Lancaster, VA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Lancaster: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Lancaster and Lancaster County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Lancaster County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 18 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
The headline for Lancaster County: 18 reported truck crashes in Lancaster County since 2015.
Overview
Lancaster County has recorded 18 truck crashes since 2015, with 6 people injured and 2 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 236 days in fully reported years.
Only 2 truck crashes were reported in Lancaster since 2015; patterns below come from Lancaster County as a whole.
83% of truck crash reports in Lancaster County since 2015 leave the city field blank; place counts include only reports that name the place.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Lancaster County has on record.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Lancaster since 2015 were spread across roads: CR-610 (1), SR-222 (1) and SR-3 (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage and refuse trucks were involved in 1 crash, 5.6% of the total, against 2.5% across Virginia.
Route planning tips for Lancaster fleets
- 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 Lancaster County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-610 | 1 |
| SR-222 | 1 |
| SR-3 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Lancaster County) |
|---|---|
| Alfonso Rd | 1 |
| Hoecake Rd | 1 |
| Route 222 / Weems Road | 1 |
| Route 3/Mary Ball Road | 1 |
| Rt 200 / Irvington Rd At Rt 646 / Old Salem Rd | 1 |
| Rt 200 Irvington Road | 1 |
| Rt 222 / Weems Road | 1 |
| Rt 3 Mary Ball Rd At 1.50M E Of Rivers Landing Dr | 1 |
Lancaster at a glance
| Land area | 2.2 sq mi |
Historical data: truck crashes in Lancaster 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 | — | 0.2 |
| 2000s | 2 | +12% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | -24% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 2 | +15% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. NHTSA counts 0.0 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Lancaster
How many truck accidents are there in Lancaster?
Lancaster County has had 18 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 6 people and killing 2.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Lancaster?
Since 2015, Lancaster County has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 5.6% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Lancaster?
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.