Wellington, TX truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Wellington: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Wellington and Collingsworth County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Collingsworth County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 20 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
Collingsworth County at a glance: February worst month: 15.0% of truck crashes, vs 8.3% in an average month.
Overview
Collingsworth County has recorded 20 truck crashes since 2015, with 12 people injured and 1 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 223 days in fully reported years.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Wellington since 2015; patterns below come from Collingsworth County as a whole.
When crashes happen
February has the most truck crashes, 15.0% of the yearly total, while April has the fewest (0.0%).
More truck crashes happen at 9–10 am than at any other hour (15.0%).
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Wellington since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Collingsworth County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Wellington fleets
- Build extra time into February 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
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 Collingsworth 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 (Collingsworth County) |
|---|---|
| US-83 | 2 |
Wellington at a glance
| Population | 1,857 |
| Land area | 1.4 sq mi |
| Density | 1,347 per sq mi |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Collingsworth 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 | 2 | +23% | 0.2 |
| 2010s | 2 | +0% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | -28% | 0.2 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 2 a year in the 1990s and 2 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Wellington
How common are truck crashes in Wellington?
Collingsworth County has had 20 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 12 people and killing 1.
Which month has the most truck crashes in Wellington?
The worst month is February: 15.0% of truck crashes in Collingsworth County happen then.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Wellington?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Collingsworth County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Wellington?
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.