Wyandotte County, Kansas: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Wyandotte County in 2024.

FARS records 245 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.7 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, Wyandotte County was number 3 of 105 counties of Kansas.

Deaths in Wyandotte County rose by 17.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (208) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (245).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.8% of the fatal crashes in Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte 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.Wyandotte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	20	4
2023	26	25	7
2022	25	22	9
2021	25	25	5
2020	26	25	1 or 2
2019	22	21	3
2018	20	19	1 or 2
2017	40	28	8
2016	22	18	6
2015	18	17	6
2015 to 2024	245	220	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 40 (2017)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Wyandotte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	20
2023	26	25
2022	25	22
2021	25	25
2020	26	25
2019	22	21
2018	20	19
2017	40	28
2016	22	18
2015	18	17
2014	16	16
2013	14	14
2012	30	26
2011	14	14
2010	22	21
2009	13	11
2008	26	24
2007	28	27
2006	31	28
2005	14	14
2004	17	14
2003	24	23
2002	15	14
2001	18	17
2000	21	19
1999	24	22
1998	26	24
1997	26	24
1996	18	16
1995	27	24
1994	17	16
1993	16	15
1992	14	12
1991	17	17
1990	37	35
1989	27	24
1988	23	20
1987	21	21
1986	20	20
1985	31	30
1984	31	29
1983	26	26
1982	26	22
1981	32	27
1980	34	28
1979	39	37
1978	36	34
1977	37	33
1976	23	22
1975	21	20

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.Wyandotte County beside Kansas and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wyandotte County	Kansas	United States
2024	12.4	11.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.7	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. Wyandotte County had 169,870 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wyandotte County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kansas
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	51	220 fatal crashes	23.2%	22.5%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	102	220 fatal crashes	46.4%	24.2%
No restraint usedof 143 occupant deaths with restraint use known	87	143 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.8%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 245 deaths	40	245 deaths	16.3%	8.3%
Bicyclistsof 245 deaths	1 or 2	245 deaths	0.4%	1.4%
Motorcyclistsof 245 deaths	35	245 deaths	14.3%	12.9%
On a rural roadof 217 fatal crashes with the condition reported	6	217 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.8%	63.3%
In the darkof 218 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	218 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.4%	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.Wyandotte 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	14	1 or 2	8	16	40
Monday	5	7	9	11	32
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	9	8	24
Wednesday	4	4	4	6	18
Thursday	8	4	10	14	36
Friday	7	4	11	15	37
Saturday	8	5	7	11	31
All days	48	31	58	81	218

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.Wyandotte County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kansas
Interstate	65	30.0%	12.5%
Other freeways and expressways	9	4.1%	5.5%
Other principal arterial	28	12.9%	24.1%
Minor arterial	58	26.7%	20.7%
Major collector	19	8.8%	19.1%
Minor collector	3	1.4%	2.4%
Local	35	16.1%	15.7%
Not reported	3	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.Wyandotte County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	101
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	85
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Wyandotte County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	46
Cloudy	4
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	151

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wyandotte County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wyandotte	In all of Kansas
Interstate 35	Interstate	8	120
Interstate 70	Interstate	35	183
Interstate 435	Interstate	8	36
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 32	State highway	15	21
US Route 69	US highway	9	51
US Route 73	US highway	4	30
US Route 169	US highway	4	50

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.Wyandotte 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
Wyandotte County: 14.7

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 Wyandotte County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Johnson County	Kansas	23	261	4.3
Leavenworth County	Kansas	7	111	13.5
Clay County	Missouri	29	206	8.2
Jackson County	Missouri	123	1,067	15.1
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 Wyandotte 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 Wyandotte in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 208 deaths in Wyandotte County from 2005 to 2014. It records 245 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wyandotte in 2024?

The rate of Wyandotte County in 2024 was 12.4 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 Wyandotte had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 220 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 Wyandotte?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 85 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.