South Dakota’s 2017 Traffic Fatalities Rise; State’s Five-Year Trend Among Nation’s Lowest

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South Dakota remains one of the leading states in the nation for the lowest number of traffic fatalities in 2017. This, despite the fact that there were 13 additional fatalities on state roads from the previous year. Tony Mangan serves as the Public Information Officer for the South Dakota Department of Public Safety…


Officer Mangan says there are many things people can do to remain safe while traveling, and thus, avoid becoming involved in a serious or fatal traffic accident..

There were 129 traffic fatalities in South Dakota in 2017. That is up from the 116 reported in 2016, a year which saw the second lowest fatality total of all time. Out of the 129 traffic fatalities, 101 were motor vehicle fatalities. There were 111 fatal crashes in 2017, compared to 103 in 2016.