Faulkton, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Faulkton: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Faulkton and Faulk County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Faulk County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 16 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Faulk County: 16 truck crashes reported in Faulk County since 2015.
Overview
Police reported 16 crashes involving commercial trucks in Faulk County since 2015: 1 people were injured and 0 were killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.
Faulkton had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Faulk County numbers.
When crashes happen
Faulk County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Faulkton since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Faulk County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Faulkton 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 Faulk 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 (Faulk County) |
|---|---|
| US-212 | 8 |
| Ave | 3 |
| Sd Hwy 20 | 3 |
| Sd Hwy 47 | 1 |
Faulkton at a glance
| Population | 818 |
| Land area | 1.0 sq mi |
| Density | 808 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57438) | $70,673 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57438) | $137,762 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Faulk 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 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 1 | +30% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 2 | +77% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 1 | -49% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 1 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Faulkton
How many truck accidents are there in Faulkton?
16 truck crashes have been reported in Faulk County since 2015, with 0 deaths and 1 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Faulkton?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Faulk County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Faulkton?
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.