Henry County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Henry County in 2024.

FARS records 84 deaths in 81 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.3 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, Henry County was number 28 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Henry County fell by 4.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (88) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (84).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.2% of the fatal crashes in Henry 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 Henry 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.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	0
2023	8	7	1 or 2
2022	9	8	3
2021	11	11	1 or 2
2020	10	9	0
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	9	9	3
2015 to 2024	84	81	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1990)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	8	7
2022	9	8
2021	11	11
2020	10	9
2019	7	7
2018	10	10
2017	4	4
2016	10	10
2015	9	9
2014	7	7
2013	10	8
2012	3	3
2011	14	11
2010	3	3
2009	3	1 or 2
2008	8	5
2007	10	9
2006	14	13
2005	16	15
2004	10	10
2003	12	10
2002	4	4
2001	10	10
2000	14	10
1999	8	8
1998	1 or 2	1 or 2
1997	1 or 2	1 or 2
1996	10	7
1995	10	8
1994	9	8
1993	12	10
1992	16	14
1991	19	15
1990	21	17
1989	7	7
1988	12	11
1987	10	10
1986	3	3
1985	10	8
1984	14	11
1983	14	11
1982	10	10
1981	10	9
1980	20	15
1979	19	16
1978	13	9
1977	14	13
1976	16	12
1975	11	10

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.Henry County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Henry County	Indiana	United States
2024	12.2	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.3	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. Henry County had 49,021 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Henry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 81 fatal crashes	15	81 fatal crashes	18.5%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 81 fatal crashes	24	81 fatal crashes	29.6%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.5%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 84 deaths	1 or 2	84 deaths	2.4%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 84 deaths	0	84 deaths	0.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 84 deaths	18	84 deaths	21.4%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 81 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	81 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.2%	57.5%
In the darkof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Henry 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	6	3	1 or 2	5	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	10
Friday	1 or 2	6	4	6	18
Saturday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	12
All days	16	17	22	25	80

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.Henry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	17	21.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	13	16.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	5	6.2%	20.7%
Major collector	31	38.3%	20.2%
Minor collector	6	7.4%	4.0%
Local	9	11.1%	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.Henry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Henry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	7
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Henry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Henry	In all of Indiana
Interstate 70	Interstate	12	103
Interstate 70E	Interstate	3	24
State Route 3	State highway	8	58
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 38	State highway	6	21
US Route 30	US highway	1 or 2	72
US Route 35	US highway	1 or 2	56
US Route 36	US highway	4	43
US Route 40	US highway	1 or 2	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.Henry 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
Henry County: 17.3

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 Henry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Delaware County	Indiana	18	152	13.4
Fayette County	Indiana	1 or 2	37	15.9
Hancock County	Indiana	9	95	11.9
Madison County	Indiana	10	171	13.1
Randolph County	Indiana	1 or 2	55	22.3
Rush County	Indiana	1 or 2	25	15.0
Wayne County	Indiana	4	70	10.5

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 Henry 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Henry County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/in/henry/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Henry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 88 deaths in Henry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 84 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Henry in 2024?

The rate of Henry County in 2024 was 12.2 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 Henry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 81 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 Henry?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 37 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.