Vermilion County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Vermilion County in 2024.

FARS records 115 deaths in 105 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.3 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, Vermilion County was number 18 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Vermilion County rose by 7.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (107) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 56.2% of the fatal crashes in Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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.Vermilion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	15	11	1 or 2
2022	18	15	5
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	9	9	4
2019	11	10	4
2018	12	11	5
2017	16	15	5
2016	8	8	3
2015	10	10	3
2015 to 2024	115	105	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1981)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Vermilion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	15	11
2022	18	15
2021	8	8
2020	9	9
2019	11	10
2018	12	11
2017	16	15
2016	8	8
2015	10	10
2014	7	7
2013	10	10
2012	8	8
2011	6	6
2010	12	9
2009	15	15
2008	13	12
2007	12	10
2006	11	10
2005	13	13
2004	14	13
2003	15	15
2002	11	11
2001	18	16
2000	10	10
1999	18	15
1998	18	17
1997	11	9
1996	14	12
1995	14	13
1994	14	8
1993	11	10
1992	11	10
1991	10	10
1990	10	10
1989	13	12
1988	12	11
1987	22	18
1986	16	14
1985	20	15
1984	10	9
1983	15	14
1982	19	18
1981	28	24
1980	16	15
1979	16	16
1978	17	12
1977	11	9
1976	22	20
1975	11	10

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.Vermilion County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Vermilion County	Illinois	United States
2024	11.2	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.3	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. Vermilion County had 71,456 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Vermilion County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 105 fatal crashes	34	105 fatal crashes	32.4%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 105 fatal crashes	50	105 fatal crashes	47.6%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	13	115 deaths	11.3%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	1 or 2	115 deaths	1.7%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	16	115 deaths	13.9%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.2%	33.6%
In the darkof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.4%	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.Vermilion 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	3	1 or 2	5	4	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	3	15
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	6	5	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	6	1 or 2	16
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	12
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	6	18
Saturday	6	1 or 2	0	6	14
All days	18	21	33	33	105

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.Vermilion County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	19	18.1%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	27	25.7%	29.1%
Minor arterial	18	17.1%	24.5%
Major collector	20	19.0%	17.0%
Minor collector	4	3.8%	2.0%
Local	17	16.2%	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.Vermilion County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	58
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Vermilion County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	92
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Vermilion County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Vermilion	In all of Illinois
Interstate 55	Interstate	1 or 2	263
Interstate 74	Interstate	18	88
State Route 1	State highway	5	111
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	20
US Route 136	US highway	6	28
US Route 150	US highway	18	66

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.Vermilion 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
Vermilion County: 15.3

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 Vermilion County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Champaign County	Illinois	10	163	7.8
Edgar County	Illinois	5	32	18.8
Ford County	Illinois	5	36	27.0
Iroquois County	Illinois	6	95	35.0
Benton County	Indiana	1 or 2	22	25.2
Vermillion County	Indiana	3	37	23.9
Warren County	Indiana	0	22	26.4

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 Vermilion 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.

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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 Vermilion in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 107 deaths in Vermilion County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Vermilion in 2024?

The rate of Vermilion County in 2024 was 11.2 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 Vermilion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 105 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 Vermilion?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.