North Eagle Butte, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in North Eagle Butte: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in North Eagle Butte and Dewey County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Dewey County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 12 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
Dewey County at a glance: 12 truck crashes reported in Dewey County since 2015.
Overview
Dewey County has recorded 12 truck crashes since 2015, with 3 people injured and 3 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 335 days in fully reported years.
North Eagle Butte had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Dewey County numbers.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in Dewey County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of North Eagle Butte since 2015 were spread across roads: US-212 (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Dewey County since 2015.
Route planning tips for North Eagle Butte 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 Dewey County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-212 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Dewey County) |
|---|---|
| US-212 | 6 |
| Sd Hwy 20 | 2 |
| Sd Hwy 63 | 2 |
| Ave | 1 |
North Eagle Butte at a glance
| Land area | 8.8 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57636) | $112,375 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Dewey 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 | 1 | +33% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 2 | +88% | 0.2 |
| 2020s | 1 | -22% | 0.4 |
In the 1990s about 1 truck crash a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.4 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about North Eagle Butte
How many truck crashes happen in North Eagle Butte?
Dewey County has had 12 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 3 people and killing 3.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in North Eagle Butte?
Since 2015, Dewey County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in North Eagle Butte?
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.