Encino, TX truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Encino: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Encino and Brooks County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Brooks County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 224 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
How Brooks County compares with Texas
Brooks County against Texas and the US, 2015–2025 (years with complete crash reporting). Per-resident rates make big and small places comparable.
Where Brooks County stands out
Full comparison
| Measure (2015–2025) | Brooks County | Texas | United States | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crashes per 100k residents / yr | 304.2 | 62.9 | 49.7 | 4.8× the state |
| Deaths per 100 crashes | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 1.5× the state |
| Injuries per crash | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.49 | 1.2× the state |
| Garbage-truck share | 0.0% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 100% below the state |
| On snow, slush or ice | 1.0% | 1.7% | 6.2% | 41% below the state |
| Morning rush (6–10 am) | 15.1% | 22.6% | 23.7% | 33% below the state |
| In rain, sleet or snow | 27.8% | 11.3% | 13.8% | 2.5× the state |
| Winter months (Nov–Mar) | 42.9% | 40.8% | 41.9% | same |
| After dark | 38.5% | 27.0% | 24.8% | 1.4× the state |
Brooks County has lower values than Texas for garbage-truck share, on snow, slush or ice and morning rush (6–10 am). It runs above Texas on crashes per 100k residents / yr, deaths per 100 crashes and injuries per crash.
The headline for Brooks County: 27.8% in rain, sleet or snow, against 11.3% across Texas.
Overview
Police reported 224 crashes involving commercial trucks in Brooks County since 2015: 156 people were injured and 13 were killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 18 days.
With 1 truck crash reported in Encino since 2015, this page uses Brooks County numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
When crashes happen
May has the most truck crashes, 11.6% of the yearly total, while July has the fewest (5.4%).
November through March accounts for 42.9% of truck crashes here, compared with 40.8% in Texas.
More truck crashes happen at 4–5 pm than at any other hour (10.3%).
1.0% of truck crashes here happened on snow, slush or ice, against 1.7% across Texas.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Encino happened on US-281 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Brooks County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Encino fleets
- Review driver schedules for May, the month with the most truck crashes.
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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.
Reporting was incomplete in 2022, so those years are greyed out and left out of rates and comparisons.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Brooks County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-281 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Brooks County) |
|---|---|
| US-281 | 3 |
| S 1400 281 Hwy | 2 |
| S 1400 Us 281 Hwy | 2 |
| Sh 285 | 2 |
| E 500 Rice St | 1 |
| E 700 Rice St | 1 |
| E 701 Rice St | 1 |
| N 100 281Frontaged Road Hwy | 1 |
Encino at a glance
| Land area | 6.7 sq mi |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Brooks 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 | 14 | — | 1.0 |
| 2000s | 15 | +8% | 1.5 |
| 2010s | 22 | +49% | 1.0 |
| 2020s | 17 | -21% | 0.4 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 14 to 17. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.8 a year in 2016–19, 0.4 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Encino
How common are truck crashes in Encino?
Since 2015, 224 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Brooks County (156 injured, 13 killed).
Which month has the most truck crashes in Encino?
The worst month is May: 11.6% of truck crashes in Brooks County happen then.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Encino?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Brooks County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the truck crash rate in Encino compared with Texas?
The yearly rate is 304.2 truck crashes per 100,000 residents in Brooks County, vs 62.9 for Texas.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Encino?
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 2022; those years are greyed out and left out of rates. 2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.