Finney County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Finney County in 2024.

FARS records 46 deaths in 43 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Kansas in the same years is 13.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Finney County was number 22 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Finney County fell by 39.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (76) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (46).

In the counties of Kansas the deaths rose by 0.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 73.0% of the occupants killed in Finney County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 52.4% in Kansas.

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 Finney County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Finney County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	3	3	0
2021	5	5	1 or 2
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	9	7	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2016	6	6	0
2015	5	4	0
2015 to 2024	46	43	5

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1994)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Finney County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	5	5
2022	3	3
2021	5	5
2020	7	7
2019	9	7
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	6	6
2015	5	4
2014	8	7
2013	4	3
2012	8	6
2011	6	5
2010	6	4
2009	7	5
2008	10	9
2007	10	8
2006	5	5
2005	12	6
2004	6	6
2003	6	5
2002	6	5
2001	4	3
2000	10	8
1999	6	6
1998	5	5
1997	10	8
1996	12	11
1995	11	9
1994	13	8
1993	4	4
1992	3	3
1991	7	5
1990	6	5
1989	5	5
1988	4	4
1987	10	7
1986	4	4
1985	11	9
1984	6	5
1983	6	6
1982	9	7
1981	7	7
1980	5	3
1979	4	3
1978	12	8
1977	9	9
1976	7	7
1975	7	7

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.Finney County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Finney County	Kansas	United States
2024	n/a	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	13.8	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Finney County had 37,794 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Finney County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 43 fatal crashes	5	43 fatal crashes	11.6%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 43 fatal crashes	7	43 fatal crashes	16.3%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 37 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	37 occupant deathswith restraint use known	73.0%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 46 deaths	3	46 deaths	6.5%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 46 deaths	1 or 2	46 deaths	2.2%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 46 deaths	1 or 2	46 deaths	2.2%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 43 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	43 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.4%	63.3%
In the darkof 43 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	43 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.2%	41.0%

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.Finney 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	0	0	1 or 2	5
Monday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	8
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Friday	0	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3
All days	3	11	13	14	41

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.Finney County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	0	0.0%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	8	18.6%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	19	44.2%	24.1%
Minor arterial	5	11.6%	20.7%
Major collector	4	9.3%	19.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	4.7%	2.4%
Local	5	11.6%	15.7%
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.Finney County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	20
Dark, not lighted	13
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Finney County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	14
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	22

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Finney County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Finney	In all of Kansas
State Route 156	State highway	4	21
US Route 50	US highway	18	83
US Route 83	US highway	9	34

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 Kansas

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Finney County on the county map of Kansas

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.917 counties
15 to 19.916 counties
20 to 29.929 counties
30 or more38 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown1 county
Finney County: 12.3

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 Kansas

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Finney County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Gray County	Kansas	4	26	44.3
Haskell County	Kansas	0	12	31.4
Hodgeman County	Kansas	0	9	51.0
Kearny County	Kansas	0	9	23.1
Lane County	Kansas	0	7	45.0
Ness County	Kansas	1 or 2	9	32.5
Scott County	Kansas	0	9	18.1

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Kansas have a population nearest to that of Finney 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Finney County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ks/finney/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Finney in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 76 deaths in Finney County from 2005 to 2014. It records 46 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

How many fatal crashes in Finney had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 5 of 43 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 Finney?

FARS records 4 fatal crashes on State Route 156 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 18 fatal crashes on US Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 83 in the county from 2015 to 2024.