Alden, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Alden: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Alden and Hand County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Hand County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 21 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Hand County: October worst month: 23.8% of truck crashes, vs 8.3% in an average month.
Overview
Since 2015, 21 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Hand County. They injured 8 people and killed 2.
That averages about one truck crash every 211 days in fully reported years.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Alden since 2015; patterns below come from Hand County as a whole.
When crashes happen
The worst month is October with 23.8% of truck crashes; the quietest is March at 0.0%.
More truck crashes happen at 11 am–12 pm than at any other hour (14.3%).
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Alden.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Hand County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Alden fleets
- Build extra time into October routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- 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 Hand County
By hour of day
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 (Hand County) |
|---|---|
| US-14 | 10 |
| Ave | 5 |
| Sd Hwy 45 | 3 |
| North Broadway Avenue | 1 |
| Sd Hwy 26 | 1 |
Alden at a glance
| Population | 19 |
| Land area | 36.4 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57467) | $59,063 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Hand 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 | 2 | — | 0.0 |
| 2000s | 3 | +49% | 0.3 |
| 2010s | 2 | -23% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -33% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 1. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
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Questions fleets ask about Alden
How common are truck crashes in Alden?
21 truck crashes have been reported in Hand County since 2015, with 2 deaths and 8 injuries.
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Alden?
October has the most truck crashes in Hand County, 23.8% of the yearly total.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Alden?
Since 2015, Hand County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Alden?
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.