LaPorte County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in LaPorte County in 2024.

FARS records 185 deaths in 170 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.7 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, LaPorte County was number 7 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in LaPorte County fell by 15.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (219) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (185).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 71.8% of the fatal crashes in LaPorte 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 LaPorte 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.LaPorte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	19	5
2023	26	23	7
2022	20	18	3
2021	17	17	3
2020	15	14	3
2019	11	11	4
2018	18	18	4
2017	27	21	6
2016	19	19	5
2015	10	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	185	170	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1977)2024: 22

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

Table 2.LaPorte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	19
2023	26	23
2022	20	18
2021	17	17
2020	15	14
2019	11	11
2018	18	18
2017	27	21
2016	19	19
2015	10	10
2014	21	19
2013	18	16
2012	18	15
2011	21	20
2010	18	15
2009	28	25
2008	22	18
2007	26	26
2006	23	20
2005	24	21
2004	30	27
2003	29	26
2002	15	13
2001	22	18
2000	34	31
1999	17	16
1998	26	24
1997	28	27
1996	26	23
1995	18	15
1994	27	23
1993	31	27
1992	26	24
1991	35	32
1990	38	27
1989	31	28
1988	17	17
1987	31	28
1986	26	25
1985	28	25
1984	23	22
1983	30	25
1982	35	32
1981	35	31
1980	34	31
1979	34	32
1978	38	33
1977	38	32
1976	28	27
1975	24	22

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.LaPorte County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	LaPorte County	Indiana	United States
2024	19.8	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.7	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. LaPorte County had 111,349 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.LaPorte County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 170 fatal crashes	41	170 fatal crashes	24.1%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 170 fatal crashes	45	170 fatal crashes	26.5%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 114 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	114 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.2%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 185 deaths	12	185 deaths	6.5%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 185 deaths	7	185 deaths	3.8%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 185 deaths	25	185 deaths	13.5%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 170 fatal crashes with the condition reported	122	170 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.8%	57.5%
In the darkof 170 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	170 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.1%	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.LaPorte 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	7	3	6	5	21
Monday	6	6	4	7	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	8	12	28
Wednesday	5	5	3	3	16
Thursday	1 or 2	10	9	4	25
Friday	5	7	11	4	27
Saturday	10	5	8	7	30
All days	36	43	49	42	170

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.LaPorte County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	15	8.8%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	84	49.4%	27.4%
Minor arterial	32	18.8%	20.7%
Major collector	9	5.3%	20.2%
Minor collector	8	4.7%	4.0%
Local	22	12.9%	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.LaPorte County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	59
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.LaPorte County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	107
Cloudy	27
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	12
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	4
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in LaPorte County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In LaPorte	In all of Indiana
Interstate 80	Interstate	6	117
Interstate 94	Interstate	9	23
State Route 2	State highway	12	37
State Route 8	State highway	4	22
State Route 39	State highway	7	27
US Route 6	US highway	6	56
US Route 12	US highway	3	30
US Route 20	US highway	25	114
US Route 30	US highway	1 or 2	72
US Route 35	US highway	12	56
US Route 421	US highway	17	60

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.LaPorte 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
LaPorte County: 16.7

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 LaPorte County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Porter County	Indiana	23	194	11.3
St. Joseph County	Indiana	23	259	9.5
Starke County	Indiana	1 or 2	47	20.3
Berrien County	Michigan	17	191	12.4

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 LaPorte 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 LaPorte in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 219 deaths in LaPorte County from 2005 to 2014. It records 185 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of LaPorte in 2024?

The rate of LaPorte County in 2024 was 19.8 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 LaPorte had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 170 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 LaPorte?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 103 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.