ZIP 69142 (Halsey, NE) truck route planning & crash data

Plan safer truck routes around ZIP 69142: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes here and in Thomas County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets.

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17
truck crashes since 2015 (Thomas County)
10
people injured
2
deaths
0
garbage-truck crashes (0.0%)
1
fatal truck crashes within 10 mi, 2015–24

Where fatal truck crashes happened

Fatal crash with a large truck (bigger = more deaths) heat glow = clusters dashed = 10 mi radius 2015–2024, NHTSA FARS

Risk scorecard

100 out of 100
High truck-crash risk
Fatal truck crashes per resident in Thomas County, 2020–2024: 63.09 per 100,000 a year, higher than 100% of US counties.
Truck crashes / 100,000 residents / yr229.4
Share in winter (Nov–Mar)44%
Garbage-truck share of crashes0.0%
Nebraska average
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Key findings

17
reported truck crashes in Thomas County since 2015
1
fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of ZIP 69142 since 2015
0
crashes involving a garbage truck in Thomas County since 2015
Thomas County
too few crashes for patterns here, so this report uses Thomas County numbers

Snapshot

Crashes by month

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Darker = more crashes.

Garbage trucks vs all trucks

0.0%
0 of 17 crashes.
0 of 17 truck crashes since 2015.

Deadliest roads

SR-21

The headline for Thomas County: 17 reported truck crashes in Thomas County since 2015.

Overview

Since 2015, 17 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Thomas County. They injured 10 people and killed 2.

That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.

When crashes happen

Thomas County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.

Where crashes happen

Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of ZIP 69142 since 2015 were spread across roads: SR-2 (1).

Garbage & waste trucks

FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Thomas County since 2015.

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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

2005: 1 truck crash2005: 0 garbage-truck crashes2006: 2 truck crashes2006: 0 garbage-truck crashes2007: 0 truck crashes2007: 0 garbage-truck crashes2008: 0 truck crashes2008: 0 garbage-truck crashes2009: 1 truck crash2009: 0 garbage-truck crashes2010: 1 truck crash2010: 0 garbage-truck crashes2011: 2 truck crashes2011: 0 garbage-truck crashes2012: 3 truck crashes2012: 0 garbage-truck crashes2013: 1 truck crash2013: 0 garbage-truck crashes2014: 2 truck crashes2014: 0 garbage-truck crashes2015: 1 truck crash2015: 0 garbage-truck crashes2016: 0 truck crashes2016: 0 garbage-truck crashes2017: 2 truck crashes2017: 0 garbage-truck crashes2018: 2 truck crashes2018: 0 garbage-truck crashes2019: 2 truck crashes2019: 0 garbage-truck crashes2020: 1 truck crash2020: 0 garbage-truck crashes2021: 2 truck crashes2021: 0 garbage-truck crashes2022: 2 truck crashes2022: 0 garbage-truck crashes2023: 2 truck crashes2023: 0 garbage-truck crashes2024: 2 truck crashes2024: 0 garbage-truck crashes2025: 0 truck crashes2025: 0 garbage-truck crashes2026: 1 truck crash2026: 0 garbage-truck crashes 20052008201120142017202020232026
All commercial trucksGarbage / refuse trucksincomplete reporting

Seasonality: when trucks crash in Thomas County

Jan: 17.6% of truck crashesFeb: 0.0% of truck crashesMar: 11.8% of truck crashesApr: 5.9% of truck crashesMay: 5.9% of truck crashesJun: 23.5% of truck crashesJul: 17.6% of truck crashesAug: 0.0% of truck crashesSep: 0.0% of truck crashesOct: 0.0% of truck crashesNov: 11.8% of truck crashesDec: 5.9% of truck crashes JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
All trucks (share of crashes by month)Winter (Nov–Mar)

