Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatalities, 2024
Minnehaha County had the highest traffic fatalities of 66 counties in 2024, at 16. Walworth County had the lowest, at 0. The median was 1 and the figure for South Dakota was 146. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Map of counties, 2024
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Top 40 counties, 2024
Full ranking
| Rank | Counties | 2024 | Change on 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnehaha County Provisional | 16 | -11.1% |
| 2 | Pennington County Provisional | 12 | +20% |
| 3 | Lawrence County Provisional | 11 | -8.3% |
| 4 | Charles Mix County Provisional | 8 | +166.7% |
| 4 | Lincoln County Provisional | 8 | -27.3% |
| 6 | Meade County Provisional | 7 | +40% |
| 7 | McCook County Provisional | 6 | |
| 8 | Codington County Provisional | 5 | +25% |
| 8 | Fall River County Provisional | 5 | +400% |
| 8 | Lyman County Provisional | 5 | +25% |
| 11 | Beadle County Provisional | 4 | +300% |
| 11 | Buffalo County Provisional | 4 | +100% |
| 11 | Hutchinson County Provisional | 4 | +100% |
| 11 | Yankton County Provisional | 4 | +33.3% |
| 15 | Brown County Provisional | 3 | 0% |
| 15 | Butte County Provisional | 3 | +200% |
| 15 | Deuel County Provisional | 3 | |
| 15 | Jackson County Provisional | 3 | -25% |
| 15 | Oglala Lakota County Provisional | 3 | -66.7% |
| 20 | Bon Homme County Provisional | 2 | +100% |
| 20 | Brookings County Provisional | 2 | -50% |
| 20 | Clay County Provisional | 2 | |
| 20 | Custer County Provisional | 2 | -50% |
| 20 | Harding County Provisional | 2 | |
| 20 | Moody County Provisional | 2 | |
| 20 | Roberts County Provisional | 2 | -33.3% |
| 20 | Stanley County Provisional | 2 | |
| 20 | Union County Provisional | 2 | 0% |
| 29 | Aurora County Provisional | 1 | -50% |
| 29 | Bennett County Provisional | 1 | |
| 29 | Brule County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Corson County Provisional | 1 | -50% |
| 29 | Dewey County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Grant County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Haakon County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Hanson County Provisional | 1 | -50% |
| 29 | Hughes County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Hyde County Provisional | 1 | |
| 29 | Jerauld County Provisional | 1 | |
| 29 | Kingsbury County Provisional | 1 | 0% |
| 29 | Spink County Provisional | 1 | -50% |
| 29 | Ziebach County Provisional | 1 | |
| 43 | Campbell County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Clark County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Davison County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Day County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Douglas County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Edmunds County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Faulk County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Gregory County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Hamlin County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Hand County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Jones County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Lake County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Marshall County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | McPherson County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Mellette County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Miner County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Perkins County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Potter County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Sanborn County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Sully County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Todd County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Tripp County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
| 43 | Turner County Provisional | 0 | |
| 43 | Walworth County Provisional | 0 | -100% |
Other periods
About this ranking
People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.Citation styles
APA 7
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatalities, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip
MLA 9
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatalities, 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-dakota-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatalities, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-dakota-counties.
Harvard
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatalities, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-dakota-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?
Minnehaha County, with 16 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?
Walworth County, with 0 in 2024.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.