Montgomery County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Montgomery County in 2024.

FARS records 76 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Montgomery County was number 9 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Montgomery County fell by 13.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (88) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (76).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.9% of the fatal crashes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	7
2023	3	3	1 or 2
2022	7	7	1 or 2
2021	5	5	0
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	12	10	1 or 2
2018	7	6	0
2017	9	8	3
2016	11	11	0
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	76	71	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2008)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	3	3
2022	7	7
2021	5	5
2020	8	8
2019	12	10
2018	7	6
2017	9	8
2016	11	11
2015	4	4
2014	13	13
2013	4	4
2012	8	8
2011	7	6
2010	9	7
2009	1 or 2	1 or 2
2008	19	13
2007	7	7
2006	9	8
2005	11	11
2004	6	6
2003	10	9
2002	9	9
2001	12	12
2000	6	5
1999	15	11
1998	10	9
1997	8	7
1996	11	10
1995	9	8
1994	6	6
1993	6	5
1992	9	7
1991	8	5
1990	4	4
1989	8	8
1988	17	15
1987	7	5
1986	9	8
1985	10	9
1984	6	4
1983	7	5
1982	12	10
1981	6	6
1980	9	9
1979	5	4
1978	7	7
1977	13	12
1976	15	11
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

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.Montgomery County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Kansas	United States
2024	32.9	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Montgomery County had 30,406 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 71 fatal crashes	17	71 fatal crashes	23.9%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 71 fatal crashes	14	71 fatal crashes	19.7%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 52 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	52 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 76 deaths	7	76 deaths	9.2%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 76 deaths	0	76 deaths	0.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 76 deaths	12	76 deaths	15.8%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.9%	63.3%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	18	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.4%	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.Montgomery 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	0	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Thursday	3	4	4	4	15
Friday	0	7	4	1 or 2	13
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	8	17
All days	5	23	23	19	70

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.Montgomery 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	0	0.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	33	46.5%	24.1%
Minor arterial	10	14.1%	20.7%
Major collector	15	21.1%	19.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.4%
Local	13	18.3%	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	45
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	27
Cloudy	4
Rain	4
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	33

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Kansas
US Route 75	US highway	4	66
US Route 160	US highway	11	64
US Route 166	US highway	12	35
US Route 169	US highway	10	50
US Route 400	US highway	1 or 2	47

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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 24.0

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chautauqua County	Kansas	0	11	32.9
Elk County	Kansas	0	6	24.1
Labette County	Kansas	1 or 2	42	21.0
Neosho County	Kansas	6	30	18.9
Wilson County	Kansas	3	35	40.8
Nowata County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	29	29.4
Washington County	Oklahoma	9	53	10.1

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

FARS records 88 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 76 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 32.9 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 71 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 Montgomery?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 38 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.