Floyd County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Floyd County in 2024.

FARS records 104 deaths in 94 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 29.0 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, Floyd County was number 16 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Floyd County fell by 11.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (118) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (104).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.4% of the fatal crashes in Floyd 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 Floyd 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.Floyd County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	1 or 2
2023	16	13	1 or 2
2022	12	11	1 or 2
2021	5	5	1 or 2
2020	11	10	1 or 2
2019	8	8	0
2018	9	9	1 or 2
2017	11	10	0
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	15	12	3
2015 to 2024	104	94	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (2004)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Floyd County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	16	13
2022	12	11
2021	5	5
2020	11	10
2019	8	8
2018	9	9
2017	11	10
2016	8	8
2015	15	12
2014	7	6
2013	11	10
2012	13	12
2011	12	10
2010	6	6
2009	12	12
2008	15	15
2007	14	13
2006	12	12
2005	16	16
2004	24	18
2003	16	16
2002	10	9
2001	8	8
2000	11	10
1999	15	14
1998	17	14
1997	17	14
1996	15	13
1995	6	5
1994	15	12
1993	21	18
1992	15	14
1991	21	18
1990	13	12
1989	15	14
1988	13	12
1987	13	11
1986	5	5
1985	12	9
1984	13	10
1983	13	12
1982	19	17
1981	5	5
1980	13	10
1979	10	10
1978	13	10
1977	11	11
1976	10	8
1975	15	12

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.Floyd County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Floyd County	Kentucky	United States
2024	26.0	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	29.0	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. Floyd County had 34,630 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Floyd County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 94 fatal crashes	13	94 fatal crashes	13.8%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 94 fatal crashes	10	94 fatal crashes	10.6%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.2%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 104 deaths	15	104 deaths	14.4%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 104 deaths	0	104 deaths	0.0%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 104 deaths	10	104 deaths	9.6%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.4%	66.4%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.4%	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.Floyd 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	3	4	10
Monday	0	4	3	5	12
Tuesday	0	4	6	1 or 2	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	7	16
Thursday	1 or 2	5	3	8	17
Friday	1 or 2	3	8	4	17
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	10
All days	7	22	29	36	94

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.Floyd County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	0	0.0%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.1%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	43	45.7%	22.3%
Minor arterial	3	3.2%	20.4%
Major collector	28	29.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	8	8.5%	10.5%
Local	11	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.Floyd County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	48
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Floyd County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	12
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Floyd County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Floyd	In all of Kentucky
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 80	State highway	8	66
US Route 23	US highway	31	94

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.Floyd 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
Floyd County: 29.0

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 Floyd County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Johnson County	Kentucky	1 or 2	33	14.7
Knott County	Kentucky	4	30	20.6
Magoffin County	Kentucky	4	34	28.5
Martin County	Kentucky	1 or 2	17	15.0
Pike County	Kentucky	19	162	27.9

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 Floyd 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 Floyd in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 118 deaths in Floyd County from 2005 to 2014. It records 104 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Floyd in 2024?

The rate of Floyd County in 2024 was 26.0 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 Floyd had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 94 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 Floyd?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 31 fatal crashes on US Route 23 in the county from 2015 to 2024.