Clark County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Clark County in 2024.

FARS records 132 deaths in 126 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Clark County was number 16 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Clark County rose by 10.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (119) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (132).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.0% of the fatal crashes in Clark 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 Clark 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.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	4
2023	16	15	1 or 2
2022	16	14	0
2021	7	7	0
2020	15	15	4
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	15	14	1 or 2
2017	15	14	0
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	15	15	0
2015 to 2024	132	126	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1976)2024: 14

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

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

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.Clark County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clark County	Indiana	United States
2024	11.0	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Clark County had 127,763 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 126 fatal crashes	13	126 fatal crashes	10.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 126 fatal crashes	40	126 fatal crashes	31.7%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.7%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 132 deaths	13	132 deaths	9.8%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 132 deaths	1 or 2	132 deaths	1.5%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 132 deaths	21	132 deaths	15.9%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	57.5%
In the darkof 126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.9%	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.Clark 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	1 or 2	3	5	3	13
Monday	3	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	5	7	6	7	25
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	1 or 2	15
Thursday	4	7	5	9	25
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	6	17
Saturday	1 or 2	4	8	5	19
All days	19	29	44	34	126

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.Clark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	20	16.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	10	8.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	27	21.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	28	22.4%	20.7%
Major collector	18	14.4%	20.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	4.0%
Local	21	16.8%	14.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Clark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	72
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Clark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	90
Cloudy	23
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Clark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clark	In all of Indiana
Interstate 65	Interstate	19	187
State Route 3	State highway	4	58
State Route 32	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 62	State highway	11	60
US Route 31	US highway	8	116

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.Clark 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
Clark County: 11.0

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 Clark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Floyd County	Indiana	6	79	10.0
Jefferson County	Indiana	1 or 2	58	17.8
Scott County	Indiana	5	65	26.9
Washington County	Indiana	6	64	22.8
Jefferson County	Kentucky	113	1,088	14.0
Oldham County	Kentucky	4	59	8.7
Trimble County	Kentucky	1 or 2	24	28.0

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 Clark 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.

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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 Clark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 119 deaths in Clark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 132 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clark in 2024?

The rate of Clark County in 2024 was 11.0 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 Clark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 126 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 Clark?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 43 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.