Cottle County, TX truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Cottle County: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 22 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Cottle County: August 22.7% of truck crashes happen in August, more than any other month.
Overview
Police reported 22 crashes involving commercial trucks in Cottle County since 2015: 15 people were injured and 1 were killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 236 days.
When crashes happen
Truck crashes peak in August (22.7% of the year) and are lowest in February (0.0%).
More truck crashes happen at 10–11 pm than at any other hour (13.6%).
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes in Cottle County since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Cottle County.
Route planning tips for Cottle County fleets
- Build extra time into August 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
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 Cottle County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded in Cottle County since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Cottle County) |
|---|---|
| US-62 | 4 |
Cottle County at a glance
| Population | 1,263 |
| Land area | 900.6 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP average) | $49,028 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Cottle 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 | -20% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 3 | +37% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | -49% | 0.0 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods.
Cities, towns & communities in Cottle County
ZIP codes in Cottle County
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Cottle County
How common are truck crashes in Cottle County?
22 truck crashes have been reported in Cottle County since 2015, with 1 deaths and 15 injuries.
Which month has the most truck crashes in Cottle County?
The worst month is August: 22.7% of truck crashes in Cottle County happen then.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Cottle County?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Cottle County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Cottle County?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.