Truck Crash Hotspots

Where FMCSA-reportable truck and bus crashes concentrate. Rankings cover the last three years of reportable events. City rows require at least 50 crashes in the window; fatality rankings require at least three fatalities.

Top-40 City Crashes
45,608
Top-40 City Fatalities
935
Leading State (365 d)
TX · 8,889
Worst Fatal City (3 y)
HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP, PA

City Hotspots (3-year crash volume)

Top 40 cities by total truck/bus crashes. FMCSA "no-city-specified" sentinels (NOT LISTED, UNINCORPORATED, etc.) suppressed.

# City State Crashes Fatalities Injuries
1 HOUSTON TX 3,961 63 2,670
2 INDIANAPOLIS IN 2,772 38 956
3 CHICAGO IL 2,546 18 1,874
4 DALLAS TX 2,408 67 1,296
5 SAN ANTONIO TX 2,199 44 941
6 ATLANTA GA 1,736 21 1,007
7 LOS ANGELES CA 1,643 50 780
8 FORT WORTH TX 1,588 38 879
9 CHARLOTTE NC 1,557 28 1,186
10 OKLAHOMA CITY OK 1,413 22 549
11 DETROIT MI 1,382 19 584
12 NASHVILLE TN 1,382 30 724
13 JACKSONVILLE FL 1,267 26 650
14 COLUMBUS OH 1,245 20 771
15 KANSAS CITY MO 1,233 19 696
16 LOUISVILLE KY 1,164 21 682
17 PHILADELPHIA CITY PA 1,084 19 846
18 AUSTIN TX 902 38 519
19 PHOENIX AZ 843 22 257
20 MEMPHIS TN 778 44 564
21 NOT IN CITY NM 766 82 571
22 GREENSBORO NC 763 8 591
23 No city county crash IA 755 30 438
24 TULSA OK 710 18 358
25 ST LOUIS MO 707 15 578
26 ORLANDO FL 696 8 338
27 RALEIGH NC 673 3 563
28 BATON ROUGE LA 639 4 356
29 CINCINNATI OH 632 8 319
30 EL PASO TX 619 18 459
31 WASHINGTON DC 600 1 373
32 COLUMBIA SC 599 12 380
33 NEW ORLEANS LA 597 11 403
34 DENVER CO 574 15 190
35 CHATTANOOGA TN 559 12 237
36 MACON GA 539 12 284
37 MILWAUKEE WI 533 10 338
38 TAMPA FL 518 10 255
39 GREENVILLE SC 517 8 340
40 DURHAM NC 509 3 451

Fatality Hotspots (3-year)

Top cities by total fatalities over the last three years.

# City State Fatalities Crashes
1 HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP PA 1,000 22
2 NOT IN CITY NM 82 766
3 DALLAS TX 67 2,408
4 HOUSTON TX 63 3,961
5 LOS ANGELES CA 50 1,643
6 SAN ANTONIO TX 44 2,199
7 MEMPHIS TN 44 778
8 INDIANAPOLIS IN 38 2,772
9 FORT WORTH TX 38 1,588
10 AUSTIN TX 38 902
11 WILLIAMS AZ 34 59
12 TUCSON AZ 32 223
13 SANTA ROSA NM 32 57
14 NASHVILLE TN 30 1,382
15 No city county crash IA 30 755
16 CHARLOTTE NC 28 1,557
17 JACKSONVILLE FL 26 1,267
18 COMMERCE GA 24 52
19 OKLAHOMA CITY OK 22 1,413
20 PHOENIX AZ 22 843

Leading States (last 365 days)

States with the highest truck/bus crash volumes in the last year.

# State Crashes Fatalities
1 Texas 8,889 269
2 Georgia 4,663 153
3 Pennsylvania 4,451 1,080
4 Ohio 4,449 85
5 California 4,010 76
6 North Carolina 3,970 81
7 Michigan 3,891 61
8 Illinois 3,171 80
9 Indiana 3,151 68
10 Tennessee 2,888 71

Weather

1 342,556
2 38,144
8 16,298
4 16,236
9 9,240
5 4,107
6 2,998
3 2,160
7 1,718

Lighting

1 307,419
2 63,144
3 48,843
5 11,261
6 6,148
4 2,054
9 676
8 464

Road Surface

1 349,609
2 59,300
4 14,835
6 11,866
5 1,717
3 943
9 790
8 375
7 120

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