Ohio, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Ohio: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Ohio and Hand County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Hand County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 21 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
Hand County at a glance: October the month with the most truck crashes: 23.8% of the year's total.
Overview
Since 2015, 21 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Hand County. They injured 8 people and killed 2.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 211 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Ohio since 2015; patterns below come from Hand County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Truck crashes peak in October (23.8% of the year) and are lowest in March (0.0%).
More truck crashes happen at 11 am–12 pm than at any other hour (14.3%).
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Ohio since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Hand County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Ohio fleets
- Plan October schedules with more margin; it is the worst month for truck crashes in Hand County.
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
About the data
Sources: the FMCSA crash file for all reported truck crashes and NHTSA FARS for fatal crashes with a large truck. Every statement here comes straight from those numbers.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Hand 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 (Hand County) |
|---|---|
| US-14 | 10 |
| Ave | 5 |
| Sd Hwy 45 | 3 |
| North Broadway Avenue | 1 |
| Sd Hwy 26 | 1 |
Ohio at a glance
| Population | 58 |
| Land area | 36.0 sq mi |
| Density | 2 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57362) | $67,083 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57362) | $158,866 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Hand 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 | 2 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 3 | +49% | 0.3 |
| 2010s | 2 | -23% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -33% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. NHTSA counts 0.2 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Ohio
How common are truck crashes in Ohio?
Since 2015, 21 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Hand County (8 injured, 2 killed).
When do most truck crashes happen in Ohio?
Truck crashes in Hand County peak in October, with 23.8% of the year's crashes.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Ohio?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Hand County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Ohio?
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.