Lafoon, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Lafoon: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Lafoon 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.
The headline for Faulk County: 16 reported truck crashes 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.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 251 days.
Lafoon 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 Lafoon since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Faulk County.
Route planning tips for Lafoon fleets
- Use the free Route Planner to score your route and spot low bridges before drivers head out.
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 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 |
Lafoon at a glance
| Population | 32 |
| Land area | 35.9 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 Lafoon
How many truck accidents are there in Lafoon?
16 truck crashes have been reported in Faulk County since 2015, with 0 deaths and 1 injuries.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Lafoon?
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 Lafoon?
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.