Fort Thompson, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Fort Thompson: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Fort Thompson and Buffalo County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Buffalo County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 19 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Buffalo County: 19 truck crashes on record for Buffalo County since 2015.
Overview
Buffalo County has recorded 19 truck crashes since 2015, with 1 people injured and 1 killed.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 268 days.
Fort Thompson had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Buffalo County numbers.
When crashes happen
Buffalo County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Fort Thompson happened on CR-BIA Rt 4 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Buffalo County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Fort Thompson fleets
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Buffalo County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| CR-BIA Rt 4 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Buffalo County) |
|---|---|
| Sd Hwy 34 | 12 |
| Sd Hwy 45 | 6 |
| Sd Hwy 50 | 1 |
Fort Thompson at a glance
| Land area | 10.4 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57339) | $46,136 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Buffalo 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 | 1 | — | 0.1 |
| 2000s | 0 | -70% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +367% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | -29% | 0.2 |
Reported truck crashes averaged 1 a year in the 1990s and 1 a year in the 2020s. Reporting practices changed over time, so part of any change can come from reporting. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Fort Thompson
How common are truck crashes in Fort Thompson?
19 truck crashes have been reported in Buffalo County since 2015, with 1 deaths and 1 injuries.
How many garbage truck accidents happen in Fort Thompson?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Buffalo County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Fort Thompson?
Paste your stops into the free CurbWaste Route Planner: it scores your route against fatal-crash locations, suggests safer alternatives and flags low bridges.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.