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For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Contact: Kristi Sandal, Public Information Officer, 605-773-3265
Final Sturgis Rally Vehicle Counts
STURGIS, S.D. – Data from the South Dakota Department of Transportation shows 510,749 vehicles entered the city of Sturgis for the 75th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally from Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, the highest number of vehicles counted for the annual rally since 2005 and a 30.7 percent increase over 2014.
2015: Friday, July 24 to Thursday, July 30: 218,098
(no comparison data available for these dates)
2015: Friday, July 31: 63,712 2014 Friday, Aug. 1: 43,259
Saturday, Aug. 1: 82,267 2014 Saturday, Aug. 2: 59,810
Sunday, Aug. 2: 90,304 2014 Sunday, Aug. 3: 69,888
Total: 236,283 2014 Total: 172,957
2015: Monday, Aug. 3: 96,409 2014 Monday, Aug. 4: 75,796
Tuesday, Aug. 4: 84,836 2014 Tuesday, Aug. 5: 57,388
Wednesday, Aug. 5: 91,517 2014 Wednesday, Aug. 6: 66,809
Total: 272,762 2014 Total 199,993
2015: Thursday, Aug. 6: 84,272 2014 Thursday, Aug. 7 67,986
Friday, Aug. 7: 74,914 2014 Friday, Aug. 8 55,704
Saturday, Aug 8: 50,769 2014 Saturday, Aug. 9 43,064
Sunday, Aug. 9: 28,032 2014 Sunday, Aug. 10 23,946
Total: 237,987 Total 190,700
Aug 3-9: 510,749 Aug. 4-10 390,693
Historical rally data can be found at http://www.sddot.com/transportation/highways/traffic/. Final reports for 2015 will be available next week.
Sturgis Rally Vehicle Data 1991-2015: http://news.sd.gov/mediacontent.aspx?id=24&media=Photo
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