Wesley, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Wesley: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Wesley 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 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.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 251 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Wesley since 2015; patterns below come from Faulk County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Faulk County has too few reported truck crashes for a monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
NHTSA lists no located fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Wesley since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
FMCSA lists no garbage-truck crashes in Faulk County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Wesley 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 |
Wesley at a glance
| Population | 33 |
| Land area | 34.6 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57465) | $120,250 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57465) | $129,161 |
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 Wesley
How common are truck crashes in Wesley?
16 truck crashes have been reported in Faulk County since 2015, with 0 deaths and 1 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Wesley?
Since 2015, Faulk County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Wesley?
The free Route Planner takes your stops and returns a route risk score, safer alternatives and low-bridge warnings.
2026 is a partial year. Updated October 2026.