Monroe County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Monroe County in 2024.

FARS records 101 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.0 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, Monroe County was number 22 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Monroe County rose by 9.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (92) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (101).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 31.6% of fatal crashes in Monroe County and 25.7% 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 Monroe 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.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	3
2023	11	10	1 or 2
2022	13	13	5
2021	13	13	1 or 2
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	10	7	1 or 2
2017	10	8	0
2016	16	16	3
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	101	95	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1976)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	11	10
2022	13	13
2021	13	13
2020	8	8
2019	5	5
2018	10	7
2017	10	8
2016	16	16
2015	6	6
2014	7	7
2013	5	5
2012	11	9
2011	10	10
2010	13	13
2009	7	7
2008	11	11
2007	4	3
2006	15	12
2005	9	9
2004	12	12
2003	10	9
2002	14	14
2001	3	3
2000	6	6
1999	11	9
1998	12	11
1997	14	13
1996	9	9
1995	11	11
1994	14	14
1993	14	7
1992	10	8
1991	18	18
1990	12	9
1989	13	12
1988	14	13
1987	21	18
1986	20	16
1985	13	13
1984	15	13
1983	15	15
1982	10	10
1981	12	12
1980	18	17
1979	11	10
1978	17	16
1977	15	15
1976	23	17
1975	13	11

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.Monroe County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monroe County	Indiana	United States
2024	6.3	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.0	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. Monroe County had 142,832 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monroe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	18	95 fatal crashes	18.9%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	30	95 fatal crashes	31.6%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.4%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 101 deaths	12	101 deaths	11.9%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 101 deaths	1 or 2	101 deaths	1.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 101 deaths	21	101 deaths	20.8%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.7%	57.5%
In the darkof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.1%	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.Monroe 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	4	6	4	17
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	3	12
Tuesday	3	6	8	1 or 2	19
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	3	7
Thursday	3	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7	13
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	9	19
All days	13	19	34	29	95

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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	3	3.2%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	4	4.2%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	29	30.5%	27.4%
Minor arterial	15	15.8%	20.7%
Major collector	20	21.1%	20.2%
Minor collector	9	9.5%	4.0%
Local	15	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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monroe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	74
Cloudy	11
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monroe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monroe	In all of Indiana
Interstate 69	Interstate	3	98
State Route 37	State highway	14	94
State Route 46	State highway	6	38

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.Monroe 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
Monroe County: 7.0

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 Monroe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brown County	Indiana	1 or 2	29	18.9
Greene County	Indiana	4	58	18.4
Jackson County	Indiana	7	92	20.3
Lawrence County	Indiana	8	60	13.2
Morgan County	Indiana	4	97	13.6
Owen County	Indiana	1 or 2	34	16.1

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 Monroe 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 Monroe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 92 deaths in Monroe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 101 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monroe in 2024?

The rate of Monroe County in 2024 was 6.3 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 Monroe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 95 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 Monroe?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on Interstate 69 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 37 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on State Route 46 in the county from 2015 to 2024.