Vigo County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Vigo County in 2024.

FARS records 142 deaths in 127 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.3 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, Vigo County was number 13 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Vigo County rose by 6.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (133) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (142).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 52.0% of the fatal crashes in Vigo 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 Vigo 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.Vigo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	18	15	3
2022	24	20	1 or 2
2021	12	12	1 or 2
2020	16	15	5
2019	10	8	0
2018	9	9	0
2017	16	13	3
2016	14	13	3
2015	12	11	3
2015 to 2024	142	127	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1977)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Vigo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	18	15
2022	24	20
2021	12	12
2020	16	15
2019	10	8
2018	9	9
2017	16	13
2016	14	13
2015	12	11
2014	9	9
2013	14	12
2012	11	10
2011	15	14
2010	18	17
2009	10	10
2008	17	16
2007	14	13
2006	12	11
2005	13	13
2004	22	20
2003	11	9
2002	6	6
2001	6	6
2000	11	9
1999	25	19
1998	17	15
1997	18	17
1996	16	16
1995	14	12
1994	24	22
1993	12	11
1992	8	8
1991	17	16
1990	13	12
1989	15	14
1988	16	14
1987	28	24
1986	24	23
1985	14	14
1984	14	13
1983	17	16
1982	15	13
1981	30	25
1980	36	31
1979	19	18
1978	24	19
1977	36	30
1976	17	16
1975	25	19

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.Vigo County beside Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Vigo County	Indiana	United States
2024	10.4	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.3	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. Vigo County had 106,198 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Vigo County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 127 fatal crashes	22	127 fatal crashes	17.3%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 127 fatal crashes	30	127 fatal crashes	23.6%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 72 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	72 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.8%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 142 deaths	15	142 deaths	10.6%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 142 deaths	1 or 2	142 deaths	0.7%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 142 deaths	23	142 deaths	16.2%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.0%	57.5%
In the darkof 126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	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.Vigo 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	6	9	6	28
Monday	0	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	4	6	15
Wednesday	4	6	4	1 or 2	16
Thursday	6	3	5	3	17
Friday	4	3	1 or 2	14	23
Saturday	4	5	6	7	22
All days	28	28	32	39	127

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.Vigo County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Indiana
Interstate	13	10.2%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	37	29.1%	27.4%
Minor arterial	23	18.1%	20.7%
Major collector	32	25.2%	20.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	4.0%
Local	21	16.5%	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.Vigo County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Vigo County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	91
Cloudy	20
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Vigo County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Vigo	In all of Indiana
Interstate 70	Interstate	10	103
Interstate 70E	Interstate	1 or 2	24
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	38
US Route 40	US highway	4	67
US Route 41	US highway	20	106
US Route 41N	US highway	3	20
US Route 150	US highway	5	28

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.Vigo 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
Vigo County: 13.3

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 Vigo County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clark County	Illinois	3	37	23.9
Edgar County	Illinois	5	32	18.8
Clay County	Indiana	1 or 2	50	19.0
Parke County	Indiana	4	29	17.4
Sullivan County	Indiana	5	41	19.8
Vermillion County	Indiana	3	37	23.9

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 Vigo 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 Vigo in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 133 deaths in Vigo County from 2005 to 2014. It records 142 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Vigo in 2024?

The rate of Vigo County in 2024 was 10.4 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 Vigo had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 127 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 Vigo?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 44 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.