Daviess County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Daviess County in 2024.

FARS records 121 deaths in 114 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.9 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, Daviess County was number 9 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Daviess County rose by 27.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (95) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (121).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 52.6% of the fatal crashes in Daviess 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 Daviess 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.Daviess County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	16	15	1 or 2
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	13	13	3
2020	9	9	4
2019	11	11	1 or 2
2018	9	9	3
2017	9	9	6
2016	20	17	4
2015	15	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	121	114	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1978)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Daviess County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	16	15
2022	11	11
2021	13	13
2020	9	9
2019	11	11
2018	9	9
2017	9	9
2016	20	17
2015	15	12
2014	8	7
2013	8	8
2012	8	8
2011	7	7
2010	13	13
2009	11	11
2008	3	3
2007	12	11
2006	14	12
2005	11	10
2004	8	8
2003	10	9
2002	9	8
2001	13	13
2000	11	10
1999	10	10
1998	9	9
1997	15	14
1996	11	9
1995	13	12
1994	10	10
1993	8	8
1992	14	14
1991	8	8
1990	19	16
1989	10	8
1988	15	13
1987	18	17
1986	9	8
1985	7	6
1984	11	10
1983	12	12
1982	16	13
1981	6	6
1980	8	8
1979	19	15
1978	22	16
1977	8	7
1976	13	10
1975	19	19

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.Daviess County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Daviess County	Kentucky	United States
2024	7.7	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.9	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. Daviess County had 104,275 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Daviess County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 114 fatal crashes	26	114 fatal crashes	22.8%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 114 fatal crashes	23	114 fatal crashes	20.2%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.4%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 121 deaths	12	121 deaths	9.9%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 121 deaths	4	121 deaths	3.3%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 121 deaths	21	121 deaths	17.4%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 114 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	114 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.6%	66.4%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.1%	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.Daviess 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	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	14
Monday	1 or 2	5	6	3	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	0	6	6	6	18
Thursday	3	4	5	3	15
Friday	1 or 2	6	12	4	24
Saturday	3	3	6	6	18
All days	15	29	45	25	114

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.Daviess County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	1 or 2	1.8%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	7	6.1%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	21	18.4%	22.3%
Minor arterial	29	25.4%	20.4%
Major collector	14	12.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	8	7.0%	10.5%
Local	33	28.9%	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.Daviess County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	9
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Daviess County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	76
Cloudy	27
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Daviess County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Daviess	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 65	Interstate	1 or 2	166
State Route 54	State highway	10	22
US Route 60	US highway	17	253
US Route 231	US highway	3	47
US Route 431	US highway	12	32

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.Daviess 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
Daviess County: 11.9

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 Daviess County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Spencer County	Indiana	7	60	29.7
Warrick County	Indiana	9	63	9.9
Hancock County	Kentucky	1 or 2	17	19.1
Henderson County	Kentucky	5	78	17.3
McLean County	Kentucky	1 or 2	18	19.6
Ohio County	Kentucky	5	58	24.2

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 Daviess 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 Daviess in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 95 deaths in Daviess County from 2005 to 2014. It records 121 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Daviess in 2024?

The rate of Daviess County in 2024 was 7.7 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 Daviess had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 114 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 Daviess?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 43 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.