Boone County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Boone County in 2024.

FARS records 119 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Kentucky in the same years is 17.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Boone County was number 11 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Boone County fell by 7.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (128) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (119).

In the counties of Kentucky the deaths fell by 2.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 40.6% of the fatal crashes in Boone County with a known setting were rural, against 66.4% in Kentucky.

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 Boone 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.Boone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	1 or 2
2023	11	11	3
2022	6	6	3
2021	10	7	1 or 2
2020	18	15	6
2019	11	10	7
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	19	18	3
2016	14	13	5
2015	15	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	119	106	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1978)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Boone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	11	11
2022	6	6
2021	10	7
2020	18	15
2019	11	10
2018	9	8
2017	19	18
2016	14	13
2015	15	12
2014	5	5
2013	9	9
2012	18	18
2011	10	8
2010	11	9
2009	15	12
2008	11	11
2007	12	11
2006	19	17
2005	18	17
2004	15	15
2003	13	11
2002	15	9
2001	17	16
2000	6	5
1999	5	5
1998	20	17
1997	17	13
1996	10	9
1995	14	12
1994	4	4
1993	8	7
1992	13	12
1991	5	5
1990	10	10
1989	10	7
1988	7	6
1987	16	15
1986	16	16
1985	20	17
1984	12	11
1983	18	14
1982	10	10
1981	16	13
1980	9	9
1979	12	11
1978	20	17
1977	10	8
1976	14	14
1975	16	13

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.Boone County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Boone County	Kentucky	United States
2024	4.2	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.8	17.1	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. Boone County had 143,490 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Boone County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 106 fatal crashes	33	106 fatal crashes	31.1%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 106 fatal crashes	24	106 fatal crashes	22.6%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.8%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 119 deaths	22	119 deaths	18.5%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 119 deaths	1 or 2	119 deaths	1.7%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 119 deaths	11	119 deaths	9.2%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.6%	66.4%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.5%	40.5%

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.Boone 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	5	4	3	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	6	18
Tuesday	4	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	5	12
Thursday	4	4	1 or 2	3	12
Friday	3	3	3	7	16
Saturday	5	1 or 2	5	6	18
All days	24	28	20	33	105

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.Boone County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	30	28.3%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	14	13.2%	22.3%
Minor arterial	29	27.4%	20.4%
Major collector	20	18.9%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	4.7%	10.5%
Local	8	7.5%	14.9%
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.Boone County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	43
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	21
Dawn	5
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Boone County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	63
Cloudy	27
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Boone County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Boone	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 71	Interstate	1 or 2	64
Interstate 75	Interstate	20	166
Interstate 275	Interstate	6	24
State Route 8	State highway	1 or 2	29
US Route 25	US highway	10	141
US Route 42	US highway	13	53

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 Kentucky

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Boone County on the county map of Kentucky

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 106 counties
10 to 14.919 counties
15 to 19.922 counties
20 to 29.957 counties
30 or more16 counties
Boone County: 8.8

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 Kentucky

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Boone County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dearborn County	Indiana	8	66	13.1
Ohio County	Indiana	0	8	13.5
Switzerland County	Indiana	0	22	21.3
Gallatin County	Kentucky	1 or 2	33	37.8
Grant County	Kentucky	6	50	19.8
Kenton County	Kentucky	7	108	6.4
Hamilton County	Ohio	63	626	7.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Kentucky have a population nearest to that of Boone 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.
Kentucky Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of Kentucky.

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 Boone in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 128 deaths in Boone County from 2005 to 2014. It records 119 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Boone in 2024?

The rate of Boone County in 2024 was 4.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Kentucky was 15.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Boone had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 106 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 Boone?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.