Saline County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Saline County in 2024.

FARS records 72 deaths in 67 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.3 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, Saline County was number 10 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Saline County rose by 38.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (52) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (72).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.1% of the fatal crashes in Saline 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 Saline 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.Saline County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	6	6
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	7	5	1 or 2
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	7	7	3
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	4	3	0
2016	13	13	3
2015	6	5	0
2015 to 2024	72	67	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (2003)2024: 7

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

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

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.Saline County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Saline County	Kansas	United States
2024	13.1	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.3	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.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Saline County had 53,314 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Saline County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 67 fatal crashes	19	67 fatal crashes	28.4%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 67 fatal crashes	22	67 fatal crashes	32.8%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 45 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	45 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.0%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 72 deaths	6	72 deaths	8.3%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 72 deaths	1 or 2	72 deaths	1.4%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 72 deaths	13	72 deaths	18.1%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 67 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	67 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.1%	63.3%
In the darkof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Saline 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	5	1 or 2	8
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	3	11
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Saturday	4	0	1 or 2	6	12
All days	13	12	21	21	67

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.Saline County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	19	28.4%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	6	9.0%	24.1%
Minor arterial	13	19.4%	20.7%
Major collector	17	25.4%	19.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	2.4%
Local	11	16.4%	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.Saline County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	13
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Saline County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	12
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	41

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Saline County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Saline	In all of Kansas
Interstate 70	Interstate	11	183
Interstate 135	Interstate	8	57
State Route 4	State highway	1 or 2	27

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.Saline 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
Saline County: 13.3

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 Saline County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dickinson County	Kansas	1 or 2	43	23.1
Ellsworth County	Kansas	0	30	47.7
Lincoln County	Kansas	0	1 or 2	n/a
McPherson County	Kansas	4	56	19.1
Ottawa County	Kansas	0	14	24.1

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

FARS records 52 deaths in Saline County from 2005 to 2014. It records 72 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Saline in 2024?

The rate of Saline County in 2024 was 13.1 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 Saline had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 67 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 Saline?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on Interstate 70 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on Interstate 135 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 4 in the county from 2015 to 2024.