Johnson County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Johnson County in 2024.

FARS records 105 deaths in 101 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.6 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, Johnson County was number 20 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Johnson County fell by 8.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (115) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (105).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.5% of the occupants killed in Johnson County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.9% 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 Johnson 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.Johnson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	7	1 or 2
2023	16	15	5
2022	16	16	1 or 2
2021	7	7	0
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	13	13	0
2017	12	12	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	9	9	0
2015 to 2024	105	101	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2005)2024: 9

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

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

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.Johnson County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Johnson County	Indiana	United States
2024	5.3	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.6	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. Johnson County had 171,023 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Johnson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 101 fatal crashes	12	101 fatal crashes	11.9%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 101 fatal crashes	20	101 fatal crashes	19.8%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 55 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	55 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.5%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 105 deaths	12	105 deaths	11.4%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 105 deaths	3	105 deaths	2.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 105 deaths	16	105 deaths	15.2%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.5%	57.5%
In the darkof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.5%	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.Johnson 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	3	0	1 or 2	8
Monday	0	4	4	6	14
Tuesday	3	4	8	5	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	7	19
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7	14
Saturday	4	1 or 2	6	6	18
All days	14	21	31	35	101

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.Johnson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	11	10.9%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	30	29.7%	27.4%
Minor arterial	21	20.8%	20.7%
Major collector	20	19.8%	20.2%
Minor collector	3	3.0%	4.0%
Local	16	15.8%	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.Johnson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	43
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Johnson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	75
Cloudy	18
Rain	7
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 Johnson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Johnson	In all of Indiana
Interstate 65	Interstate	9	187
Interstate 65N	Interstate	1 or 2	21
Interstate 65S	Interstate	1 or 2	25
State Route 37	State highway	5	94
State Route 135	State highway	7	43
US Route 31	US highway	9	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.Johnson 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
Johnson County: 6.6

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 Johnson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bartholomew County	Indiana	9	138	16.6
Brown County	Indiana	1 or 2	29	18.9
Marion County	Indiana	128	1,218	12.6
Morgan County	Indiana	4	97	13.6
Shelby County	Indiana	15	98	21.9

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 Johnson 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 Johnson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 115 deaths in Johnson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Johnson in 2024?

The rate of Johnson County in 2024 was 5.3 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 Johnson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 101 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 Johnson?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 32 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.