Canyon County, Idaho: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Canyon County in 2024.

FARS records 246 deaths in 227 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Idaho in the same years is 13.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Canyon County was number 2 of 44 counties of Idaho.

Deaths in Canyon County rose by 31.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (187) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (246).

In the counties of Idaho the deaths rose by 7.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 47.1% of the fatal crashes in Canyon County with a known setting were rural, against 74.5% in Idaho.

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 Canyon 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.Canyon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	21	7
2023	30	29	3
2022	16	16	6
2021	29	26	6
2020	24	21	8
2019	21	21	6
2018	28	25	6
2017	22	20	4
2016	28	26	10
2015	25	22	7
2015 to 2024	246	227	63

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1978)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Canyon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	21
2023	30	29
2022	16	16
2021	29	26
2020	24	21
2019	21	21
2018	28	25
2017	22	20
2016	28	26
2015	25	22
2014	19	19
2013	23	20
2012	13	13
2011	12	9
2010	17	16
2009	16	13
2008	26	25
2007	18	17
2006	30	27
2005	13	11
2004	24	22
2003	17	16
2002	20	18
2001	16	15
2000	20	20
1999	24	21
1998	21	19
1997	15	14
1996	23	19
1995	17	15
1994	15	12
1993	21	17
1992	16	11
1991	21	16
1990	22	17
1989	22	17
1988	23	21
1987	24	20
1986	26	19
1985	20	18
1984	17	16
1983	11	11
1982	21	16
1981	11	10
1980	22	20
1979	17	15
1978	36	31
1977	25	22
1976	20	17
1975	15	12

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.Canyon County beside Idaho and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Canyon County	Idaho	United States
2024	8.6	11.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.5	13.1	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. Canyon County had 267,444 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Canyon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Idaho
A driver recorded as drinkingof 227 fatal crashes	63	227 fatal crashes	27.8%	31.2%
A speeding-related driverof 227 fatal crashes	33	227 fatal crashes	14.5%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 161 occupant deaths with restraint use known	96	161 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.6%	58.3%
Pedestriansof 246 deaths	29	246 deaths	11.8%	6.9%
Bicyclistsof 246 deaths	5	246 deaths	2.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 246 deaths	31	246 deaths	12.6%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 223 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	223 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.1%	74.5%
In the darkof 227 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	227 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.3%	35.7%

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.Canyon 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	16	3	5	7	31
Monday	1 or 2	7	9	9	26
Tuesday	9	6	11	11	37
Wednesday	8	7	8	8	31
Thursday	1 or 2	6	11	9	27
Friday	7	8	13	13	41
Saturday	7	4	13	9	33
All days	49	41	70	66	226

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.Canyon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Idaho
Interstate	24	10.8%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	97	43.5%	32.9%
Minor arterial	26	11.7%	16.0%
Major collector	52	23.3%	17.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.4%	3.0%
Local	23	10.3%	13.8%
Not reported	4	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.Canyon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	110
Dark, not lighted	66
Dark, lighted	36
Dawn	4
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Canyon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	170
Cloudy	42
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Canyon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Canyon	In all of Idaho
Interstate 84	Interstate	25	200
State Route 55	State highway	19	66
US Route 20	US highway	20	101
US Route 95	US highway	11	181

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 Idaho

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Canyon County on the county map of Idaho

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

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.98 counties
15 to 19.98 counties
20 to 29.914 counties
30 or more10 counties
Canyon County: 10.5

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 Idaho

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Canyon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ada County	Idaho	29	259	5.3
Gem County	Idaho	1 or 2	28	14.8
Owyhee County	Idaho	3	28	23.3
Payette County	Idaho	9	50	20.0
Malheur County	Oregon	4	82	26.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Idaho have a population nearest to that of Canyon 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.
Idaho Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of Idaho.

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 Canyon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 187 deaths in Canyon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 246 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Canyon in 2024?

The rate of Canyon County in 2024 was 8.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Idaho was 11.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 63 of 227 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 Canyon?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 75 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.