Sumner County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Sumner County in 2024.

FARS records 60 deaths in 51 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.4 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, Sumner County was number 12 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Sumner County fell by 16.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (72) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (60).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.1% of the fatal crashes in Sumner 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 Sumner 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.Sumner County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	6	5	1 or 2
2022	8	6	0
2021	6	5	1 or 2
2020	9	8	0
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	4	4	0
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	10	6	1 or 2
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	60	51	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1986)2024: 4

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

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

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.Sumner County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sumner County	Kansas	United States
2024	17.9	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.4	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. Sumner County had 22,372 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sumner County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 51 fatal crashes	11	51 fatal crashes	21.6%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 51 fatal crashes	9	51 fatal crashes	17.6%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 45 occupant deaths with restraint use known	20	45 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.4%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 60 deaths	5	60 deaths	8.3%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 60 deaths	0	60 deaths	0.0%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 60 deaths	5	60 deaths	8.3%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 51 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	51 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.1%	63.3%
In the darkof 51 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	51 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.1%	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.Sumner 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	3	0	5	1 or 2	10
Monday	0	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3	6
Friday	0	1 or 2	3	4	8
Saturday	3	0	3	3	9
All days	7	7	20	16	50

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.Sumner County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	13	26.0%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	7	14.0%	24.1%
Minor arterial	13	26.0%	20.7%
Major collector	4	8.0%	19.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	4.0%	2.4%
Local	11	22.0%	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.Sumner County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	29
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sumner County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	9
Cloudy	4
Rain	4
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	32

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sumner County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sumner	In all of Kansas
Interstate 35	Interstate	12	120
US Route 81	US highway	6	28
US Route 160	US highway	11	64

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.Sumner 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
Sumner County: 26.4

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 Sumner County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cowley County	Kansas	7	54	15.5
Harper County	Kansas	1 or 2	20	36.4
Kingman County	Kansas	1 or 2	20	27.6
Sedgwick County	Kansas	61	611	11.7
Grant County	Oklahoma	1 or 2	16	37.5
Kay County	Oklahoma	7	84	19.1

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

FARS records 72 deaths in Sumner County from 2005 to 2014. It records 60 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sumner in 2024?

The rate of Sumner County in 2024 was 17.9 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 Sumner had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 51 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 Sumner?

FARS records 12 fatal crashes on Interstate 35 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 81 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on US Route 160 in the county from 2015 to 2024.