Marion County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 128 deaths in 125 fatal crashes in Marion County in 2024.

FARS records 1,218 deaths in 1,152 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.6 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, Marion County was number 1 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Marion County rose by 53.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (795) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,218).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.7% of the fatal crashes in Marion 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 Marion County by year, 2015 to 2024

104

102

110

107

146

149

144

131

128

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.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	128	125	25
2023	131	125	30
2022	144	139	37
2021	149	141	42
2020	146	135	31
2019	107	103	26
2018	110	101	22
2017	102	98	24
2016	104	97	25
2015	97	88	12
2015 to 2024	1,218	1,152	274

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 149 (2021)2024: 128

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

Table 2.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	128	125
2023	131	125
2022	144	139
2021	149	141
2020	146	135
2019	107	103
2018	110	101
2017	102	98
2016	104	97
2015	97	88
2014	83	78
2013	80	72
2012	78	76
2011	86	80
2010	73	71
2009	56	56
2008	92	84
2007	79	72
2006	86	79
2005	82	77
2004	96	91
2003	86	80
2002	66	62
2001	92	84
2000	72	71
1999	94	85
1998	93	85
1997	84	77
1996	107	98
1995	92	84
1994	78	73
1993	79	76
1992	82	78
1991	73	65
1990	99	85
1989	88	81
1988	99	86
1987	107	103
1986	118	112
1985	104	96
1984	105	98
1983	86	80
1982	95	89
1981	112	101
1980	123	109
1979	133	121
1978	120	108
1977	115	100
1976	108	93
1975	99	90

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.Marion County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marion County	Indiana	United States
2024	12.9	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.6	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. Marion County had 990,213 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marion County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,152 fatal crashes	274	1,152 fatal crashes	23.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 1,152 fatal crashes	301	1,152 fatal crashes	26.1%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 490 occupant deaths with restraint use known	269	490 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.9%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 1,218 deaths	305	1,218 deaths	25.0%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 1,218 deaths	43	1,218 deaths	3.5%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 1,218 deaths	183	1,218 deaths	15.0%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 1,146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	1,146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.7%	57.5%
In the darkof 1,152 fatal crashes with the condition reported	695	1,152 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.3%	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.Marion 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	80	15	29	67	191
Monday	41	24	36	55	156
Tuesday	17	26	30	55	128
Wednesday	26	27	33	58	144
Thursday	29	31	31	64	155
Friday	34	27	32	78	171
Saturday	67	17	35	88	207
All days	294	167	226	465	1,152

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.Marion County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	181	15.8%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	12	1.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	360	31.4%	27.4%
Minor arterial	336	29.3%	20.7%
Major collector	111	9.7%	20.2%
Minor collector	19	1.7%	4.0%
Local	127	11.1%	14.9%
Not reported	6	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.Marion County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	429
Dark, not lighted	271
Dark, lighted	421
Dawn	8
Dusk	20
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Marion County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	791
Cloudy	224
Rain	110
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	15
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	8

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Marion County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marion	In all of Indiana
Interstate 65	Interstate	28	187
Interstate 65N	Interstate	4	21
Interstate 65S	Interstate	7	25
Interstate 69	Interstate	1 or 2	98
Interstate 70	Interstate	31	103
Interstate 70E	Interstate	7	24
Interstate 74	Interstate	6	54
Interstate 465	Interstate	69	71
State Route 37	State highway	5	94
State Route 67	State highway	8	55
State Route 135	State highway	6	43
US Route 20	US highway	1 or 2	114
US Route 31	US highway	8	116
US Route 36	US highway	18	43
US Route 40	US highway	28	67
US Route 52	US highway	1 or 2	39

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.Marion 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
Marion County: 12.6

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 Marion County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Boone County	Indiana	6	80	11.4
Hamilton County	Indiana	18	176	5.1
Hancock County	Indiana	9	95	11.9
Hendricks County	Indiana	14	130	7.5
Johnson County	Indiana	9	105	6.6
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 Marion 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 Marion in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 795 deaths in Marion County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,218 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marion in 2024?

The rate of Marion County in 2024 was 12.9 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 Marion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 274 of 1,152 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 Marion?

16 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 228 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.