Thunderbird Colony, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Thunderbird Colony: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Thunderbird Colony 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
Since 2015, 16 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Faulk County. They injured 1 people and killed 0.
That averages about one truck crash every 251 days in fully reported years.
Thunderbird Colony 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
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Faulk County has on record.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Thunderbird Colony since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Faulk County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Thunderbird Colony 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 |
Thunderbird Colony at a glance
| Land area | 0.5 sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57466) | $51,172 |
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 Thunderbird Colony
How common are truck crashes in Thunderbird Colony?
Since 2015, 16 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Faulk County (1 injured, 0 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Thunderbird Colony?
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 Thunderbird Colony?
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.