Thomas County, NE truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Thomas 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 17 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Thomas County: #81 of 93 for truck crashes in Nebraska, out of 93 counties.
Overview
Police reported 17 crashes involving commercial trucks in Thomas County since 2015: 10 people were injured and 2 were killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 251 days.
When crashes happen
Thomas County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck in Thomas County happened on SR-2 (2); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Thomas County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Thomas County 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 Thomas County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (in Thomas County) |
|---|---|
| SR-2 | 2 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Thomas County) |
|---|---|
| SR-2 | 3 |
| US-83 | 3 |
| 002 /215.190/N2 W Of Parker Ln-E Of Thedford | 2 |
| 083 /149.250/E Jct Us83 & N2-E Of Thedford | 2 |
| 002 /210.660/N2 W Of Us83-Ent-E Of Thedford | 1 |
| 083 /133.980/Us83 N Of Scenic Bypass-Se Of Thedf | 1 |
| 083 /137.780/Us83 S Of Ewoldt Rd-Se Of Thedford | 1 |
| 083 /150.860/Us83 S Of Sawyer Mountain Ln-Ne Of | 1 |
Thomas County at a glance
| Population | 634 |
| Land area | 712.6 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP average) | $58,929 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Thomas 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 | -37% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 2 | +78% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | -6% | 0.4 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.4 a year in 2020–24.
Cities, towns & communities in Thomas County
ZIP codes in Thomas County
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Thomas County
How many truck crashes happen in Thomas County?
Thomas County has had 17 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 10 people and killing 2.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Thomas County?
Since 2015, Thomas County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Thomas County?
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.