Kings County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Kings County in 2024.

FARS records 288 deaths in 243 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of California in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Kings County was number 29 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Kings County rose by 5.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (274) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (288).

In the counties of California the deaths rose by 17.5% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 70.0% of the fatal crashes in Kings County with a known setting were rural, against 29.9% in California.

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 Kings County 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.Kings County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	28	10
2023	38	33	10
2022	40	33	11
2021	25	21	5
2020	27	23	6
2019	16	13	4
2018	21	16	9
2017	26	22	7
2016	30	26	8
2015	35	28	9
2015 to 2024	288	243	79

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Kings County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 47 (2005)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Kings County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	28
2023	38	33
2022	40	33
2021	25	21
2020	27	23
2019	16	13
2018	21	16
2017	26	22
2016	30	26
2015	35	28
2014	12	11
2013	16	14
2012	22	21
2011	12	11
2010	24	18
2009	28	27
2008	34	25
2007	34	27
2006	45	35
2005	47	43
2004	38	30
2003	42	32
2002	37	33
2001	36	30
2000	31	25
1999	38	29
1998	26	23
1997	22	20
1996	34	31
1995	26	24
1994	29	23
1993	19	16
1992	33	25
1991	21	19
1990	28	27
1989	44	35
1988	31	26
1987	35	29
1986	34	25
1985	29	26
1984	38	35
1983	27	24
1982	46	31
1981	29	25
1980	25	22
1979	31	28
1978	42	30
1977	31	28
1976	28	27
1975	30	24

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.Kings County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kings County	California	United States
2024	19.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.0	10.1	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. Kings County had 154,119 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kings County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 243 fatal crashes	79	243 fatal crashes	32.5%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 243 fatal crashes	58	243 fatal crashes	23.9%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 216 occupant deaths with restraint use known	61	216 occupant deathswith restraint use known	28.2%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 288 deaths	38	288 deaths	13.2%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 288 deaths	5	288 deaths	1.7%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 288 deaths	15	288 deaths	5.2%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 243 fatal crashes with the condition reported	170	243 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.0%	29.9%
In the darkof 243 fatal crashes with the condition reported	132	243 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.3%	57.5%

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.Kings County: 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	15	5	5	5	30
Monday	16	8	5	9	38
Tuesday	3	7	9	11	30
Wednesday	4	6	9	9	28
Thursday	5	5	8	12	30
Friday	7	9	10	22	48
Saturday	8	5	11	11	35
All days	58	45	57	79	239

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.Kings County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	20	8.2%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	35	14.4%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	50	20.6%	30.1%
Minor arterial	72	29.6%	21.7%
Major collector	38	15.6%	12.3%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.3%
Local	28	11.5%	7.3%
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.Kings County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	101
Dark, not lighted	90
Dark, lighted	42
Dawn	7
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Kings County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	213
Cloudy	19
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kings County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kings	In all of California
Interstate 5	Interstate	19	1,337
State Route 33	State highway	1 or 2	134
State Route 41	State highway	39	165
State Route 43	State highway	18	77
State Route 137	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 198	State highway	25	85

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 California

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Kings County on the county map of California

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

Fewer than 1014 counties
10 to 14.99 counties
15 to 19.914 counties
20 to 29.913 counties
30 or more8 counties
Kings County: 19.0

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 California

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Kings County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fresno County	California	169	1,575	15.7
Kern County	California	194	1,808	20.1
Monterey County	California	45	481	11.1
San Luis Obispo County	California	30	308	10.9
Tulare County	California	72	793	16.9

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of California have a population nearest to that of Kings County. 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.
California Office of Traffic SafetyThe highway safety office of California.

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

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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.

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Questions

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

FARS records 274 deaths in Kings County from 2005 to 2014. It records 288 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kings in 2024?

The rate of Kings County in 2024 was 19.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of California was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 79 of 243 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 Kings?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 104 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.