2021 Sturgis Rally Final Vehicle Counts

For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021
Contact: Jon Suomala, Rapid City Region Traffic Engineer, 605-394-2695

STURGIS, S.D. – Final vehicle traffic counts from the South Dakota Department of Transportation for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 81^st Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Aug. 6-15, 2021, have been tallied.

Traffic counts at nine locations entering Sturgis for the 2021 Rally are as follows:

Friday, Aug. 6:  55,326 entering

• Up 11.0% from Friday last year
• Down 13.2% from the 75^th Rally

Saturday, Aug. 7:  67,482 entering

• Up 23.1% from Saturday last year
• Down 18.0% from the 75^th Rally

Sunday, Aug. 8:  65,771 entering

• Up 17.1 % from Sunday last year
• Down 27.2% from the 75^th Rally

Monday, Aug. 9:  64,158 entering

• Up 12.6 % from Monday last year
• Down 33.5% from the 75^th Rally

Tuesday, Aug. 10:  60,626 entering

• Up 15.0% from Tuesday last year
• Down 28.5% from the 75^th Rally

Wednesday, Aug. 11:  57,675 entering

• Up 17.2% from Wednesday last year
• Down 37.0% from the 75^th Rally

Thursday, Aug. 12:  52,235 entering

• Up 12.9% from Thursday last year
• Down 38.0% from the 75^th Rally

Friday, Aug. 13:  46,431 entering

• Up 8.8% from Friday last year
• Down 38.0% from the 75^th Rally

Saturday, Aug. 14:  34,683 entering

• Up 6.9% from Saturday last year
• Down 31.7% from the 75^th Rally

Sunday, Aug. 15:  21,381 entering

• Up 1.5% from Sunday last year
• Down 23.7% from the 75^th Rally

10 Day Total:

2021:  525,768 Vehicles– Up 13.8% over last year            2020:  462,182 Vehicles               

2015 (75^th Rally):  747,032 Vehicles

Once compiled, a full report will be available on the SDDOT website at https://dot.sd.gov/transportation/highways/traffic the week of Aug. 23, 2021.

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