Crystal, NM truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Crystal: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Crystal and Apache County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Apache County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
2 of 756 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
How Apache County compares with New Mexico
Apache County against New Mexico and the US, 2015–2025 (years with complete crash reporting). Per-resident rates make big and small places comparable.
Where Apache County stands out
Full comparison
| Measure (2015–2025) | Apache County | New Mexico | United States | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crashes per 100k residents / yr | 100.7 | 45.6 | 49.7 | 2.2× the state |
| Deaths per 100 crashes | 5.7 | 9.5 | 3.4 | 40% below the state |
| Injuries per crash | 0.29 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 48% below the state |
| Garbage-truck share | 0.3% | 0.4% | 2.3% | 38% below the state |
| On snow, slush or ice | 8.2% | 12.1% | 6.2% | 32% below the state |
| Morning rush (6–10 am) | 18.4% | 22.8% | 23.7% | 19% below the state |
| In rain, sleet or snow | 7.9% | 11.7% | 13.8% | 32% below the state |
| Winter months (Nov–Mar) | 43.6% | 46.8% | 41.9% | same |
| After dark | 38.6% | 30.2% | 24.8% | 1.3× the state |
Apache County has lower values than New Mexico for deaths per 100 crashes, injuries per crash and garbage-truck share. It runs above New Mexico on crashes per 100k residents / yr and after dark.
What stands out in Apache County: 1 in 357 crashes involve a garbage truck (2 since 2015), vs 0.4% across New Mexico.
Overview
Since 2015, 756 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Apache County. They injured 218 people and killed 42.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 6 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Crystal since 2015; patterns below come from Apache County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Truck crashes peak in June (10.3% of the year) and are lowest in February (5.6%).
November through March accounts for 43.6% of truck crashes here, compared with 46.8% in New Mexico.
More truck crashes happen at 12–1 pm than at any other hour (6.6%).
Road surface: 8.2% of truck crashes were on snow, slush or ice (New Mexico: 12.1%).
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Crystal since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
2 crashes involved a garbage or refuse truck, a 0.3% share (New Mexico: 0.4%).
Route planning tips for Crystal fleets
- Build extra time into June routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
About the data
This report uses the FMCSA crash file (reported crashes of trucks over 10,000 lb) and NHTSA FARS (fatal crashes). It reports the numbers without guessing at reasons.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Apache County
By hour of day
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 (Apache County) |
|---|---|
| I-40 Noncard@M326 | 9 |
| I-40 Noncard@M321 | 8 |
| I-40 Noncard@M333 | 7 |
| I-40 Noncard@M330 | 7 |
| I-40 Noncard@M325 | 7 |
| I-40 Noncard@M322 | 7 |
| I-40 Noncard@M350 | 6 |
| I-40 Noncard@M340 | 6 |
Crystal at a glance
| Land area | 4.5 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 87328) | $33,906 |
| Median home value (ZIP 87328) | $70,526 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Apache 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 | 12 | — | 2.5 |
| 2000s | 29 | +147% | 1.9 |
| 2010s | 23 | -21% | 1.9 |
| 2020s | 82 | +260% | 3.4 |
In the 1990s about 12 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 82. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 2.0 a year in 2016–19 and 3.4 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Crystal
How many truck accidents are there in Crystal?
Apache County has had 756 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 218 people and killing 42.
Which month has the most truck crashes in Crystal?
June has the most truck crashes in Apache County, 10.3% of the yearly total.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Crystal?
Garbage trucks were involved in 2 reported crashes in Apache County since 2015 (0.3% of truck crashes).
How does Crystal compare with New Mexico for truck crashes?
The yearly rate is 100.7 truck crashes per 100,000 residents in Apache County, vs 45.6 for New Mexico.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Crystal?
The free Route Planner takes your stops and returns a route risk score, safer alternatives and low-bridge warnings.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.