Christian County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Christian County in 2024.

FARS records 120 deaths in 109 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.7 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, Christian County was number 10 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Christian County rose by 9.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (110) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (120).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 24.8% of fatal crashes in Christian County and 16.2% 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 Christian 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.Christian County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	10	10	1 or 2
2022	10	10	1 or 2
2021	14	14	1 or 2
2020	13	11	3
2019	12	10	0
2018	19	15	4
2017	11	10	1 or 2
2016	12	11	5
2015	8	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	120	109	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1990)2024: 11

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

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

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.Christian County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Christian County	Kentucky	United States
2024	15.4	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.7	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. Christian County had 71,436 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Christian County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 109 fatal crashes	20	109 fatal crashes	18.3%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 109 fatal crashes	27	109 fatal crashes	24.8%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.1%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 120 deaths	11	120 deaths	9.2%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 120 deaths	1 or 2	120 deaths	1.7%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 120 deaths	17	120 deaths	14.2%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.4%	66.4%
In the darkof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Christian 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7
Monday	1 or 2	6	7	3	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	3	5	5	1 or 2	14
Thursday	0	3	6	5	14
Friday	5	3	8	6	22
Saturday	4	3	9	7	23
All days	17	23	43	26	109

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.Christian County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	10	9.2%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	8	7.3%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	24	22.0%	22.3%
Minor arterial	14	12.8%	20.4%
Major collector	21	19.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	15	13.8%	10.5%
Local	17	15.6%	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.Christian County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Christian County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	87
Cloudy	20
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Christian County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Christian	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 24	Interstate	9	52
State Route 9004	State highway	15	20
US Route 41	US highway	9	36
US Route 68	US highway	5	165

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.Christian 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
Christian County: 16.7

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 Kentucky

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Christian County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caldwell County	Kentucky	5	37	29.2
Hopkins County	Kentucky	11	80	17.7
Muhlenberg County	Kentucky	5	68	22.1
Todd County	Kentucky	5	44	35.5
Trigg County	Kentucky	3	43	29.9
Montgomery County	Tennessee	26	289	13.3
Stewart County	Tennessee	6	38	27.7

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 Christian 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 Christian in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 110 deaths in Christian County from 2005 to 2014. It records 120 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Christian in 2024?

The rate of Christian County in 2024 was 15.4 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 Christian had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 109 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 Christian?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 38 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.