Tippecanoe County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Tippecanoe County in 2024.

FARS records 157 deaths in 142 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.3 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, Tippecanoe County was number 11 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Tippecanoe County fell by 3.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (162) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (157).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 21.7% of the deaths in Tippecanoe County and 14.9% 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 Tippecanoe 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.Tippecanoe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	16	4
2023	21	20	4
2022	15	15	4
2021	15	14	1 or 2
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	15	14	3
2018	16	14	3
2017	23	19	5
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	19	15	4
2015 to 2024	157	142	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1979)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Tippecanoe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	16
2023	21	20
2022	15	15
2021	15	14
2020	9	8
2019	15	14
2018	16	14
2017	23	19
2016	7	7
2015	19	15
2014	6	6
2013	24	22
2012	20	16
2011	15	14
2010	10	9
2009	12	10
2008	18	14
2007	22	20
2006	21	21
2005	14	14
2004	20	20
2003	15	15
2002	17	16
2001	17	13
2000	28	28
1999	19	16
1998	19	19
1997	18	16
1996	19	17
1995	20	19
1994	14	13
1993	23	17
1992	20	18
1991	15	13
1990	24	22
1989	19	18
1988	14	12
1987	17	15
1986	16	15
1985	15	13
1984	20	19
1983	23	15
1982	20	19
1981	17	17
1980	17	17
1979	28	24
1978	24	21
1977	16	16
1976	27	22
1975	21	18

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.Tippecanoe County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tippecanoe County	Indiana	United States
2024	9.0	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.3	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. Tippecanoe County had 189,910 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tippecanoe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 142 fatal crashes	31	142 fatal crashes	21.8%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 142 fatal crashes	35	142 fatal crashes	24.6%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.5%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 157 deaths	20	157 deaths	12.7%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 157 deaths	3	157 deaths	1.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 157 deaths	34	157 deaths	21.7%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.2%	57.5%
In the darkof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	65	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.1%	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.Tippecanoe 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	8	3	3	1 or 2	16
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	6	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	8	4	21
Wednesday	3	4	6	5	18
Thursday	5	7	5	3	20
Friday	3	1 or 2	9	5	18
Saturday	10	1 or 2	8	11	31
All days	33	25	47	36	141

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.Tippecanoe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	13	9.2%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	44	31.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	39	27.5%	20.7%
Major collector	21	14.8%	20.2%
Minor collector	8	5.6%	4.0%
Local	17	12.0%	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.Tippecanoe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	0
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Tippecanoe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	23
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Tippecanoe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tippecanoe	In all of Indiana
Interstate 65	Interstate	11	187
Interstate 65S	Interstate	1 or 2	25
State Route 25	State highway	5	22
State Route 26	State highway	7	23
State Route 38	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 20	US highway	1 or 2	114
US Route 52	US highway	8	39
US Route 231	US highway	6	74

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.Tippecanoe 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
Tippecanoe County: 8.3

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 Tippecanoe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Benton County	Indiana	1 or 2	22	25.2
Carroll County	Indiana	1 or 2	36	17.7
Clinton County	Indiana	6	67	20.5
Fountain County	Indiana	3	23	13.9
Montgomery County	Indiana	5	68	17.7
Warren County	Indiana	0	22	26.4
White County	Indiana	5	66	26.9

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 Tippecanoe 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 Tippecanoe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 162 deaths in Tippecanoe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 157 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tippecanoe in 2024?

The rate of Tippecanoe County in 2024 was 9.0 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 Tippecanoe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 142 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 Tippecanoe?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 42 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.