Sedgwick County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 61 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in Sedgwick County in 2024.

FARS records 611 deaths in 565 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.7 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, Sedgwick County was number 1 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Sedgwick County rose by 31.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (465) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (611).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.2% of the fatal crashes in Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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.Sedgwick County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	61	57	21
2023	54	51	16
2022	71	65	7
2021	67	63	12
2020	65	57	8
2019	57	52	4
2018	72	65	12
2017	57	56	9
2016	57	55	11
2015	50	44	8
2015 to 2024	611	565	108

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 77 (1980)2024: 61

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

Table 2.Sedgwick County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	61	57
2023	54	51
2022	71	65
2021	67	63
2020	65	57
2019	57	52
2018	72	65
2017	57	56
2016	57	55
2015	50	44
2014	50	40
2013	45	41
2012	39	38
2011	42	41
2010	57	53
2009	45	41
2008	32	27
2007	39	37
2006	61	57
2005	55	51
2004	47	44
2003	36	35
2002	68	63
2001	48	44
2000	39	37
1999	56	48
1998	64	60
1997	49	48
1996	53	48
1995	41	39
1994	42	39
1993	59	54
1992	57	51
1991	45	34
1990	50	47
1989	53	49
1988	51	46
1987	47	46
1986	44	42
1985	58	50
1984	54	51
1983	44	39
1982	65	60
1981	73	70
1980	77	69
1979	64	58
1978	70	64
1977	60	52
1976	58	51
1975	50	46

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.Sedgwick County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sedgwick County	Kansas	United States
2024	11.4	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.7	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. Sedgwick County had 534,386 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sedgwick County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 565 fatal crashes	108	565 fatal crashes	19.1%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 565 fatal crashes	165	565 fatal crashes	29.2%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 313 occupant deaths with restraint use known	135	313 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.1%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 611 deaths	92	611 deaths	15.1%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 611 deaths	17	611 deaths	2.8%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 611 deaths	128	611 deaths	20.9%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 564 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	564 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.2%	63.3%
In the darkof 564 fatal crashes with the condition reported	273	564 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.4%	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.Sedgwick 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	23	11	24	27	85
Monday	12	13	25	28	78
Tuesday	9	12	26	21	68
Wednesday	8	15	30	26	79
Thursday	15	10	15	26	66
Friday	16	16	20	30	82
Saturday	33	12	19	37	101
All days	116	89	159	195	559

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.Sedgwick County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	69	12.2%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	47	8.3%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	39	6.9%	24.1%
Minor arterial	161	28.5%	20.7%
Major collector	136	24.1%	19.1%
Minor collector	29	5.1%	2.4%
Local	83	14.7%	15.7%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Sedgwick County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	269
Dark, not lighted	81
Dark, lighted	192
Dawn	9
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Sedgwick County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	141
Cloudy	22
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	7
Other or not reported	361

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sedgwick County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sedgwick	In all of Kansas
Interstate 35	Interstate	14	120
Interstate 135	Interstate	33	57
Interstate 235	Interstate	23	23
State Route 15	State highway	9	30
State Route 96	State highway	9	27
State Route 254	State highway	11	22
US Route 54	US highway	28	104
US Route 81	US highway	5	28
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.Sedgwick 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
Sedgwick County: 11.7

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 Sedgwick County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butler County	Kansas	7	95	14.1
Harvey County	Kansas	5	57	16.7
Kingman County	Kansas	1 or 2	20	27.6
Reno County	Kansas	5	82	13.2
Sumner County	Kansas	4	60	26.4

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 Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 465 deaths in Sedgwick County from 2005 to 2014. It records 611 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sedgwick in 2024?

The rate of Sedgwick County in 2024 was 11.4 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 Sedgwick had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 108 of 565 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 Sedgwick?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 133 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.