Bath County, VA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Bath 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 20 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Bath County: #118 of 133 among 133 counties in Virginia for truck crashes per year.
Overview
Police reported 20 crashes involving commercial trucks in Bath County since 2015: 9 people were injured and 2 were killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 211 days in fully reported years.
When crashes happen
June has the most truck crashes, 15.0% of the yearly total, while October has the fewest (0.0%).
More truck crashes happen at 11 am–12 pm than at any other hour (25.0%).
Where crashes happen
Roads with fatal crashes involving a large truck in Bath County since 2015: SR-42 (1) and US-220 (1). No single road stands out.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Bath County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Bath County fleets
- Review driver schedules for June, the month with the most truck crashes.
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
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 Bath County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (in Bath County) |
|---|---|
| SR-42 | 1 |
| US-220 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Bath County) |
|---|---|
| SR-220 | 6 |
| SR-39 | 5 |
| Route 220 At 1.50M N Of Route 623 | 1 |
| Rt 42 - Cowpasture River Highway | 1 |
| Rt. 220 | 1 |
| Rt. 42 | 1 |
| Rt.42 | 1 |
| SR-603 | 1 |
Bath County at a glance
| Population | 4,071 |
| Land area | 529.2 sq mi |
| Density | 8 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP average) | $60,441 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Bath 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 | 3 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 3 | -1% | 0.3 |
| 2010s | 2 | -27% | 0.2 |
| 2020s | 2 | -21% | 0.0 |
In the 1990s about 3 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. NHTSA counts 0.5 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
Cities, towns & communities in Bath County
ZIP codes in Bath County
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Bath County
How many truck accidents are there in Bath County?
Since 2015, 20 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Bath County (9 injured, 2 killed).
When do most truck crashes happen in Bath County?
The worst month is June: 15.0% of truck crashes in Bath County happen then.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Bath County?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Bath County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Bath County?
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.