Hawaii County, Hawaii: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Hawaii County in 2024.

FARS records 263 deaths in 244 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Hawaii in the same years is 7.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Hawaii County was number 2 of 4 counties of Hawaii.

Deaths in Hawaii County fell by 13.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (304) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (263).

In the counties of Hawaii the deaths fell by 13.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 46.7% of the fatal crashes in Hawaii County with a known setting were rural, against 17.4% in Hawaii.

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 Hawaii 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.Hawaii County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	26	9
2023	15	14	8
2022	33	31	13
2021	26	26	17
2020	15	15	5
2019	25	25	9
2018	32	30	11
2017	35	33	11
2016	32	27	8
2015	21	17	5
2015 to 2024	263	244	96

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1990)2024: 29

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

Table 2.Hawaii County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	26
2023	15	14
2022	33	31
2021	26	26
2020	15	15
2019	25	25
2018	32	30
2017	35	33
2016	32	27
2015	21	17
2014	13	13
2013	26	21
2012	38	34
2011	23	23
2010	31	29
2009	27	24
2008	29	29
2007	38	34
2006	39	35
2005	40	33
2004	41	33
2003	33	30
2002	28	27
2001	30	29
2000	38	34
1999	31	28
1998	43	39
1997	31	26
1996	38	30
1995	26	23
1994	33	28
1993	32	30
1992	27	26
1991	46	38
1990	47	44
1989	42	35
1988	38	32
1987	36	29
1986	23	21
1985	22	22
1984	21	19
1983	27	25
1982	37	35
1981	28	27
1980	30	28
1979	38	35
1978	43	36
1977	30	26
1976	22	20
1975	23	20

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.Hawaii County beside Hawaii and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hawaii County	Hawaii	United States
2024	13.9	7.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.0	7.2	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. Hawaii County had 209,050 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hawaii County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Hawaii
A driver recorded as drinkingof 244 fatal crashes	96	244 fatal crashes	39.3%	32.1%
A speeding-related driverof 244 fatal crashes	122	244 fatal crashes	50.0%	44.1%
No restraint usedof 120 occupant deaths with restraint use known	55	120 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.8%	51.8%
Pedestriansof 263 deaths	42	263 deaths	16.0%	26.8%
Bicyclistsof 263 deaths	9	263 deaths	3.4%	4.3%
Motorcyclistsof 263 deaths	56	263 deaths	21.3%	25.7%
On a rural roadof 242 fatal crashes with the condition reported	113	242 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.7%	17.4%
In the darkof 242 fatal crashes with the condition reported	121	242 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	57.3%

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.Hawaii 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	12	6	13	40
Monday	12	5	7	13	37
Tuesday	4	6	11	7	28
Wednesday	6	8	6	9	29
Thursday	6	9	11	11	37
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	19	27
Saturday	10	7	17	11	45
All days	48	50	62	83	243

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.Hawaii County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Hawaii
Interstate	0	0.0%	7.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	166	68.6%	55.3%
Minor arterial	68	28.1%	32.1%
Major collector	1 or 2	0.8%	1.7%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.4%	1.1%
Local	5	2.1%	2.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Hawaii County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	109
Dark, not lighted	76
Dark, lighted	30
Dawn	5
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	15
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hawaii County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	171
Cloudy	29
Rain	37
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hawaii County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hawaii	In all of Hawaii
State Route 11	State highway	61	61
State Route 19	State highway	44	44
State Route 190	State highway	20	20

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 Hawaii

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Hawaii County on the county map of Hawaii

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

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.92 counties
15 to 19.90 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Hawaii County: 13.0

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 Hawaii

Counties of similar population

These counties of Hawaii have a population nearest to that of Hawaii 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Hawaii in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 304 deaths in Hawaii County from 2005 to 2014. It records 263 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hawaii in 2024?

The rate of Hawaii County in 2024 was 13.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Hawaii was 7.1. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 96 of 244 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 Hawaii?

FARS records 61 fatal crashes on State Route 11 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 44 fatal crashes on State Route 19 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on State Route 190 in the county from 2015 to 2024.