Delaware County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Delaware County in 2024.

FARS records 152 deaths in 139 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.4 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, Delaware County was number 12 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Delaware County rose by 12.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (135) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (152).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.0% of the fatal crashes in Delaware County with known light were in the dark, against 44.6% 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 Delaware 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.Delaware County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	17	3
2023	17	14	1 or 2
2022	15	15	1 or 2
2021	19	16	1 or 2
2020	17	17	3
2019	20	19	3
2018	18	14	0
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	10	9	0
2015	10	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	152	139	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1976)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Delaware County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	17
2023	17	14
2022	15	15
2021	19	16
2020	17	17
2019	20	19
2018	18	14
2017	8	8
2016	10	9
2015	10	10
2014	15	15
2013	12	9
2012	11	11
2011	16	15
2010	10	10
2009	9	9
2008	7	6
2007	27	21
2006	9	9
2005	19	15
2004	14	13
2003	10	9
2002	10	10
2001	14	14
2000	10	8
1999	14	13
1998	17	15
1997	21	19
1996	19	18
1995	20	16
1994	17	14
1993	23	20
1992	16	16
1991	26	17
1990	18	16
1989	23	20
1988	16	14
1987	17	13
1986	21	19
1985	21	19
1984	19	17
1983	15	12
1982	22	21
1981	22	22
1980	27	24
1979	30	26
1978	40	33
1977	29	25
1976	42	31
1975	31	26

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.Delaware County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Delaware County	Indiana	United States
2024	16.0	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.4	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. Delaware County had 112,752 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Delaware County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 139 fatal crashes	16	139 fatal crashes	11.5%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 139 fatal crashes	35	139 fatal crashes	25.2%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.5%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 152 deaths	13	152 deaths	8.6%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 152 deaths	4	152 deaths	2.6%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 152 deaths	25	152 deaths	16.4%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.8%	57.5%
In the darkof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.0%	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.Delaware 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	13	5	26
Monday	1 or 2	4	8	5	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	11	5	20
Wednesday	3	7	6	7	23
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	16
Friday	6	1 or 2	5	3	15
Saturday	1 or 2	5	10	3	20
All days	22	24	61	32	139

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.Delaware County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	7	5.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	3	2.2%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	44	31.7%	27.4%
Minor arterial	38	27.3%	20.7%
Major collector	27	19.4%	20.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.7%	4.0%
Local	19	13.7%	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.Delaware County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Delaware County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	86
Cloudy	28
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Delaware County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Delaware	In all of Indiana
Interstate 69	Interstate	6	98
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route 32	State highway	8	40
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	94
State Route 67	State highway	17	55
US Route 35	US highway	9	56

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.Delaware 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
Delaware County: 13.4

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 Delaware County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Blackford County	Indiana	4	22	18.4
Grant County	Indiana	10	107	16.1
Henry County	Indiana	6	84	17.3
Jay County	Indiana	4	46	22.4
Madison County	Indiana	10	171	13.1
Randolph County	Indiana	1 or 2	55	22.3

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 Delaware 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 Delaware in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 135 deaths in Delaware County from 2005 to 2014. It records 152 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Delaware in 2024?

The rate of Delaware County in 2024 was 16.0 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 Delaware had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 139 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 Delaware?

6 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.