Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2024.

FARS records 88 deaths in 75 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Alaska in the same years is 9.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Kenai Peninsula Borough was number 3 of 29 counties of Alaska.

Deaths in Kenai Peninsula Borough fell by 17.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (106) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (88).

In the counties of Alaska the deaths rose by 8.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 98.7% of the fatal crashes in Kenai Peninsula Borough with a known setting were rural, against 53.1% in Alaska.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Kenai Peninsula Borough by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Kenai Peninsula Borough: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	9	7	1 or 2
2022	16	13	3
2021	13	10	5
2020	6	5	0
2019	7	7	0
2018	6	6	3
2017	6	5	0
2016	11	10	4
2015	6	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	88	75	19

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Kenai Peninsula Borough by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 18 (1992)2024: 8

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Kenai Peninsula Borough: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	9	7
2022	16	13
2021	13	10
2020	6	5
2019	7	7
2018	6	6
2017	6	5
2016	11	10
2015	6	5
2014	6	6
2013	4	4
2012	12	10
2011	17	15
2010	8	7
2009	11	10
2008	14	14
2007	9	7
2006	11	11
2005	14	10
2004	16	15
2003	15	14
2002	16	11
2001	14	10
2000	18	13
1999	9	9
1998	11	9
1997	13	9
1996	9	9
1995	16	15
1994	9	7
1993	7	6
1992	18	13
1991	10	6
1990	13	13
1989	15	12
1988	5	5
1987	11	9
1986	17	14
1985	0	0
1984	0	0
1983	0	0
1982	0	0
1981	0	0
1980	0	0
1979	0	0
1978	0	0
1977	0	0
1976	0	0
1975	0	0

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Kenai Peninsula Borough beside Alaska and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Alaska	United States
2024	13.0	9.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.8	9.8	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Kenai Peninsula Borough had 61,446 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kenai Peninsula Borough: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alaska
A driver recorded as drinkingof 75 fatal crashes	19	75 fatal crashes	25.3%	33.6%
A speeding-related driverof 75 fatal crashes	32	75 fatal crashes	42.7%	38.7%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.2%	47.7%
Pedestriansof 88 deaths	4	88 deaths	4.5%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 88 deaths	1 or 2	88 deaths	1.1%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 88 deaths	6	88 deaths	6.8%	10.8%
On a rural roadof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.7%	53.1%
In the darkof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.0%	44.8%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Kenai Peninsula Borough: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	1 or 2	0	5	3	10
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	11
Thursday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	6	0	8
Saturday	3	3	4	3	13
All days	8	12	35	18	73

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Kenai Peninsula Borough: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alaska
Interstate	28	37.3%	33.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other principal arterial	32	42.7%	26.7%
Minor arterial	3	4.0%	12.7%
Major collector	6	8.0%	11.6%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.7%	7.4%
Local	4	5.3%	8.3%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Kenai Peninsula Borough: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Kenai Peninsula Borough: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	14
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	12
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kenai Peninsula Borough that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kenai Peninsula	In all of Alaska
State Route 1	State highway	30	109
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	64

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Alaska

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Kenai Peninsula Borough on the county map of Alaska

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1011 counties
10 to 14.94 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more2 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown6 counties
Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14.8

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Alaska

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Kenai Peninsula Borough
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anchorage Municipality	Alaska	27	211	7.2
Bethel Census Area	Alaska	0	11	6.0
Chugach Census Area	Alaska	0	18	26.9
Kodiak Island Borough	Alaska	1 or 2	3	2.3
Lake and Peninsula Borough	Alaska	0	1 or 2	n/a
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Alaska	18	186	17.0

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Alaska have a population nearest to that of Kenai Peninsula Borough. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Alaska Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Alaska.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ak/kenai-peninsula/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Kenai Peninsula in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 106 deaths in Kenai Peninsula Borough from 2005 to 2014. It records 88 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kenai Peninsula in 2024?

The rate of Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2024 was 13.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Alaska was 9.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Kenai Peninsula had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 75 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Kenai Peninsula?

FARS records 30 fatal crashes on State Route 1 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 3 in the county from 2015 to 2024.