Hardin County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Hardin County in 2024.

FARS records 199 deaths in 182 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Hardin County was number 3 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Hardin County rose by 10.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (180) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (199).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.8% of the occupants killed in Hardin County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 52.5% 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 Hardin 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.Hardin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	22	4
2023	26	24	5
2022	19	18	3
2021	22	20	1 or 2
2020	16	15	1 or 2
2019	15	12	3
2018	22	20	4
2017	16	14	1 or 2
2016	16	16	0
2015	22	21	4
2015 to 2024	199	182	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1990)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Hardin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	22
2023	26	24
2022	19	18
2021	22	20
2020	16	15
2019	15	12
2018	22	20
2017	16	14
2016	16	16
2015	22	21
2014	16	16
2013	20	12
2012	18	18
2011	13	10
2010	18	15
2009	19	19
2008	18	18
2007	18	15
2006	23	19
2005	17	14
2004	20	20
2003	21	18
2002	23	19
2001	17	17
2000	17	15
1999	21	20
1998	12	10
1997	11	11
1996	15	15
1995	15	10
1994	13	11
1993	9	7
1992	21	16
1991	12	9
1990	29	25
1989	14	13
1988	13	10
1987	18	17
1986	24	19
1985	15	13
1984	25	20
1983	14	12
1982	20	16
1981	15	14
1980	14	11
1979	8	8
1978	19	16
1977	21	17
1976	18	14
1975	19	17

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.Hardin County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hardin County	Kentucky	United States
2024	22.2	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Hardin County had 112,644 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hardin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 182 fatal crashes	29	182 fatal crashes	15.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 182 fatal crashes	24	182 fatal crashes	13.2%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.8%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 199 deaths	20	199 deaths	10.1%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 199 deaths	3	199 deaths	1.5%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 199 deaths	37	199 deaths	18.6%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.2%	66.4%
In the darkof 181 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	181 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.8%	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.Hardin 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	3	3	12	11	29
Monday	1 or 2	4	14	9	29
Tuesday	1 or 2	14	7	9	32
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	8	5	21
Thursday	5	8	9	1 or 2	24
Friday	1 or 2	8	11	6	27
Saturday	4	3	7	6	20
All days	20	46	68	48	182

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.Hardin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Kentucky
Interstate	25	13.7%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	9	4.9%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	42	23.1%	22.3%
Minor arterial	36	19.8%	20.4%
Major collector	26	14.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	22	12.1%	10.5%
Local	22	12.1%	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.Hardin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	109
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	6
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hardin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	120
Cloudy	41
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hardin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hardin	In all of Kentucky
Interstate 65	Interstate	25	166
State Route 61	State highway	4	83
State Route 9001	State highway	11	36
State Route 9002	State highway	7	42
US Route 31	US highway	14	108
US Route 31W	US highway	28	129
US Route 62	US highway	16	114

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.Hardin 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
Hardin County: 18.0

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 Hardin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Harrison County	Indiana	10	104	26.0
Breckinridge County	Kentucky	4	54	26.3
Bullitt County	Kentucky	10	116	14.1
Grayson County	Kentucky	3	86	32.5
Hart County	Kentucky	1 or 2	55	28.7
Jefferson County	Kentucky	113	1,088	14.0
Larue County	Kentucky	4	43	29.3
Meade County	Kentucky	5	78	26.7
Nelson County	Kentucky	10	112	24.0

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 Hardin 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 Hardin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 180 deaths in Hardin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 199 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hardin in 2024?

The rate of Hardin County in 2024 was 22.2 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 Hardin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 182 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 Hardin?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 105 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.