Rocky Ford, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Rocky Ford: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Rocky Ford 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
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for 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.
In complete reporting years that works out to about one truck crash every 309 days.
Rocky Ford had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Mellette County numbers.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Mellette County has on record.
Where crashes happen
No fatal crash involving a large truck has a recorded location within 10 miles of Rocky Ford since 2015.
Garbage & waste trucks
Since 2015, no garbage-truck crashes were reported for Mellette County.
Route planning tips for Rocky Ford 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
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 (Mellette County) |
|---|---|
| US-83 | 8 |
| Sd Hwy 44 | 5 |
| Ave | 1 |
| Sd Hwy 53 | 1 |
Rocky Ford at a glance
| Population | 7 |
| Land area | 50.2 sq mi |
| Density | 0 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57521) | $57,813 |
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 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Rocky Ford
How common are truck crashes in Rocky Ford?
Since 2015, 15 crashes involving commercial trucks were reported in Mellette County (1 injured, 2 killed).
Are garbage truck crashes common in Rocky Ford?
0 crashes involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Mellette County since 2015, 0.0% of all truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Rocky Ford?
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.