Vehicle traffic up this year compared to last year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

STURGIS, S.D.(Press Release) – Vehicle traffic counts from the South Dakota Department of Transportation for vehicles entering Sturgis for the 81st Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Aug. 6-9, 2021.

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

Saturday, Aug. 7:  67,482 entering

  • Up 23.1% from Saturday last year

Sunday, Aug. 8:  65,771 entering

  • Up 17.1 % from Sunday Last year

Monday, Aug. 9:  64,158 entering

  • Up 12.6 % from Monday Last year

4 Day Total:

2021:  252,737 Vehicles                2020:  217,778 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.