Dearborn County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Dearborn County in 2024.

FARS records 66 deaths in 64 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.1 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, Dearborn County was number 42 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Dearborn County fell by 8.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (72) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (66).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.6% of the fatal crashes in Dearborn 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 Dearborn 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.Dearborn County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	3
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	5	5	0
2021	3	3	0
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	66	64	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1987)2024: 8

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

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

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.Dearborn County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dearborn County	Indiana	United States
2024	15.5	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.1	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. Dearborn County had 51,714 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dearborn County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 64 fatal crashes	13	64 fatal crashes	20.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 64 fatal crashes	15	64 fatal crashes	23.4%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 39 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	39 occupant deathswith restraint use known	69.2%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 66 deaths	9	66 deaths	13.6%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 66 deaths	0	66 deaths	0.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 66 deaths	10	66 deaths	15.2%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.6%	57.5%
In the darkof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.0%	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.Dearborn 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	0	4	4	10
Monday	1 or 2	3	0	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	3	7	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	3	4	0	9
All days	10	13	18	23	64

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.Dearborn County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	8	12.5%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	19	29.7%	27.4%
Minor arterial	12	18.8%	20.7%
Major collector	19	29.7%	20.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.6%	4.0%
Local	5	7.8%	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.Dearborn County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	30
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Dearborn County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	47
Cloudy	10
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Dearborn County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dearborn	In all of Indiana
Interstate 74	Interstate	5	54
State Route 1	State highway	5	40
US Route 50	US highway	15	68
US Route 52	US highway	4	39

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.Dearborn 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
Dearborn County: 13.1

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 Dearborn County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Indiana	1 or 2	34	14.8
Ohio County	Indiana	0	8	13.5
Ripley County	Indiana	3	50	17.4
Boone County	Kentucky	6	119	8.8
Hamilton County	Ohio	63	626	7.6

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 Dearborn 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. Dearborn County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/in/dearborn/. 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 Dearborn in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 72 deaths in Dearborn County from 2005 to 2014. It records 66 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dearborn in 2024?

The rate of Dearborn County in 2024 was 15.5 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 Dearborn had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 64 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 Dearborn?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 29 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.