Dickens, TX truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Dickens: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Dickens and Dickens County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Dickens County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 15 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Dickens County: 15 truck crashes on record for Dickens County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 15 crashes involving commercial trucks in Dickens County since 2015: 7 people were injured and 1 were killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 268 days in fully reported years.
Only 1 truck crash was reported in Dickens since 2015; patterns below come from Dickens County as a whole.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in Dickens County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Dickens since 2015 were spread across roads: US-8S (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Dickens County.
Route planning tips for Dickens fleets
- 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 Dickens County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-8S | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Dickens County) |
|---|---|
| Fm 2794 | 1 |
| US-82 | 1 |
Dickens at a glance
| Population | 209 |
| Land area | 1.0 sq mi |
| Density | 218 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 79229) | $47,583 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Dickens 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 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 2 | +14% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 2 | +5% | 0.4 |
| 2020s | 2 | -29% | 0.0 |
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: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Dickens
How many truck accidents are there in Dickens?
Since 2015, 15 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Dickens County (7 injured, 1 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Dickens?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Dickens County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Dickens?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.