Jerome County, Idaho: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Jerome County in 2024.

FARS records 100 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 40.8 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, Jerome County was number 6 of 44 counties of Idaho.

Deaths in Jerome County rose by 19.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (100).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.7% of the fatal crashes in Jerome 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 Jerome 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.Jerome County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	18	14	7
2022	6	6	0
2021	13	13	7
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	11	10	5
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	10	8	3
2016	16	14	1 or 2
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	100	90	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2002)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Jerome County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	18	14
2022	6	6
2021	13	13
2020	3	3
2019	11	10
2018	9	8
2017	10	8
2016	16	14
2015	7	7
2014	5	5
2013	7	7
2012	6	6
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	12	10
2009	10	9
2008	6	6
2007	19	17
2006	8	7
2005	10	9
2004	5	4
2003	11	11
2002	19	15
2001	3	3
2000	8	7
1999	7	6
1998	4	4
1997	5	5
1996	7	7
1995	6	6
1994	12	9
1993	5	5
1992	9	8
1991	4	4
1990	5	5
1989	6	6
1988	7	7
1987	4	4
1986	4	4
1985	7	6
1984	9	8
1983	5	4
1982	5	4
1981	8	8
1980	6	6
1979	4	4
1978	4	4
1977	11	8
1976	9	6
1975	6	5

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.Jerome County beside Idaho and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jerome County	Idaho	United States
2024	26.6	11.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	40.8	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. Jerome County had 26,288 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jerome County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Idaho
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	30	90 fatal crashes	33.3%	31.2%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	17	90 fatal crashes	18.9%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.3%	58.3%
Pedestriansof 100 deaths	4	100 deaths	4.0%	6.9%
Bicyclistsof 100 deaths	1 or 2	100 deaths	1.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 100 deaths	6	100 deaths	6.0%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.7%	74.5%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.3%	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.Jerome 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	5	1 or 2	3	6	15
Monday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	4	9
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	10
Saturday	1 or 2	4	5	7	17
All days	13	17	31	27	88

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.Jerome County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Idaho
Interstate	34	37.8%	15.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	15	16.7%	32.9%
Minor arterial	5	5.6%	16.0%
Major collector	17	18.9%	17.4%
Minor collector	4	4.4%	3.0%
Local	15	16.7%	13.8%
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.Jerome County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jerome County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	13
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jerome County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jerome	In all of Idaho
Interstate 84	Interstate	34	200
US Route 93	US highway	14	60
US Route 95	US highway	1 or 2	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.Jerome 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
Jerome County: 40.8

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 Jerome County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cassia County	Idaho	12	71	28.8
Gooding County	Idaho	7	46	29.5
Lincoln County	Idaho	5	31	57.8
Minidoka County	Idaho	1 or 2	37	17.3
Twin Falls County	Idaho	14	112	12.5

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 Jerome 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 Jerome in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Jerome County from 2005 to 2014. It records 100 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jerome in 2024?

The rate of Jerome County in 2024 was 26.6 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 Jerome had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 90 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 Jerome?

FARS records 34 fatal crashes on Interstate 84 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on US Route 93 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 95 in the county from 2015 to 2024.