Porter County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Porter County in 2024.

FARS records 194 deaths in 180 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.3 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, Porter County was number 6 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Porter County fell by 3.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (201) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (194).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.2% of the occupants killed in Porter 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 Porter 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.Porter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	22	7
2023	16	15	4
2022	24	24	3
2021	17	17	0
2020	20	18	3
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	19	16	1 or 2
2017	28	25	3
2016	19	17	3
2015	22	20	6
2015 to 2024	194	180	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1976)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Porter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	22
2023	16	15
2022	24	24
2021	17	17
2020	20	18
2019	6	6
2018	19	16
2017	28	25
2016	19	17
2015	22	20
2014	13	12
2013	16	14
2012	10	10
2011	16	15
2010	28	27
2009	22	22
2008	27	27
2007	24	22
2006	15	15
2005	30	24
2004	32	24
2003	16	15
2002	30	27
2001	25	20
2000	26	21
1999	26	23
1998	26	24
1997	25	23
1996	27	24
1995	25	25
1994	20	19
1993	29	23
1992	26	22
1991	28	24
1990	38	32
1989	20	20
1988	38	29
1987	36	28
1986	20	19
1985	27	26
1984	36	30
1983	30	24
1982	18	17
1981	25	24
1980	24	22
1979	29	25
1978	37	33
1977	30	29
1976	42	34
1975	34	26

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.Porter County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Porter County	Indiana	United States
2024	13.1	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.3	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. Porter County had 175,420 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Porter County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 180 fatal crashes	32	180 fatal crashes	17.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 180 fatal crashes	43	180 fatal crashes	23.9%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.2%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 194 deaths	24	194 deaths	12.4%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 194 deaths	5	194 deaths	2.6%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 194 deaths	40	194 deaths	20.6%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.8%	57.5%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Porter 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	1 or 2	5	7	19
Monday	8	10	7	8	33
Tuesday	3	7	8	8	26
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	8	21
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	7	18
Friday	4	1 or 2	13	8	26
Saturday	10	1 or 2	14	11	37
All days	34	28	61	57	180

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.Porter County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	17	9.4%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	85	47.2%	27.4%
Minor arterial	30	16.7%	20.7%
Major collector	21	11.7%	20.2%
Minor collector	8	4.4%	4.0%
Local	19	10.6%	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.Porter County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	71
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Porter County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	139
Cloudy	21
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Porter County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Porter	In all of Indiana
Interstate 80	Interstate	3	117
Interstate 94	Interstate	12	23
State Route 2	State highway	6	37
State Route 8	State highway	9	22
US Route 6	US highway	13	56
US Route 12	US highway	7	30
US Route 20	US highway	24	114
US Route 30	US highway	12	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.Porter 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
Porter County: 11.3

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 Porter County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cook County	Illinois	362	3,325	6.4
Jasper County	Indiana	13	76	22.8
Lake County	Indiana	36	539	10.9
LaPorte County	Indiana	22	185	16.7
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 Porter 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 Porter in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 201 deaths in Porter County from 2005 to 2014. It records 194 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Porter in 2024?

The rate of Porter County in 2024 was 13.1 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 Porter had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 180 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 Porter?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 86 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.