Harrison County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Harrison County in 2024.

FARS records 104 deaths in 97 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.0 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, Harrison County was number 21 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Harrison County rose by 19.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (87) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (104).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 88.7% of the fatal crashes in Harrison 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 Harrison 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.Harrison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	18	18	3
2021	3	3	0
2020	10	7	0
2019	9	9	0
2018	14	14	0
2017	10	9	1 or 2
2016	13	11	1 or 2
2015	10	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	104	97	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (2022)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Harrison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	7	7
2022	18	18
2021	3	3
2020	10	7
2019	9	9
2018	14	14
2017	10	9
2016	13	11
2015	10	9
2014	5	5
2013	16	14
2012	8	8
2011	11	11
2010	11	11
2009	4	4
2008	7	7
2007	9	9
2006	7	7
2005	9	8
2004	8	6
2003	11	10
2002	9	8
2001	13	12
2000	11	11
1999	4	4
1998	12	11
1997	6	5
1996	8	7
1995	14	10
1994	12	11
1993	4	4
1992	5	5
1991	11	10
1990	6	6
1989	6	6
1988	8	6
1987	13	12
1986	10	9
1985	4	3
1984	6	6
1983	9	7
1982	5	5
1981	6	6
1980	4	4
1979	8	6
1978	3	3
1977	5	5
1976	11	11
1975	8	7

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.Harrison County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Harrison County	Indiana	United States
2024	24.9	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.0	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. Harrison County had 40,186 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Harrison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 97 fatal crashes	11	97 fatal crashes	11.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 97 fatal crashes	23	97 fatal crashes	23.7%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 104 deaths	1 or 2	104 deaths	1.9%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 104 deaths	1 or 2	104 deaths	1.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 104 deaths	21	104 deaths	20.2%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	86	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.7%	57.5%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.1%	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.Harrison 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	3	1 or 2	5	3	13
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	10
Tuesday	0	5	1 or 2	3	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	16
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	11
Friday	1 or 2	5	7	3	17
Saturday	3	3	7	8	21
All days	14	19	35	29	97

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.Harrison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	10	10.3%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	1.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	28	28.9%	20.7%
Major collector	40	41.2%	20.2%
Minor collector	4	4.1%	4.0%
Local	14	14.4%	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.Harrison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Harrison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	73
Cloudy	15
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Harrison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Harrison	In all of Indiana
Interstate 64	Interstate	8	29
State Route 62	State highway	6	60
State Route 64	State highway	14	38
State Route 135	State highway	19	43
US Route 150	US highway	1 or 2	28

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.Harrison 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
Harrison County: 26.0

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 Harrison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crawford County	Indiana	6	31	29.4
Floyd County	Indiana	6	79	10.0
Washington County	Indiana	6	64	22.8
Hardin County	Kentucky	25	199	18.0
Jefferson County	Kentucky	113	1,088	14.0
Meade County	Kentucky	5	78	26.7

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 Harrison 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 Harrison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 87 deaths in Harrison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 104 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Harrison in 2024?

The rate of Harrison County in 2024 was 24.9 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 Harrison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 97 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 Harrison?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.