Boone County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Boone County in 2024.

FARS records 80 deaths in 76 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Indiana in the same years is 13.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Boone County was number 29 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Boone County fell by 18.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (98) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (80).

In the counties of Indiana the deaths rose by 8.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 77.6% of the fatal crashes in Boone County with a known setting were rural, against 57.5% in Indiana.

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 Boone 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.Boone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	0
2023	9	8	3
2022	10	10	1 or 2
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	8	6	0
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	9	9	0
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	12	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	80	76	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (2005)2024: 6

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

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

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.Boone County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Boone County	Indiana	United States
2024	7.6	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.4	13.0	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. Boone County had 78,640 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Boone County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 76 fatal crashes	10	76 fatal crashes	13.2%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 76 fatal crashes	11	76 fatal crashes	14.5%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 41 occupant deaths with restraint use known	16	41 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.0%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 80 deaths	8	80 deaths	10.0%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 80 deaths	1 or 2	80 deaths	2.5%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 80 deaths	7	80 deaths	8.8%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.6%	57.5%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.8%	44.6%

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.Boone 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	3	6	4	18
Monday	0	1 or 2	4	3	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	6	0	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7
Thursday	1 or 2	4	6	1 or 2	14
Friday	3	3	1 or 2	0	8
Saturday	3	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
All days	15	19	27	15	76

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.Boone County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	19	25.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	7	9.2%	27.4%
Minor arterial	14	18.4%	20.7%
Major collector	25	32.9%	20.2%
Minor collector	4	5.3%	4.0%
Local	7	9.2%	14.9%
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.Boone County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Boone County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	50
Cloudy	15
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Boone County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Boone	In all of Indiana
Interstate 65	Interstate	6	187
Interstate 65N	Interstate	1 or 2	21
Interstate 65S	Interstate	1 or 2	25
Interstate 74	Interstate	1 or 2	54
Interstate 465	Interstate	1 or 2	71
State Route 32	State highway	9	40
State Route 39	State highway	4	27
US Route 52	US highway	7	39
US Route 421	US highway	1 or 2	60

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 Indiana

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Boone County on the county map of Indiana

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

Fewer than 107 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.934 counties
20 to 29.923 counties
30 or more2 counties
Boone County: 11.4

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 Indiana

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Boone County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clinton County	Indiana	6	67	20.5
Hamilton County	Indiana	18	176	5.1
Hendricks County	Indiana	14	130	7.5
Marion County	Indiana	128	1,218	12.6
Montgomery County	Indiana	5	68	17.7

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Indiana have a population nearest to that of Boone 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.
Indiana Criminal Justice InstituteThe highway safety office of Indiana.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Boone County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/in/boone/. 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 Boone in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 98 deaths in Boone County from 2005 to 2014. It records 80 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Boone in 2024?

The rate of Boone County in 2024 was 7.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Indiana was 12.0. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 76 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 Boone?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 33 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.