Riverside Township, Hand County, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Riverside Township, Hand County: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Riverside Township, Hand County 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 23.8% of truck crashes happen in October, more than any other month.
Overview
Since 2015, 21 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Hand County. They injured 8 people and killed 2.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 211 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Riverside Township, Hand County since 2015; patterns below come from Hand County as a whole.
When crashes happen
Truck crashes peak in October (23.8% of the year) and are lowest in March (0.0%).
The busiest hour is 11 am–12 pm, with 14.3% of truck crashes.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Riverside since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Hand County.
Route planning tips for Riverside Township, Hand County fleets
- Build extra time into October routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- Check your own stops for crash hotspots and low bridges with the free Route Planner.
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 |
Riverside Township, Hand County at a glance
| Population | 21 |
| Land area | 35.9 sq mi |
| Density | 1 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57371) | $74,196 |
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 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 1. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. NHTSA counts 0.2 fatal large-truck crashes a year in 2016–19 and 0.0 a year in 2020–24.
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Questions fleets ask about Riverside Township, Hand County
How common are truck crashes in Riverside Township, Hand County?
Since 2015, 21 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Hand County (8 injured, 2 killed).
Which month has the most truck crashes in Riverside Township, Hand County?
The worst month is October: 23.8% of truck crashes in Hand County happen then.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Riverside Township, Hand County?
Since 2015, Hand County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Riverside Township, Hand County?
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.