Most dangerous roads for trucks

RoadFatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles)
SR-21

Roads named most in all truck crash reports

RoadTruck crashes since 2015 (Thomas County)
SR-23
US-833
002 /215.190/N2 W Of Parker Ln-E Of Thedford2
083 /149.250/E Jct Us83 & N2-E Of Thedford2
002 /210.660/N2 W Of Us83-Ent-E Of Thedford1
083 /133.980/Us83 N Of Scenic Bypass-Se Of Thedf1
083 /137.780/Us83 S Of Ewoldt Rd-Se Of Thedford1
083 /150.860/Us83 S Of Sawyer Mountain Ln-Ne Of1

ZIP 69142 at a glance

Population53
Density0 per sq mi
Home ownership52%

Historical data: truck crashes in Thomas 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).

1993: 2 reported truck crashes1994: 3 reported truck crashes1995: 1 reported truck crash1996: 2 reported truck crashes1997: 1 reported truck crash1998: 1 reported truck crash2000: 2 reported truck crashes2002: 2 reported truck crashes2004: 1 reported truck crash2005: 1 reported truck crash2006: 2 reported truck crashes2009: 1 reported truck crash2010: 1 reported truck crash2011: 2 reported truck crashes2012: 3 reported truck crashes2013: 1 reported truck crash2014: 2 reported truck crashes2015: 1 reported truck crash2017: 2 reported truck crashes2018: 2 reported truck crashes2019: 2 reported truck crashes2020: 1 reported truck crash2021: 2 reported truck crashes2022: 2 reported truck crashes2023: 2 reported truck crashes2024: 2 reported truck crashes 1982: 0 fatal truck crashes1983: 0 fatal truck crashes1984: 0 fatal truck crashes1985: 0 fatal truck crashes1986: 0 fatal truck crashes1987: 0 fatal truck crashes1988: 0 fatal truck crashes1989: 0 fatal truck crashes1990: 0 fatal truck crashes1991: 0 fatal truck crashes1992: 0 fatal truck crashes1993: 0 fatal truck crashes1994: 0 fatal truck crashes1995: 0 fatal truck crashes1996: 0 fatal truck crashes1997: 0 fatal truck crashes1998: 1 fatal truck crash1999: 0 fatal truck crashes2000: 0 fatal truck crashes2001: 0 fatal truck crashes2002: 1 fatal truck crash2003: 0 fatal truck crashes2004: 0 fatal truck crashes2005: 0 fatal truck crashes2006: 0 fatal truck crashes2007: 0 fatal truck crashes2008: 0 fatal truck crashes2009: 0 fatal truck crashes2010: 0 fatal truck crashes2011: 0 fatal truck crashes2012: 0 fatal truck crashes2013: 0 fatal truck crashes2014: 0 fatal truck crashes2015: 0 fatal truck crashes2016: 0 fatal truck crashes2017: 0 fatal truck crashes2018: 0 fatal truck crashes2019: 0 fatal truck crashes2020: 0 fatal truck crashes2021: 0 fatal truck crashes2022: 0 fatal truck crashes2023: 0 fatal truck crashes2024: 2 fatal truck crashes 198519901995200020052010201520202025
All reported truck crashes in Thomas County (FMCSA)Fatal truck crashes in Thomas County (FARS, separate scale, max 2)incomplete reporting
DecadeTruck crashes / yrChangeFatal crashes / yr (FARS)
1990s1—0.1
2000s1-37%0.1
2010s2+78%0.0
2020s2-6%0.4

From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 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 0.4 a year in 2020–24.

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Nearby ZIP codes

ZIP 69157ZIP 68833ZIP 69135ZIP 69166ZIP 69163ZIP 68813ZIP 68821ZIP 69161ZIP 69120ZIP 68856Thomas CountyNebraska

Questions fleets ask about ZIP 69142

How many truck crashes happen in ZIP 69142?

17 truck crashes have been reported in Thomas County since 2015, with 2 deaths and 10 injuries.

How many garbage truck crashes are there in ZIP 69142?

Since 2015, Thomas County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.

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2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.