Freedom, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Freedom: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Freedom 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 reported truck crashes in Faulk County since 2015.
Overview
Faulk County has recorded 16 truck crashes since 2015, with 1 people injured and 0 killed.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 251 days.
Freedom 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
There are too few truck crashes in Faulk County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Freedom since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Faulk County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Freedom fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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 |
Freedom at a glance
| Population | 30 |
| Land area | 34.4 sq mi |
| Density | 1 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 |
In the 1990s about 1 truck crash a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Freedom
How many truck crashes happen in Freedom?
Faulk County has had 16 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 1 people and killing 0.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Freedom?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Faulk County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Freedom?
Use the free Route Planner: enter your stops to get a risk score, safer alternatives and the low bridges on your route.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.