Hamilton County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Hamilton County in 2024.

FARS records 176 deaths in 161 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.1 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, Hamilton County was number 9 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Hamilton County rose by 13.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (155) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (176).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 37.3% of the fatal crashes in Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	18	5
2023	24	23	6
2022	18	17	3
2021	20	18	1 or 2
2020	24	21	6
2019	13	11	5
2018	19	16	3
2017	10	10	3
2016	16	15	3
2015	14	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	176	161	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (2020)2024: 18

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

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

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.Hamilton County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hamilton County	Indiana	United States
2024	4.7	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.1	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. Hamilton County had 379,685 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hamilton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 161 fatal crashes	37	161 fatal crashes	23.0%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 161 fatal crashes	36	161 fatal crashes	22.4%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.1%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 176 deaths	17	176 deaths	9.7%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 176 deaths	4	176 deaths	2.3%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 176 deaths	27	176 deaths	15.3%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.3%	57.5%
In the darkof 160 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	160 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.9%	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.Hamilton 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	10	1 or 2	3	12	27
Monday	1 or 2	5	4	3	13
Tuesday	3	5	7	6	21
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	8	1 or 2	17
Thursday	5	5	9	3	22
Friday	6	6	8	12	32
Saturday	11	6	3	9	29
All days	37	35	42	47	161

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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	16	9.9%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	4	2.5%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	52	32.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	24	14.9%	20.7%
Major collector	43	26.7%	20.2%
Minor collector	3	1.9%	4.0%
Local	19	11.8%	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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	56
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	40
Rain	5
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 Hamilton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hamilton	In all of Indiana
Interstate 69	Interstate	10	98
Interstate 465	Interstate	1 or 2	71
State Route 19	State highway	7	33
State Route 32	State highway	7	40
State Route 37	State highway	13	94
State Route 38	State highway	6	21
US Route 31	US highway	14	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.Hamilton 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
Hamilton County: 5.1

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 Hamilton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Boone County	Indiana	6	80	11.4
Clinton County	Indiana	6	67	20.5
Hancock County	Indiana	9	95	11.9
Madison County	Indiana	10	171	13.1
Marion County	Indiana	128	1,218	12.6
Tipton County	Indiana	1 or 2	37	24.3

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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 155 deaths in Hamilton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 176 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hamilton in 2024?

The rate of Hamilton County in 2024 was 4.7 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 Hamilton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 161 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 Hamilton?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.