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Deaths in Vehicle Crashes Up 38% in South Dakota in 2020 April 16, 2021
The number of traffic crash fatalities in South Dakota rose to 141 last year an increase of 38% over the previous year.
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety said in 2020, there were 132 crashes in which the fatalities occurred.
In 2019, 102 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes, the lowest in state history since records have been kept beginning in 1947. The number of fatal crashes in 2019 was 88, also a record low.
DPS Secretary Craig Price said the 2020 total is the state’s highest since 2007. He said the department plans to increase its safety and enforcement efforts.
Number of crashes highest since 2007, state officials say Written By: Erik Kaufman | ×
Members of the White Lake Fire Department and the White Lake Ambulance Service respond to the scene of a fatal rollover crash on Interstate 90 in December. (Courtesy photo)
PIERRE The number of fatal motor vehicle crashes in South Dakota took a significant jump in 2020, registering the highest number of crashes in the state since 2007.
According to statistics released Wednesday by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, South Dakota recorded 141 motor vehicle fatalities in 132 fatal crashes in 2020. That number is 38% higher that the 102 fatalities recorded in 2019, which saw the lowest total in state history since records have been kept starting in 1947. The state saw 88 fatal crashes that year, also a record low.