Hendricks County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Hendricks County in 2024.

FARS records 130 deaths in 119 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.5 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, Hendricks County was number 17 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Hendricks County rose by 4.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (124) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (130).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 33.1% of the fatal crashes in Hendricks 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 Hendricks 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.Hendricks County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	1 or 2
2023	11	11	1 or 2
2022	16	15	1 or 2
2021	12	11	1 or 2
2020	12	11	1 or 2
2019	18	16	3
2018	11	9	0
2017	8	8	0
2016	17	16	3
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	130	119	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1999)2024: 14

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

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

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.Hendricks County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hendricks County	Indiana	United States
2024	7.3	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.5	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. Hendricks County had 190,764 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hendricks County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 119 fatal crashes	17	119 fatal crashes	14.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 119 fatal crashes	23	119 fatal crashes	19.3%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.0%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 130 deaths	10	130 deaths	7.7%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 130 deaths	3	130 deaths	2.3%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 130 deaths	16	130 deaths	12.3%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	119 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.7%	57.5%
In the darkof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.1%	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.Hendricks 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	4	6	15
Monday	3	6	7	0	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	6	6	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	13	4	27
Thursday	1 or 2	5	5	0	11
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	4	15
Saturday	3	4	5	6	18
All days	14	33	46	26	119

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.Hendricks County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	20	16.8%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	37	31.1%	27.4%
Minor arterial	18	15.1%	20.7%
Major collector	27	22.7%	20.2%
Minor collector	3	2.5%	4.0%
Local	14	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.Hendricks County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hendricks County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	85
Cloudy	21
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Hendricks County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hendricks	In all of Indiana
Interstate 70	Interstate	7	103
Interstate 70E	Interstate	8	24
Interstate 74	Interstate	4	54
State Route 39	State highway	4	27
State Route 67	State highway	3	55
US Route 36	US highway	9	43
US Route 40	US highway	12	67

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.Hendricks 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
Hendricks County: 7.5

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 Hendricks County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Boone County	Indiana	6	80	11.4
Marion County	Indiana	128	1,218	12.6
Montgomery County	Indiana	5	68	17.7
Morgan County	Indiana	4	97	13.6
Putnam County	Indiana	6	68	18.2

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 Hendricks 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 Hendricks in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 124 deaths in Hendricks County from 2005 to 2014. It records 130 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hendricks in 2024?

The rate of Hendricks County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Hendricks had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 119 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 Hendricks?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.