Department of Transportation releases final rally vehicle counts

News Staff
August 16, 2022
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STURGIS, S.D. – Final vehicle numbers from the 82^nd Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally have been released by the Department of Transportation.

The D-O-T obtained their numbers from nine counters placed at nine locations entering Sturgis.

The department reported a ten day total of 497,835 vehicles entering Sturgis. While that is up 1.1-percent from the previous five year average, that is down from 2021 when the count was 525,768.

After a sharp dip from Wednesday, Aug. 10 to Thursday, Aug. 11, the count continued to drop by double digits on days nine and 10.

The one-day count was 44,246, on Friday, Aug. 12, 32,917 on Saturday, Aug. 13, and 20,331, on Sunday, Aug. 14.

The highest day was Saturday, August 6 when 62,199 vehicles entered Sturgis.

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