Campbell County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Campbell County in 2024.

FARS records 88 deaths in 77 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.4 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, Campbell County was number 18 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Campbell County rose by 17.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (75) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (88).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.6% of the fatal crashes in Campbell 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 Campbell 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.Campbell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	1 or 2
2023	6	6	0
2022	9	9	3
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	15	12	1 or 2
2019	11	11	3
2018	10	5	1 or 2
2017	10	8	1 or 2
2016	15	14	4
2015	8	8	5
2015 to 2024	88	77	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (2016)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Campbell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	6	6
2022	9	9
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	15	12
2019	11	11
2018	10	5
2017	10	8
2016	15	14
2015	8	8
2014	7	6
2013	5	5
2012	12	11
2011	7	7
2010	8	8
2009	3	3
2008	7	7
2007	8	8
2006	7	7
2005	11	10
2004	12	11
2003	10	9
2002	11	11
2001	9	8
2000	1 or 2	1 or 2
1999	12	12
1998	5	5
1997	10	10
1996	10	8
1995	7	6
1994	5	3
1993	4	4
1992	11	11
1991	9	8
1990	10	8
1989	11	11
1988	8	7
1987	7	6
1986	11	11
1985	8	8
1984	12	12
1983	8	7
1982	9	8
1981	13	12
1980	7	7
1979	9	7
1978	11	10
1977	10	9
1976	13	13
1975	12	10

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.Campbell County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Campbell County	Kentucky	United States
2024	3.2	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.4	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. Campbell County had 94,054 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Campbell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 77 fatal crashes	23	77 fatal crashes	29.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 77 fatal crashes	17	77 fatal crashes	22.1%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	33.9%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 88 deaths	7	88 deaths	8.0%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 88 deaths	1 or 2	88 deaths	2.3%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 88 deaths	23	88 deaths	26.1%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.6%	66.4%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.3%	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.Campbell 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	4	0	5	6	15
Monday	3	1 or 2	10	0	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	10	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Thursday	3	3	3	1 or 2	10
Friday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
All days	16	11	37	13	77

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.Campbell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	16	20.8%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	21	27.3%	22.3%
Minor arterial	23	29.9%	20.4%
Major collector	5	6.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	3.9%	10.5%
Local	9	11.7%	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.Campbell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	10
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Campbell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	16
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Campbell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Campbell	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 275	Interstate	9	24
State Route 8	State highway	5	29
State Route 9	State highway	15	48
US Route 27	US highway	18	173

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.Campbell 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
Campbell County: 9.4

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 Kentucky

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Campbell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Kenton County	Kentucky	7	108	6.4
Pendleton County	Kentucky	1 or 2	21	14.3
Clermont County	Ohio	19	186	8.9
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 Campbell 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Campbell County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ky/campbell/. 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 Campbell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 75 deaths in Campbell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 88 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Campbell in 2024?

The rate of Campbell County in 2024 was 3.2 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 Campbell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 77 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 Campbell?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.