Grant County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Grant County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.1 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, Grant County was number 19 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Grant County rose by 27.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.5% of the fatal crashes in Grant 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 Grant 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.Grant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	1 or 2
2023	13	13	0
2022	11	10	1 or 2
2021	16	14	1 or 2
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	12	11	1 or 2
2018	9	9	0
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	11	9	4
2015	7	7	0
2015 to 2024	107	98	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1975)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Grant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	13	13
2022	11	10
2021	16	14
2020	9	8
2019	12	11
2018	9	9
2017	9	8
2016	11	9
2015	7	7
2014	7	7
2013	9	9
2012	6	5
2011	10	9
2010	7	7
2009	6	6
2008	6	6
2007	14	14
2006	15	11
2005	4	4
2004	8	6
2003	8	8
2002	5	5
2001	17	13
2000	7	6
1999	14	13
1998	12	10
1997	5	5
1996	15	11
1995	10	9
1994	9	8
1993	11	9
1992	9	7
1991	5	5
1990	14	14
1989	11	11
1988	23	16
1987	8	8
1986	22	18
1985	19	16
1984	4	4
1983	16	15
1982	13	11
1981	23	17
1980	8	8
1979	23	21
1978	16	15
1977	13	13
1976	23	20
1975	24	20

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.Grant County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grant County	Indiana	United States
2024	15.1	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.1	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. Grant County had 66,236 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grant County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	13	98 fatal crashes	13.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	20	98 fatal crashes	20.4%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.9%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	15	107 deaths	14.0%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	3	107 deaths	2.8%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	14	107 deaths	13.1%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.5%	57.5%
In the darkof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.8%	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.Grant 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	5	3	5	15
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	8	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	3	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	3	4	1 or 2	4	13
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	3	11
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	8	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	3	6	15
All days	14	26	22	36	98

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.Grant County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	12	12.2%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	26	26.5%	27.4%
Minor arterial	21	21.4%	20.7%
Major collector	20	20.4%	20.2%
Minor collector	4	4.1%	4.0%
Local	15	15.3%	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.Grant County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Grant County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	82
Cloudy	10
Rain	3
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 Grant County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grant	In all of Indiana
Interstate 69	Interstate	10	98
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 9	State highway	5	50
State Route 15	State highway	3	35
State Route 26	State highway	3	23
State Route 37	State highway	7	94
US Route 35	US highway	3	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.Grant 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
Grant County: 16.1

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 Grant County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Blackford County	Indiana	4	22	18.4
Delaware County	Indiana	18	152	13.4
Howard County	Indiana	7	126	15.2
Huntington County	Indiana	7	70	19.1
Madison County	Indiana	10	171	13.1
Miami County	Indiana	3	61	17.3
Tipton County	Indiana	1 or 2	37	24.3
Wabash County	Indiana	6	58	18.6
Wells County	Indiana	5	43	15.3

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 Grant 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 Grant in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Grant County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grant in 2024?

The rate of Grant County in 2024 was 15.1 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 Grant had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 98 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 Grant?

7 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.