Ogle County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Ogle County in 2024.

FARS records 75 deaths in 70 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Illinois in the same years is 9.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Ogle County was number 32 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Ogle County fell by 34.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (75).

In the counties of Illinois the deaths rose by 8.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 84.3% of the fatal crashes in Ogle County with a known setting were rural, against 33.6% in Illinois.

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 Ogle County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Ogle County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	0
2023	16	14	6
2022	8	8	0
2021	8	8	3
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	9	8	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015	13	11	6
2015 to 2024	75	70	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (1979)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Ogle County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	16	14
2022	8	8
2021	8	8
2020	5	5
2019	9	8
2018	6	6
2017	5	5
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	13	11
2014	7	6
2013	12	11
2012	9	8
2011	4	4
2010	9	9
2009	11	10
2008	13	12
2007	15	13
2006	22	18
2005	12	11
2004	15	11
2003	22	18
2002	13	12
2001	17	15
2000	6	6
1999	11	8
1998	11	11
1997	10	9
1996	10	8
1995	16	8
1994	29	22
1993	13	11
1992	13	12
1991	8	8
1990	11	8
1989	17	14
1988	19	16
1987	12	11
1986	9	8
1985	9	8
1984	12	11
1983	23	20
1982	13	12
1981	24	21
1980	27	21
1979	32	24
1978	19	17
1977	20	17
1976	13	11
1975	24	22

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.Ogle County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ogle County	Illinois	United States
2024	5.9	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.6	9.0	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. Ogle County had 51,274 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ogle County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 70 fatal crashes	22	70 fatal crashes	31.4%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 70 fatal crashes	16	70 fatal crashes	22.9%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.9%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 75 deaths	1 or 2	75 deaths	2.7%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 75 deaths	1 or 2	75 deaths	1.3%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 75 deaths	8	75 deaths	10.7%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	84.3%	33.6%
In the darkof 69 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	69 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.7%	48.7%

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.Ogle 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	4	1 or 2	3	0	9
Monday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	0	0	4	4	8
Thursday	1 or 2	3	4	1 or 2	10
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	1 or 2	12
Saturday	3	3	1 or 2	3	11
All days	13	16	27	14	70

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.Ogle County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	5	7.1%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	15	21.4%	29.1%
Minor arterial	18	25.7%	24.5%
Major collector	17	24.3%	17.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.0%
Local	15	21.4%	12.5%
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.Ogle County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Ogle County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	59
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ogle County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ogle	In all of Illinois
Interstate 39	Interstate	3	36
Interstate 88	Interstate	1 or 2	51
State Route 2	State highway	9	37
State Route 38	State highway	1 or 2	39
State Route 64	State highway	8	72
State Route 72	State highway	5	40
State Route 251	State highway	6	46
US Route 52	US highway	3	42

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 Illinois

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Ogle County on the county map of Illinois

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

Fewer than 1016 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.928 counties
30 or more5 counties
Ogle County: 14.6

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 Illinois

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Ogle County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Illinois	1 or 2	25	16.6
DeKalb County	Illinois	9	109	10.6
Lee County	Illinois	0	46	13.6
Stephenson County	Illinois	4	54	12.1
Whiteside County	Illinois	7	79	14.2
Winnebago County	Illinois	27	308	10.8

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Illinois have a population nearest to that of Ogle 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.
Illinois Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Illinois.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Ogle County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/il/ogle/. 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.

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 Ogle in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Ogle County from 2005 to 2014. It records 75 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ogle in 2024?

The rate of Ogle County in 2024 was 5.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Illinois was 9.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 70 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 Ogle?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 38 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.