Wessington, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Wessington: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Wessington 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
The headline for 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.
With 1 truck crash reported in Wessington since 2015, this page uses Hand County numbers for its patterns and comparisons.
When crashes happen
The worst month is October with 23.8% of truck crashes; the quietest is March at 0.0%.
By time of day, 11 am–12 pm stands out with 14.3% of truck crashes.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Wessington happened on US-14 (3); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Hand County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Wessington fleets
- Build extra time into October routes: it has the most truck crashes here.
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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 Hand County
By hour of day
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| US-14 | 3 |
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 |
Wessington at a glance
| Population | 199 |
| Land area | 0.4 sq mi |
| Density | 526 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57381) | $79,231 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57381) | $208,066 |
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 Wessington
How many truck crashes happen in Wessington?
Hand County has had 21 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 8 people and killing 2.
What is the worst month for truck crashes in Wessington?
The worst month is October: 23.8% of truck crashes in Hand County happen then.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Wessington?
Since 2015, Hand County has reported 0 garbage-truck crashes, or 0.0% of its truck crashes.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Wessington?
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.