Geary County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Geary County in 2024.

FARS records 44 deaths in 37 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.6 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, Geary County was number 24 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Geary County fell by 10.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (49) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (44).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 45.9% of the fatal crashes in Geary 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 Geary 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.Geary County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	0
2023	3	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	5	4	1 or 2
2021	3	3	1 or 2
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	9	7	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	4	4	0
2016	7	4	1 or 2
2015	4	4	0
2015 to 2024	44	37	9

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1981)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Geary County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	3	1 or 2
2022	5	4
2021	3	3
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	9	7
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	4	4
2016	7	4
2015	4	4
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	11	9
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	4	4
2009	8	7
2008	3	3
2007	8	7
2006	4	4
2005	6	5
2004	1 or 2	1 or 2
2003	3	3
2002	6	5
2001	6	5
2000	8	7
1999	8	7
1998	8	7
1997	6	6
1996	6	6
1995	8	7
1994	4	4
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	6	6
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	6	6
1989	5	4
1988	4	4
1987	10	7
1986	8	7
1985	5	4
1984	5	5
1983	6	5
1982	4	3
1981	13	9
1980	11	11
1979	11	8
1978	5	5
1977	11	8
1976	6	6
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.Geary County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Geary County	Kansas	United States
2024	14.1	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.6	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. Geary County had 35,465 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Geary County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 37 fatal crashes	9	37 fatal crashes	24.3%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 37 fatal crashes	12	37 fatal crashes	32.4%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 31 occupant deaths with restraint use known	13	31 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.9%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 44 deaths	5	44 deaths	11.4%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 44 deaths	0	44 deaths	0.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 44 deaths	5	44 deaths	11.4%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 37 fatal crashes with the condition reported	17	37 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.9%	63.3%
In the darkof 37 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	37 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.2%	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.Geary 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	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Monday	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Thursday	3	3	1 or 2	0	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Saturday	1 or 2	0	0	0	1 or 2
All days	7	9	13	8	37

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.Geary County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	16	43.2%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	12	32.4%	24.1%
Minor arterial	5	13.5%	20.7%
Major collector	1 or 2	2.7%	19.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.7%	2.4%
Local	1 or 2	5.4%	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.Geary County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	20
Dark, not lighted	11
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Geary County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	20
Cloudy	3
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	9

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Geary County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Geary	In all of Kansas
Interstate 70	Interstate	16	183
US Route 77	US highway	10	36

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.Geary 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
Geary County: 12.6

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 Geary County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clay County	Kansas	7	24	29.7
Dickinson County	Kansas	1 or 2	43	23.1
Morris County	Kansas	3	18	33.0
Riley County	Kansas	4	50	6.8
Wabaunsee County	Kansas	3	26	37.5

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

FARS records 49 deaths in Geary County from 2005 to 2014. It records 44 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Geary in 2024?

The rate of Geary County in 2024 was 14.1 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 Geary had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 9 of 37 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 Geary?

FARS records 16 fatal crashes on Interstate 70 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on US Route 77 in the county from 2015 to 2024.