Covington city, VA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Covington city: 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
1 of 17 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
Covington city at a glance: #121 of 133 for truck crashes in Virginia, out of 133 counties.
Overview
Police reported 17 crashes involving commercial trucks in Covington city since 2015: 7 people were injured and 0 were killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.
When crashes happen
Covington city has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded in Covington city.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage trucks account for 1 of the truck crashes here, or 5.9%, compared with 2.5% in Virginia.
Route planning tips for Covington city fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
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 Covington city
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded in Covington city since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Covington city) |
|---|---|
| I-64 | 4 |
| N. Alleghany Ave. | 2 |
| Blk Of S. Carpenter Dr. | 1 |
| E Chestnut Street Bridge | 1 |
| Madison St | 1 |
| N. Monroe Ave. | 1 |
| S Alleghany Ave | 1 |
| S Lexington Dr | 1 |
Covington city at a glance
| Population | 5,663 |
| Land area | 5.5 sq mi |
| Density | 1,035 per sq mi |
Historical data: truck crashes in Covington city 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 | 0 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 0 | +0% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +120% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 2 | +36% | 0.0 |
From the 2010s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported.
Nearby counties
Questions fleets ask about Covington city
How many truck accidents are there in Covington city?
17 truck crashes have been reported in Covington city since 2015, with 0 deaths and 7 injuries.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Covington city?
Since 2015, Covington city has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 5.9% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Covington city?
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.