Honolulu County, Hawaii: fatal crash statistics

Counties of Hawaii by year (CSV)Cite this page

FARS records 51 deaths in 49 fatal crashes in Honolulu County in 2024.

FARS records 537 deaths in 516 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.4 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, Honolulu County was number 1 of 4 counties of Hawaii.

Deaths in Honolulu County fell by 10.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (599) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (537).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.7% of the fatal crashes in Honolulu 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 Honolulu 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.Honolulu County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	51	49	13
2023	58	56	18
2022	56	54	11
2021	50	50	8
2020	53	49	14
2019	51	49	10
2018	62	60	13
2017	49	46	13
2016	59	55	13
2015	48	48	11
2015 to 2024	537	516	124

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 118 (1979)2024: 51

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

Table 2.Honolulu County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	51	49
2023	58	56
2022	56	54
2021	50	50
2020	53	49
2019	51	49
2018	62	60
2017	49	46
2016	59	55
2015	48	48
2014	53	53
2013	53	49
2012	56	55
2011	51	49
2010	60	59
2009	53	50
2008	43	41
2007	67	61
2006	88	79
2005	75	72
2004	70	65
2003	79	65
2002	67	67
2001	78	73
2000	65	58
1999	43	40
1998	63	61
1997	73	68
1996	76	73
1995	85	79
1994	65	61
1993	76	71
1992	66	64
1991	54	51
1990	89	78
1989	78	70
1988	83	70
1987	75	72
1986	69	62
1985	87	81
1984	91	86
1983	92	87
1982	95	85
1981	94	85
1980	113	103
1979	118	105
1978	107	99
1977	87	81
1976	95	86
1975	94	84

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.Honolulu County beside Hawaii and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Honolulu County	Hawaii	United States
2024	5.2	7.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.4	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. Honolulu County had 990,142 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Honolulu County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Hawaii
A driver recorded as drinkingof 516 fatal crashes	124	516 fatal crashes	24.0%	32.1%
A speeding-related driverof 516 fatal crashes	238	516 fatal crashes	46.1%	44.1%
No restraint usedof 118 occupant deaths with restraint use known	67	118 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.8%	51.8%
Pedestriansof 537 deaths	177	537 deaths	33.0%	26.8%
Bicyclistsof 537 deaths	27	537 deaths	5.0%	4.3%
Motorcyclistsof 537 deaths	152	537 deaths	28.3%	25.7%
On a rural roadof 513 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	513 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.7%	17.4%
In the darkof 513 fatal crashes with the condition reported	309	513 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.2%	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.Honolulu 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	26	14	23	33	96
Monday	9	9	14	16	48
Tuesday	13	8	17	31	69
Wednesday	13	10	18	22	63
Thursday	14	13	12	29	68
Friday	20	15	15	26	76
Saturday	28	6	11	44	89
All days	123	75	110	201	509

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.Honolulu County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Hawaii
Interstate	69	13.5%	7.1%
Other freeways and expressways	6	1.2%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	238	46.4%	55.3%
Minor arterial	176	34.3%	32.1%
Major collector	6	1.2%	1.7%
Minor collector	6	1.2%	1.1%
Local	12	2.3%	2.1%
Not reported	3	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.Honolulu County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	187
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	257
Dawn	8
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Honolulu County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	404
Cloudy	48
Rain	46
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	15

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Honolulu County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Honolulu	In all of Hawaii
State Route 56	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 72	State highway	27	27
State Route 83	State highway	45	45
State Route 92	State highway	29	29
State Route 93	State highway	55	55

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.Honolulu 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
Honolulu County: 5.4

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 Honolulu 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Honolulu County, Hawaii: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/hi/honolulu/. 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.

Embed this card on your site

Copy this code into your page. The card shows the figures above with their source. A line under the card links to this page.

<iframe src="https://fatalroads.com/embed/county/hi/honolulu/" title="Fatal crashes in Honolulu County, Hawaii" width="100%" height="300" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="margin:4px 0 0;font-size:13px"><a href="https://fatalroads.com/county/hi/honolulu/">Fatal crashes in Honolulu County, Hawaii</a>, from fatalroads.com</p>

How embedding works. It is free. Keep the link in the card and the link line under it.

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 Honolulu in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 599 deaths in Honolulu County from 2005 to 2014. It records 537 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Honolulu in 2024?

The rate of Honolulu County in 2024 was 5.2 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 Honolulu had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 124 of 516 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 Honolulu?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 157 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.