Red Fish, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Red Fish: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Red Fish and Mellette County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Mellette County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
0 of 15 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Mellette County: 15 truck crashes on record for Mellette County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 15 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Mellette County. They injured 1 people and killed 2.
Across the years with complete reporting, that is roughly one truck crash every 309 days.
Only 0 truck crashes were reported in Red Fish since 2015; patterns below come from Mellette County as a whole.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in Mellette County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, fatal crashes with a large truck within 10 miles of Red Fish happened on I-90 (1); no road leads clearly.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Mellette County.
Route planning tips for Red Fish fleets
- 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 Mellette County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| I-90 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Mellette County) |
|---|---|
| US-83 | 8 |
| Sd Hwy 44 | 5 |
| Ave | 1 |
| Sd Hwy 53 | 1 |
Red Fish at a glance
| Population | 17 |
| Land area | 43.3 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
Historical data: truck crashes in Mellette 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 | -60% | 0.2 |
| 2010s | 1 | +0% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | +88% | 0.0 |
From the 1990s to the 2020s, yearly reported truck crashes went from 2 to 2. Some of the change may reflect how crashes were reported.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Red Fish
How common are truck crashes in Red Fish?
15 truck crashes have been reported in Mellette County since 2015, with 2 deaths and 1 injuries.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Red Fish?
Garbage trucks were involved in 0 reported crashes in Mellette County since 2015 (0.0% of truck crashes).
How do I plan a garbage truck route in Red Fish?
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.