Franklin County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Franklin County in 2024.

FARS records 65 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.1 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, Franklin County was number 11 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Franklin County rose by 71.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (38) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (65).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 94.7% of the fatal crashes in Franklin County with a known setting were rural, against 63.3% 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 Franklin 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.Franklin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	5	5	3
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	5	4	1 or 2
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	11	8	0
2018	7	5	1 or 2
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	10	9	4
2015	3	3	0
2015 to 2024	65	57	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1997)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Franklin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	5	5
2022	6	6
2021	5	4
2020	7	6
2019	11	8
2018	7	5
2017	7	7
2016	10	9
2015	3	3
2014	4	4
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	4	4
2010	7	7
2009	1 or 2	1 or 2
2008	3	3
2007	4	4
2006	7	7
2005	3	3
2004	4	4
2003	4	4
2002	3	3
2001	10	6
2000	9	9
1999	7	6
1998	5	5
1997	19	15
1996	6	6
1995	5	4
1994	1 or 2	1 or 2
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	1 or 2	1 or 2
1991	4	4
1990	6	6
1989	7	6
1988	1 or 2	1 or 2
1987	6	6
1986	9	8
1985	7	7
1984	4	4
1983	13	10
1982	5	5
1981	5	5
1980	6	5
1979	4	4
1978	13	7
1977	4	4
1976	8	7
1975	6	5

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.Franklin County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Franklin County	Kansas	United States
2024	15.2	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.1	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.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Franklin County had 26,245 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Franklin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 57 fatal crashes	17	57 fatal crashes	29.8%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 57 fatal crashes	11	57 fatal crashes	19.3%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 46 occupant deaths with restraint use known	22	46 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.8%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 65 deaths	5	65 deaths	7.7%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 65 deaths	0	65 deaths	0.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 65 deaths	8	65 deaths	12.3%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 57 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	57 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	94.7%	63.3%
In the darkof 57 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	57 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.6%	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.Franklin 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	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	3	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Friday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4	7
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	4	11
All days	10	7	18	21	56

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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	17	29.8%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	10	17.5%	24.1%
Minor arterial	6	10.5%	20.7%
Major collector	14	24.6%	19.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.8%	2.4%
Local	9	15.8%	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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	32
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Franklin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	17
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
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	32

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Franklin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Franklin	In all of Kansas
Interstate 35	Interstate	17	120
US Route 59	US highway	3	38
US Route 169	US highway	1 or 2	50

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.Franklin 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
Franklin County: 25.1

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 Franklin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anderson County	Kansas	0	20	25.5
Coffey County	Kansas	1 or 2	15	18.1
Douglas County	Kansas	8	86	7.2
Miami County	Kansas	4	52	15.2
Osage County	Kansas	1 or 2	33	20.9

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 Franklin 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. Franklin County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ks/franklin/. 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 Franklin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 38 deaths in Franklin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 65 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Franklin in 2024?

The rate of Franklin County in 2024 was 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Kansas was 11.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 57 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 Franklin?

FARS records 17 fatal crashes on Interstate 35 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 3 fatal crashes on US Route 59 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 169 in the county from 2015 to 2024.