Accident Doctor

South Dakota car accident statistics

  • There were a total of 17,512 car wrecks in South Dakota
  • 5,174 car accident injuries were reported
  • 116 fatalities
  • 32% of all  fatality accidents involved alcohol
South Dakota Cities
Aberdeen
Alcester
Antelope
Arlington
Ashland Heights
Baltic
Belle Fourche
Beresford
Blackhawk
Box Elder
Brandon
Britton
Brookings
Canton
Centerville
Chamberlain
Clark
Clear Lake
Colonial Pine Hills
Crooks
Custer
De Smet
Deadwood
Dell Rapids
Edgemont
Elk Point
Ellsworth AFB
Eureka
Flandreau
Fort Pierre
Fort Thompson
Freeman
Garretson
Gettysburg
Green Valley
Gregory
Groton
Harrisburg
Hartford
Hill City
Hot Springs
Howard
Huron
Ipswich
Kyle
Lead
Lemmon
Lennox
Madison
Marion
Martin
Milbank
Miller
Mission
Mitchell
Mobridge
North Eagle Butte
North Sioux City
North Spearfish
Oglala
Parker
Parkston
Pierre
Pine Ridge
Platte
Rapid City
Rapid Valley
Redfield
Rosebud
Salem
Scotland
Sioux Falls
Sisseton
Spearfish
Springfield
Sturgis
Tea
Tyndall
Valley Springs
Vermillion
Volga
Wagner
Wall
Watertown
Webster
Wessington Springs
Whitewood
Winner
Worthing
Yankton

 

Minimal South Dakota insurance requirements

  • Bodily Injury Liability-25,000/50,000
  • Property Damage Liability-25,000
  • Uninsured Motorist Bodily Injury-25,000/50,000
  • Underinsured Motorist-25,000/50,000
  • Medical Payments-not required, although the most common is 5,000

What are medical payments?

Medical payments is additional coverage you purchase on your auto insurance policy. It may be wise to purchase medical payments if you do not live in a mandatory Pip state. Talk with your insurance agent for more information on medical payments and how much it would cost. the cost is very low considering what it pays for. Here is what medical payments cover in most states

  • Medical expenses directly related to injuries suffered from a car accident ( no matter who was at-fault)
  • Chiropractic care
  • X-Rays
  • Emergency Room visits ( relating from the car wreck )
  • Emergency transport services ( EMS )