Sutter County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Sutter County in 2024.

FARS records 190 deaths in 161 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.5 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, Sutter County was number 35 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Sutter County rose by 32.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (143) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (190).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.5% of the fatal crashes in Sutter 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 Sutter 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.Sutter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	16	4
2023	23	18	5
2022	15	15	8
2021	15	14	4
2020	16	14	4
2019	29	22	8
2018	24	19	5
2017	23	20	6
2016	8	8	3
2015	17	15	5
2015 to 2024	190	161	52

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (1988)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Sutter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	16
2023	23	18
2022	15	15
2021	15	14
2020	16	14
2019	29	22
2018	24	19
2017	23	20
2016	8	8
2015	17	15
2014	11	11
2013	14	10
2012	8	8
2011	13	11
2010	13	13
2009	8	8
2008	17	15
2007	18	15
2006	17	16
2005	24	21
2004	23	19
2003	17	17
2002	22	18
2001	14	14
2000	21	18
1999	19	15
1998	14	10
1997	22	14
1996	15	14
1995	14	12
1994	18	18
1993	13	10
1992	20	17
1991	20	16
1990	22	18
1989	26	25
1988	37	25
1987	16	15
1986	20	18
1985	12	12
1984	15	15
1983	13	12
1982	21	17
1981	29	21
1980	12	12
1979	30	26
1978	21	18
1977	23	19
1976	12	12
1975	14	9

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.Sutter County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sutter County	California	United States
2024	20.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.5	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. Sutter County had 98,933 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sutter County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 161 fatal crashes	52	161 fatal crashes	32.3%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 161 fatal crashes	42	161 fatal crashes	26.1%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 134 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	134 occupant deathswith restraint use known	23.1%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 190 deaths	26	190 deaths	13.7%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 190 deaths	6	190 deaths	3.2%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 190 deaths	11	190 deaths	5.8%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	107	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.5%	29.9%
In the darkof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	78	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.4%	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.Sutter 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	9	5	11	11	36
Monday	6	6	4	10	26
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Wednesday	3	8	5	5	21
Thursday	4	1 or 2	7	3	16
Friday	4	4	5	9	22
Saturday	4	10	7	4	25
All days	32	36	45	46	159

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.Sutter County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	1 or 2	0.6%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	31	19.3%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	52	32.3%	30.1%
Minor arterial	42	26.1%	21.7%
Major collector	11	6.8%	12.3%
Minor collector	9	5.6%	2.3%
Local	15	9.3%	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.Sutter County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	30
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sutter County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	131
Cloudy	17
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sutter County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sutter	In all of California
State Route 20	State highway	18	172
State Route 70	State highway	6	102
State Route 99	State highway	54	755
State Route 113	State highway	10	24

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.Sutter 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
Sutter County: 19.5

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 Sutter County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butte County	California	34	382	17.6
Colusa County	California	8	81	37.3
Placer County	California	40	334	8.3
Sacramento County	California	156	1,757	11.3
Yolo County	California	21	278	12.7
Yuba County	California	14	159	19.8

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 Sutter 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.

Cite this page

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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 Sutter in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 143 deaths in Sutter County from 2005 to 2014. It records 190 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sutter in 2024?

The rate of Sutter County in 2024 was 20.2 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 Sutter had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 52 of 161 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 Sutter?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 88 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.