Onida, SD truck route planning & crash data
Plan safer truck routes in Onida: commercial truck and garbage truck crashes in Onida and Sully County, dangerous roads, seasonality and route safety data for fleets. Patterns use Sully County numbers.
Where fatal truck crashes happened
Risk scorecard
Key findings
Snapshot
Crashes by month
Garbage trucks vs all trucks
1 of 13 truck crashes since 2015.
Deadliest roads
No fatal large-truck crashes with a road name recorded here since 2015.
The headline for Sully County: 13 truck crashes on record for Sully County since 2015.
Overview
Sully County has recorded 13 truck crashes since 2015, with 1 people injured and 2 killed.
That averages about one truck crash every 309 days in fully reported years.
Onida had 0 reported truck crashes since 2015, too few for reliable patterns, so the charts and findings on this page use Sully County numbers.
When crashes happen
There are too few truck crashes in Sully County to show a reliable monthly pattern.
Where crashes happen
Since 2015, no fatal large-truck crashes with a location were recorded within 10 miles of Onida.
Garbage & waste trucks
Garbage and refuse trucks were involved in 1 crash, 7.7% of the total, against 1.6% across South Dakota.
Route planning tips for Onida 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 Sully 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 (Sully County) |
|---|---|
| US-83 | 8 |
| Sd Hwy 1804 | 3 |
| Ave | 1 |
Onida at a glance
| Population | 644 |
| Land area | 0.7 sq mi |
| Density | 958 per sq mi |
| Median household income (ZIP 57564) | $74,297 |
| Median home value (ZIP 57564) | $212,218 |
Historical data: truck crashes in Sully 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 | -69% | 0.0 |
| 2010s | 1 | +0% | 0.0 |
| 2020s | 2 | +138% | 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.
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Questions fleets ask about Onida
How many truck crashes happen in Onida?
Sully County has had 13 reported truck crashes since 2015, injuring 1 people and killing 2.
Are garbage truck crashes common in Onida?
1 crash involving garbage or refuse trucks have been reported in Sully County since 2015, 7.7% of all truck crashes.
What is the best way to plan truck routes in Onida?
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.