Artesian, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Artesian: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Artesian and Sanborn County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Sanborn County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 19 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
What stands out in Sanborn County: 19 truck crashes reported in Sanborn County since 2015.
Overview
Since 2015, 19 crashes involving commercial trucks have been reported in Sanborn County. They injured 2 people and killed 3.
That averages about one truck crash every 211 days in fully reported years.
Artesian had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Sanborn County numbers.
When crashes happen
Monthly patterns need more crashes than Sanborn County has on record.
Where crashes happen
Fatal large-truck crashes within 10 miles of Artesian since 2015 were spread across roads: SR-37 (1).
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage trucks account for 1 of the truck crashes here, or 5.3%, compared with 1.6% in South Dakota.
Route planning tips for Artesian fleets
- Paste your stops into the free Route Planner to see the risk score, safer alternatives and low bridges.
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 Sanborn County
Most dangerous roads for trucks
| Road | Fatal truck crashes since 2015 (within 10 miles) |
|---|---|
| SR-37 | 1 |
Roads named most in all truck crash reports
| Road | Truck crashes since 2015 (Sanborn County) |
|---|---|
| Sd Hwy 37 | 8 |
| Sd Hwy 34 | 7 |
| Sd Hwy 224 | 2 |
Artesian at a glance
| Population | 135 |
| Land area | 0.6 sq mi |
| Density | 244 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57314) | $85,515 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57314) | $149,265 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Sanborn 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 | 1 | -33% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 2 | +50% | 0.2 |
| 2020s | 2 | +33% | 0.2 |
In the 1990s about 2 truck crashes a year were reported; in the 2020s, about 2. Reporting coverage also changed between these periods. Fatal large-truck crashes: 0.2 a year in 2016–19, 0.2 a year in 2020–24.
Nearby places
Questions fleets ask about Artesian
How many truck accidents are there in Artesian?
19 truck crashes have been reported in Sanborn County since 2015, with 3 deaths and 2 injuries.
How many garbage truck crashes are there in Artesian?
Since 2015, Sanborn County has reported 1 garbage-truck crash, or 5.3% of its truck crashes.
How can I plan a safer truck route in Artesian?
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.