Weems, VA truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Weems: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Weems 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
Lancaster County at a glance: 18 truck crashes reported 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.
Weems had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Lancaster County numbers.
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
There are too few truck crashes in Lancaster County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Weems happened on SR-222 (1) and SR-3 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
1 crash involved a garbage or refuse truck, a 5.6% share (Virginia: 2.5%).
Route planning tips for Weems fleets
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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) |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Weems at a glance
| Land area | 0.5 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 22480) | $88,438 |
| Median home value (ZIP 22480) | $424,484 |
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 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. 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 Weems
How many truck crashes happen in Weems?
18 truck crashes have been reported in Lancaster County since 2015, with 2 deaths and 6 injuries.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Weems?
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 Weems?
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.