Leavenworth County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Leavenworth County in 2024.

FARS records 111 deaths in 102 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.5 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, Leavenworth County was number 5 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Leavenworth County rose by 14.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (97) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (111).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 79.4% of the fatal crashes in Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth 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.Leavenworth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	3	3	1 or 2
2022	10	10	4
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	15	13	3
2019	17	16	1 or 2
2018	14	14	4
2017	13	8	1 or 2
2016	12	12	1 or 2
2015	10	9	4
2015 to 2024	111	102	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (2019)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Leavenworth County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	3	3
2022	10	10
2021	10	10
2020	15	13
2019	17	16
2018	14	14
2017	13	8
2016	12	12
2015	10	9
2014	7	6
2013	9	9
2012	12	11
2011	11	11
2010	13	9
2009	5	5
2008	9	9
2007	10	9
2006	7	7
2005	14	12
2004	10	8
2003	10	7
2002	6	3
2001	15	14
2000	5	5
1999	14	11
1998	8	7
1997	6	6
1996	10	10
1995	7	6
1994	7	7
1993	8	6
1992	7	6
1991	6	5
1990	9	9
1989	15	14
1988	16	15
1987	5	5
1986	9	8
1985	10	7
1984	8	6
1983	10	9
1982	6	6
1981	1 or 2	1 or 2
1980	9	9
1979	14	10
1978	9	4
1977	11	7
1976	14	13
1975	12	8

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.Leavenworth County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Leavenworth County	Kansas	United States
2024	8.3	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.5	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. Leavenworth County had 84,344 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Leavenworth County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 102 fatal crashes	25	102 fatal crashes	24.5%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 102 fatal crashes	28	102 fatal crashes	27.5%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 72 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	72 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.4%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 111 deaths	8	111 deaths	7.2%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 111 deaths	1 or 2	111 deaths	1.8%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 111 deaths	25	111 deaths	22.5%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 102 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	79.4%	63.3%
In the darkof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.6%	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.Leavenworth 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	7	4	15
Monday	1 or 2	3	8	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	7	3	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	10
Thursday	1 or 2	4	4	6	16
Friday	4	3	6	5	18
Saturday	4	0	1 or 2	5	10
All days	16	18	36	30	100

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.Leavenworth County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	14	13.7%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	19	18.6%	24.1%
Minor arterial	21	20.6%	20.7%
Major collector	35	34.3%	19.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.4%
Local	12	11.8%	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.Leavenworth County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Leavenworth County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	20
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	77

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Leavenworth County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Leavenworth	In all of Kansas
Interstate 70	Interstate	14	183
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 32	State highway	6	21
US Route 24	US highway	9	87
US Route 40	US highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 73	US highway	15	30

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.Leavenworth 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
Leavenworth County: 13.5

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 Leavenworth County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atchison County	Kansas	5	28	17.2
Douglas County	Kansas	8	86	7.2
Jefferson County	Kansas	4	52	27.9
Johnson County	Kansas	23	261	4.3
Wyandotte County	Kansas	21	245	14.7
Platte County	Missouri	11	116	11.0

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 Leavenworth 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.

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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 Leavenworth in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 97 deaths in Leavenworth County from 2005 to 2014. It records 111 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Leavenworth in 2024?

The rate of Leavenworth County in 2024 was 8.3 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 Leavenworth had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 102 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 Leavenworth?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 46 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.