Lake City, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Lake City: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Lake City and Marshall County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Marshall County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 12 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
What stands out in Marshall County: 12 truck crashes reported in Marshall County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 12 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Marshall County. They injured 0 people and killed 1.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Lake City since 2015; patterns below come from Marshall County as a whole.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in Marshall County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Lake City since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
No crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Marshall County since 2015.
Route planning tips for Lake City 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 Marshall 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 (Marshall County) |
|---|---|
| Ave | 2 |
| Sd Hwy 10 | 2 |
| Sd Hwy 25 | 1 |
Lake City at a glance
| Population | 45 |
| Land area | 0.2 sq mi |
| Density | 205 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57247) | $50,455 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57247) | $206,877 |
Waste facilities and haulers nearby
Historical data: truck crashes in Marshall 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 | — | 0.2 |
| 2000s | 1 | -56% | 0.1 |
| 2010s | 1 | +20% | 0.1 |
| 2020s | 1 | -31% | 0.2 |
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: 0.0 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Lake City
How many truck accidents are there in Lake City?
Marshall County has had 12 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 0 people and killing 1.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Lake City?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Marshall County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Lake City?
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.