Driving in South Dakota is relativity safe according to the latest numbers. Last year, South Dakota had the country's fourth lowest vehicle fatality rate.
South Dakota’s 115 traffic fatalities in 2016 are expected to be the second lowest since 1960. Almost 70 percent of those who died were not wearing seatbelts.
A 55-year-old man died Monday January 2, 2017 just before 9:00 PM in a one-vehicle crash south of Brookings and icy roads appear to have contributed to the crash.