MileCheck Highway Report

MileCheck Highway Report: Kentucky, October 2026

Name: MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026: Kentucky
Creator: MileCheck

by MileCheck · November 2, 2026

What Kentucky's department of transportation (DOT) feed showed in October 2026. Part of the national MileCheck Highway Report, October 2026.

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How we got these numbers: These are unique alerts published by Kentucky's department of transportation (DOT) feed, from a daily copy taken Oct. 1 through Oct. 31, 2026. Each alert is counted once. An alert posted and removed between two daily copies is not counted. Not all states report the same data, so compare each place with its own earlier months. Fire figures are as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

215crash alerts in October

29closure alerts

304roadwork alerts

4wildfire records, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

Crashes

Kentucky's road feed carried 215 crash alerts in October.

Routes with the most crash alerts

I-64 — 42
I-264 — 33
I-65 — 32

Closures and roadwork

29 closures and 304 roadwork records were on Kentucky's feed in October, out of 1,056 alerts of all types.

Routes with the most alerts in Kentucky

I-64 — 185
I-65 — 145
I-264 — 141
I-71 — 123
I-75 — 95

Compared with earlier months

Unique alerts on Kentucky's feed in each full month MileCheck has.

By month

September — 465 alerts: 64 crashes, 39 closures, 161 roadwork
October — 1,056 alerts: 215 crashes, 29 closures, 304 roadwork

Wildfires

The national wildfire feed listed 4 fire records in Kentucky as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific.

Largest fires, as of Oct. 31, 4 PM Pacific

ATV Park (Harlan County), 15 acres, 45% contained
Beauty Road (Martin County), 1 acres, 70% contained
No Where 2 (Magoffin County), 1 acres, 0% contained
No Where (Magoffin County), 1 acres, 50% contained

Thank you to the firefighters and crews who worked these fires all season.

Live fire perimeters are at milecheckapp.com/fire.

See the national report or another state or province.

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