2020 Sturgis Rally Vehicle Counts – Through Day 7

For Immediate Release: Friday, August 14, 2020
Contact: Kristi Sandal, Public Information Officer, 605-773-7179

STURGIS, S.D. – Vehicle traffic counts from the South Dakota Department of Transportation for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 80th  annual Sturgis motorcycle rally Aug. 7-16, 2020, are available and will be updated daily.

 Traffic counts at nine locations entering Sturgis for the 2020 Rally are as follows:

Friday, August 7:               49,835 entering – down 4.3% from Friday last year
Saturday, August 8:          54,804 entering – down 8.0% from Saturday last year
Sunday, August 9:            56,149 entering – up 1.1% from Sunday last year
Monday, August 10:          56,972 entering – down 6.8% from Monday last year
Tuesday, August 11:         52,710 entering – down 11.2% from Tuesday last year
Wednesday, August 12:  49,228 entering – down 12.4% from Wednesday last year
Thursday, August 13:       46,263 entering – down 10.2% from Thursday last year 

7 Day total: 

2020:  365,979     2019:  395,453      down 7.5% over last year 

Final Update will be Monday. 

Once compiled, a full report will be available on the SDDOT website at https://dot.sd.gov/transportation/highways/traffic the week of Aug. 24. 

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