Kosciusko County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Kosciusko County in 2024.

FARS records 137 deaths in 123 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Kosciusko County was number 15 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Kosciusko County rose by 39.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (98) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (137).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.3% of the fatal crashes in Kosciusko 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 Kosciusko 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.Kosciusko County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	15	4
2023	14	14	6
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	18	14	3
2020	14	11	1 or 2
2019	11	11	3
2018	14	13	3
2017	15	14	1 or 2
2016	17	14	4
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	137	123	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1988)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Kosciusko County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	15
2023	14	14
2022	9	9
2021	18	14
2020	14	11
2019	11	11
2018	14	13
2017	15	14
2016	17	14
2015	8	8
2014	8	7
2013	6	5
2012	10	10
2011	10	10
2010	7	7
2009	13	13
2008	7	6
2007	10	8
2006	15	14
2005	12	12
2004	17	16
2003	16	14
2002	14	13
2001	13	11
2000	16	15
1999	22	15
1998	25	21
1997	16	16
1996	21	20
1995	14	13
1994	24	20
1993	19	14
1992	11	10
1991	15	14
1990	21	18
1989	22	17
1988	27	24
1987	11	11
1986	25	24
1985	17	14
1984	20	16
1983	15	14
1982	7	7
1981	9	8
1980	13	11
1979	23	22
1978	16	15
1977	24	17
1976	14	12
1975	23	21

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.Kosciusko County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kosciusko County	Indiana	United States
2024	21.0	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	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. Kosciusko County had 80,769 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kosciusko County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 123 fatal crashes	30	123 fatal crashes	24.4%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 123 fatal crashes	16	123 fatal crashes	13.0%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.5%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 137 deaths	8	137 deaths	5.8%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 137 deaths	4	137 deaths	2.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 137 deaths	17	137 deaths	12.4%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 123 fatal crashes with the condition reported	100	123 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.3%	57.5%
In the darkof 122 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	122 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.7%	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.Kosciusko 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	5	0	1 or 2	6	13
Monday	1 or 2	6	9	4	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	3	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	10
Thursday	4	0	8	8	20
Friday	3	5	10	4	22
Saturday	4	1 or 2	9	7	22
All days	22	17	47	36	122

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.Kosciusko County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	0	0.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	14	11.4%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	22	17.9%	27.4%
Minor arterial	22	17.9%	20.7%
Major collector	41	33.3%	20.2%
Minor collector	3	2.4%	4.0%
Local	21	17.1%	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.Kosciusko County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	72
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kosciusko County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	86
Cloudy	19
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kosciusko County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kosciusko	In all of Indiana
State Route 15	State highway	8	35
State Route 19	State highway	3	33
State Route 25	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 30	US highway	15	72

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.Kosciusko 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
Kosciusko County: 17.2

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 Kosciusko County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Elkhart County	Indiana	32	278	13.5
Fulton County	Indiana	3	39	19.3
Marshall County	Indiana	10	85	18.3
Noble County	Indiana	6	63	13.3
Wabash County	Indiana	6	58	18.6
Whitley County	Indiana	6	60	17.6

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 Kosciusko 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

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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 Kosciusko in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 98 deaths in Kosciusko County from 2005 to 2014. It records 137 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kosciusko in 2024?

The rate of Kosciusko County in 2024 was 21.0 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 Kosciusko had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 123 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 Kosciusko?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 28 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.