashes in Rock County?
Rock County has had 15 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 2 people and killing 0.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Rock County?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Rock County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How can I plan a safer truck route in Rock County?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.