Leon, OK truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Leon: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Leon and Love County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Love County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 338 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
How Love County compares with Oklahoma
Love County against Oklahoma and the US, 2015–2025 (years with complete crash reporting). Per-resident rates make big and small places comparable.
Where Love County stands out
Full comparison
| Measure (2015–2025) | Love County | Oklahoma | United States | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crashes per 100k residents / yr | 307.0 | 79.3 | 49.7 | 3.9× the state |
| Deaths per 100 crashes | 5.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 1.4× the state |
| Injuries per crash | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.49 | 9% below the state |
| Garbage-truck share | 0.3% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 78% below the state |
| On snow, slush or ice | 6.6% | 5.3% | 6.2% | 1.2× the state |
| Morning rush (6–10 am) | 19.7% | 22.6% | 23.7% | 13% below the state |
| In rain, sleet or snow | 14.7% | 12.8% | 13.8% | 1.1× the state |
| Winter months (Nov–Mar) | 42.5% | 40.4% | 41.9% | same |
| After dark | 38.1% | 25.4% | 24.8% | 1.5× the state |
Compared with Oklahoma, Love County is lower on injuries per crash, garbage-truck share and morning rush (6–10 am). It runs above Oklahoma on crashes per 100k residents / yr, deaths per 100 crashes and on snow, slush or ice.
The headline for Love County: 1 in 323 garbage-truck share of crashes is 0.3%, against 1.4% for Oklahoma.
Overview
Since 2015, 338 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Love County. They injured 136 people and killed 18.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 11 days.
Leon had 5 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Love County numbers.
When crashes happen
The worst month is January with 10.4% of truck crashes; the quietest is December at 5.6%.
The five winter months (November to March) hold 42.5% of truck crashes, against 40.4% across Oklahoma.
More truck crashes happen at 3–4 pm than at any other hour (7.7%).
Road surface: 6.6% of truck crashes were on snow, slush or ice (Oklahoma: 5.3%).
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Leon since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage trucks account for 1 of the truck crashes here, or 0.3%, compared with 1.4% in Oklahoma.
Route planning tips for Leon fleets
- Review driver schedules for January, the month with the most truck crashes.
- 6.6% of truck crashes were on snow, slush or ice, above Oklahoma; plan winter equipment checks before the season.
- 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.
Crash reporting for 2019 is incomplete; those years are shown in grey and not used for rates.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Love 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 (Love County) |
|---|---|
| I-35 | 266 |
| US-77 | 11 |
| Sh-32 | 8 |
| I-35Nb | 5 |
| I-35Sb | 4 |
| State Highway 32 | 4 |
| Ok-32 | 3 |
| Oswalt Rd | 3 |
Leon at a glance
| Population | 78 |
| Land area | 0.3 sq mi |
| Density | 290 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 73441) | $34,464 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Love 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 | 10 | — | 0.5 |
| 2000s | 15 | +58% | 0.9 |
| 2010s | 24 | +59% | 0.5 |
| 2020s | 35 | +47% | 2.0 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 10 a year in the 1990s and 35 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. Fatal crashes involving a large truck averaged 0.5 a year in 2016–19 and 2.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Leon
How many truck crashes happen in Leon?
Love County has had 338 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 136 people and killing 18.
When do most truck crashes happen in Leon?
The worst month is January: 10.4% of truck crashes in Love County happen then.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Leon?
Garbage trucks were involved in 1 reported crash in Love County since 2015 (0.3% of truck crashes).
How do truck crashes in Leon compare with Oklahoma?
Per 100,000 residents, Love County has 307.0 truck crashes a year; Oklahoma has 79.3.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Leon?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
Crash reporting to FMCSA was incomplete in 2019; those years are greyed out and left out of rates. 2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.