# Counties in South Dakota by traffic fatality rate, 2024

All 66 values come from Invokely for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.
- Source: Invokely, NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents (https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatality-rate/south-dakota-counties

| Rank | Place | per 100,000 people |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Buffalo County | 219.2 |
| 2 | Harding County | 150.9 |
| 3 | Lyman County | 134.4 |
| 4 | Jackson County | 109.6 |
| 5 | McCook County | 104 |
| 6 | Charles Mix County | 85.6 |
| 7 | Hyde County | 82.3 |
| 8 | Deuel County | 69.2 |
| 9 | Fall River County | 67.9 |
| 10 | Stanley County | 66.3 |
| 11 | Jerauld County | 59.2 |
| 12 | Haakon County | 54.5 |
| 13 | Hutchinson County | 53.9 |
| 14 | Ziebach County | 41.4 |
| 15 | Lawrence County | 38.2 |
| 16 | Aurora County | 36.3 |
| 17 | Moody County | 30.6 |
| 18 | Bennett County | 30.4 |
| 19 | Hanson County | 28.8 |
| 20 | Bon Homme County | 28.3 |
| 21 | Butte County | 27.5 |
| 22 | Corson County | 26.7 |
| 23 | Meade County | 22.6 |
| 24 | Oglala Lakota County | 22.5 |
| 25 | Custer County | 21.4 |
| 26 | Beadle County | 20.6 |
| 27 | Roberts County | 19.5 |
| 28 | Brule County | 19 |
| 28 | Kingsbury County | 19 |
| 30 | Dewey County | 18.8 |
| 31 | Codington County | 17.1 |
| 32 | Yankton County | 17 |
| 33 | Spink County | 16.4 |
| 34 | Grant County | 13.1 |
| 35 | Clay County | 13.1 |
| 36 | Union County | 11.5 |
| 37 | Lincoln County | 10.6 |
| 38 | Pennington County | 10.3 |
| 39 | Brown County | 8 |
| 40 | Minnehaha County | 7.7 |
| 41 | Hughes County | 5.7 |
| 42 | Brookings County | 5.5 |
| 43 | Campbell County | 0 |
| 43 | Clark County | 0 |
| 43 | Davison County | 0 |
| 43 | Day County | 0 |
| 43 | Douglas County | 0 |
| 43 | Edmunds County | 0 |
| 43 | Faulk County | 0 |
| 43 | Gregory County | 0 |
| 43 | Hamlin County | 0 |
| 43 | Hand County | 0 |
| 43 | Jones County | 0 |
| 43 | Lake County | 0 |
| 43 | Marshall County | 0 |
| 43 | McPherson County | 0 |
| 43 | Mellette County | 0 |
| 43 | Miner County | 0 |
| 43 | Perkins County | 0 |
| 43 | Potter County | 0 |
| 43 | Sanborn County | 0 |
| 43 | Sully County | 0 |
| 43 | Todd County | 0 |
| 43 | Tripp County | 0 |
| 43 | Turner County | 0 |
| 43 | Walworth County | 0 |