Ridgeland, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Ridgeland: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Ridgeland and Corson County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Corson County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 18 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
Corson County at a glance: 18 truck crashes on record for Corson County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 18 crashes involving commercial trucks in Corson County since 2015: 3 people were injured and 0 were killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.
Ridgeland had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Corson County numbers.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Corson County has on record.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Ridgeland since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Corson County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Ridgeland fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
About the data
Crash counts come from the FMCSA crash file (police-reported crashes involving trucks over 10,000 lb); fatal-crash locations come from NHTSA FARS. Text on this page states only what these numbers show.
Truck crashes by year: all trucks vs garbage trucks
Seasonality: when trucks crash in Corson County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
No fatal crashes involving a large truck with a road name were recorded within 10 miles since 2015.
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Corson County) |
|---|---|
| US-12 | 14 |
| Sd Hwy 1806 | 1 |
| Sd Hwy 63 | 1 |
Ridgeland at a glance
| Population | 54 |
| Land area | 82.1 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Corson 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 | 2 | — | 0.2 |
| 2000s | 3 | +13% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 3 | +0% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -63% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Ridgeland
How many truck accidents are there in Ridgeland?
Since 2015, 18 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Corson County (3 injured, 0 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Ridgeland?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Corson County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Ridgeland?
The free Route Planner takes your stops and returns a route risk score, safer alternatives and low-bridge warnings.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.