The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has tallied the final count for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 84th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which ran from Aug. 2-11, 2024. The final daily traffic counts at the nine locations entering Sturgis for the 2024 Rally are as follows:
Friday, Aug. 2, 2024: 51,179 vehicles entered
- Down 1.5% from the previous five-year average
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024: 55,127 vehicles entered
- Down 2.3% from the previous five-year average
Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024: 52,182 vehicles entered
- Down 12.7% from the previous five-year average
Monday, Aug. 5, 2024: 55,971 vehicles entered
- Down 5.1% from the previous five-year average
Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024: 54,451 vehicles entered
- Down 5.2% from the previous five-year average
Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024: 52,878 vehicles entered
- Down 3.6% from the previous five-year average
Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024: 50,053 vehicles entered
- Up 1.1% from the previous five-year average
Friday, Aug. 9, 2024: 44,671 vehicles entered
- Down 0.5% from the previous five-year average
Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024: 34,583 vehicles entered
- Up 1.7% from the previous five-year average
Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024: 19,892 vehicles entered
- Down 5.1% from the previous five-year average
2024 Total Vehicles Entered: 470,987 Vehicles
Previous Five-Year Average: 488,720 Vehicles
Once compiled, a full report (including traffic counts across the greater Black Hills area) will be available on the SDDOT website at https://dot.sd.gov/transportation/highways/traffic during the week of Aug. 19, 2024.
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