Crash Data & Statistics
South Dakota
Free, independently produced traffic crash data reports for South Dakota, sourced from NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes). Federal fatal crash data from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) adds 1,763 fatal crash records across 40 cities and 67 counties.
Each report includes crash severity breakdowns, temporal patterns, contributing factors, road and weather conditions, vehicle demographics, and speed limit zone analysis. All data is retrieved programmatically from official government open data portals and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any law enforcement agency or state transportation department.
Fatal crashes in South Dakota
1,763 fatal crashes from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), the federal census of every US traffic crash that killed someone. Injury and property-damage-only crashes are not in these numbers.
Statewide Fatal Crash Reports
Deaths-only reports covering all of South Dakota, benchmarked year over year.
Fatal crashes by county (67)
Every South Dakota county with recorded traffic deaths. Deaths only, not total crashes.
Minnehaha County
Pennington County
Lawrence County
Lincoln County
Shannon County
Meade County
Codington County
Yankton County
Brown County
Custer County
Roberts County
Charles Mix County
Brookings County
Fall River County
Jackson County
Lyman County
Turner County
Butte County
Hutchinson County
Union County
Grant County
Beadle County
Corson County
Buffalo County
McCook County
Hanson County
Jones County
Tripp County
Bon Homme County
Clay County
Davison County
Hughes County
Lake County
Oglala County
Aurora County
Dewey County
Harding County
Kingsbury County
Moody County
Walworth County
Spink County
Bennett County
Deuel County
Haakon County
Hamlin County
Brule County
Gregory County
Marshall County
Clark County
Edmunds County
Miner County
Stanley County
Day County
Douglas County
Faulk County
Hand County
Hyde County
Sanborn County
Todd County
Campbell County
Jerauld County
Potter County
Sully County
McPherson County
Mellette County
Perkins County
Ziebach County
Fatal crashes by city (40)
Deaths-only records by city. Crashes on rural roads outside any municipality are counted at county and state level only.
Sioux Falls
Rapid City
Spearfish
Watertown
Aberdeen
Huron
Yankton
Brandon
Deadwood
Pierre
Sturgis
Wall
Belle Fourche
Brookings
Eagle Butte
Hill City
No Sioux City
Pine Ridge
Redfield
Big Stone City
Box Elder
Buffalo
Castlewood
Chamberlain
Custer
Dallas
Dell Rapids
Draper
Garden City
Hartford
Interior
Irene
Kadoka
Keystone
Madison
Milbank
Miller
Sisseton
Vermillion
White River
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