Tipton, PA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Tipton: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Tipton and Blair County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Blair County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0.0 deaths per 100 garbage-truck crashes vs 3.2 for all trucks.
Deadliest roads
How Blair County compares with Pennsylvania
Blair County against Pennsylvania and the US, 2015–2025 (years with complete crash reporting). Per-resident rates make big and small places comparable.
Where Blair County stands out
Full comparison
| Measure (2015–2025) | Blair County | Pennsylvania | United States | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crashes per 100k residents / yr | 43.1 | 57.2 | 49.7 | 25% below the state |
| Deaths per 100 crashes | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 1.2× the state |
| Injuries per crash | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 17% below the state |
| Garbage-truck share | 3.9% | 3.6% | 2.3% | 1.1× the state |
| On snow, slush or ice | 9.1% | 9.1% | 6.2% | same |
| Morning rush (6–10 am) | 25.3% | 24.5% | 23.7% | same |
| In rain, sleet or snow | 17.2% | 19.0% | 13.8% | 9% below the state |
| Winter months (Nov–Mar) | 48.6% | 42.7% | 41.9% | 1.1× the state |
| After dark | 24.7% | 24.2% | 24.8% | same |
Blair County has lower values than Pennsylvania for crashes per 100k residents / yr, injuries per crash and in rain, sleet or snow. It runs above Pennsylvania on deaths per 100 crashes, garbage-truck share and winter months (nov–mar).
Tipton at a glance: SR-453 most fatal truck crashes within 10 miles of Tipton: 3 since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 617 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Blair County. They injured 241 people and killed 20.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 7 days.
Tipton had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Blair County numbers.
When crashes happen
Truck crashes peak in January (12.3% of the year) and are lowest in April (5.2%).
The five winter months (November to March) hold 48.6% of truck crashes, against 42.7% across Pennsylvania.
More truck crashes happen at 9–10 am than at any other hour (7.9%).
9.1% of truck crashes here happened on snow, slush or ice, against 9.1% across Pennsylvania.
Where crashes happen
SR-453 leads within 10 miles of Tipton with 3 fatal crashes involving a large truck since 2015. It is followed by I-99 (1) and SR-764 (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage trucks account for 23 of the truck crashes here, or 3.7%, compared with 3.6% in Pennsylvania.
Garbage-truck crashes peak in February (17% of them).
Deaths per 100 garbage-truck crashes: 0.0, vs 3.2 for all truck crashes.
Route planning tips for Tipton fleets
- Build extra time into January routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- Where you can, review stops along SR-453; it has the most fatal large-truck crashes nearby.
- For residential and commercial waste routes, look again at February schedules: garbage-truck crashes peak then.
- 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 Blair County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| SR-453 | 3 |
| I-99 | 1 |
| SR-764 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Blair County) |
|---|---|
| I-0099 | 156 |
| SR-0022 | 79 |
| SR-0764 | 42 |
| SR-1001 | 41 |
| SR-0036 | 39 |
| SR-3013 | 21 |
| SR-0453 | 16 |
| SR-0164 | 16 |
Tipton at a glance
| Land area | 1.0 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 16684) | $34,107 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Blair 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 | 52 | — | 2.5 |
| 2000s | 48 | -8% | 1.8 |
| 2010s | 46 | -3% | 1.1 |
| 2020s | 51 | +11% | 1.0 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 52 a year in the 1990s and 51 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. NHTSA counts 1.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 1.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Tipton
How many truck accidents are there in Tipton?
617 truck crashes have been reported in Blair County since 2015, with 20 deaths and 241 injuries.
Which road has the most fatal truck crashes in Tipton?
NHTSA data shows SR-453 with 3 fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Tipton since 2015, the highest of any road.
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Tipton?
The worst month is January: 12.3% of truck crashes in Blair County happen then.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Tipton?
Garbage trucks were involved in 23 reported crashes in Blair County since 2015 (3.7% of truck crashes).
What is the truck crash rate in Tipton compared with Pennsylvania?
The yearly rate is 43.1 truck crashes per 100,000 residents in Blair County, vs 57.2 for Pennsylvania.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Tipton?
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.