Pike County, Kentucky: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Pike County in 2024.

FARS records 162 deaths in 151 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.9 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, Pike County was number 5 of 120 counties of Kentucky.

Deaths in Pike County fell by 30.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (233) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (162).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.8% of the fatal crashes in Pike 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 Pike 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.Pike County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	18	3
2023	21	19	3
2022	14	12	1 or 2
2021	18	16	1 or 2
2020	14	14	5
2019	13	12	1 or 2
2018	21	19	5
2017	12	11	3
2016	16	16	1 or 2
2015	14	14	6
2015 to 2024	162	151	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1998)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Pike County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	18
2023	21	19
2022	14	12
2021	18	16
2020	14	14
2019	13	12
2018	21	19
2017	12	11
2016	16	16
2015	14	14
2014	21	18
2013	20	17
2012	21	20
2011	19	18
2010	21	18
2009	17	17
2008	32	28
2007	20	20
2006	33	32
2005	29	26
2004	28	26
2003	29	24
2002	20	18
2001	18	16
2000	23	23
1999	23	19
1998	34	29
1997	24	23
1996	13	13
1995	19	18
1994	19	19
1993	23	21
1992	32	27
1991	27	22
1990	25	23
1989	20	19
1988	18	16
1987	15	14
1986	9	9
1985	19	18
1984	15	13
1983	23	18
1982	33	30
1981	31	26
1980	20	19
1979	14	13
1978	15	15
1977	10	10
1976	10	9
1975	21	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.Pike County beside Kentucky and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pike County	Kentucky	United States
2024	34.3	15.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.9	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. Pike County had 55,358 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pike County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Kentucky
A driver recorded as drinkingof 151 fatal crashes	33	151 fatal crashes	21.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 151 fatal crashes	23	151 fatal crashes	15.2%	16.2%
No restraint usedof 134 occupant deaths with restraint use known	82	134 occupant deathswith restraint use known	61.2%	52.5%
Pedestriansof 162 deaths	9	162 deaths	5.6%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 162 deaths	1 or 2	162 deaths	0.6%	1.2%
Motorcyclistsof 162 deaths	18	162 deaths	11.1%	13.1%
On a rural roadof 151 fatal crashes with the condition reported	125	151 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.8%	66.4%
In the darkof 151 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	151 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.4%	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.Pike 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	6	6	7	21
Monday	1 or 2	8	8	7	25
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	3	4	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	10	10	1 or 2	24
Thursday	1 or 2	6	7	5	20
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	3	15
Saturday	3	7	10	12	32
All days	14	47	50	40	151

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.Pike 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	0.7%	2.2%
Other principal arterial	63	41.7%	22.3%
Minor arterial	9	6.0%	20.4%
Major collector	52	34.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	8	5.3%	10.5%
Local	18	11.9%	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.Pike County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	93
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pike County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	25
Rain	23
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Pike County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pike	In all of Kentucky
State Route 15	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 80	State highway	1 or 2	66
US Route 23	US highway	28	94
US Route 119	US highway	20	48
US Route 460	US highway	18	66

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.Pike 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
Pike County: 27.9

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 Pike County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Floyd County	Kentucky	9	104	29.0
Knott County	Kentucky	4	30	20.6
Letcher County	Kentucky	4	48	22.3
Martin County	Kentucky	1 or 2	17	15.0
Buchanan County	Virginia	4	47	22.8
Dickenson County	Virginia	3	17	11.9
Wise County	Virginia	3	45	12.2
Mingo County	West Virginia	4	39	16.7

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 Pike 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 Pike in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 233 deaths in Pike County from 2005 to 2014. It records 162 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pike in 2024?

The rate of Pike County in 2024 was 34.3 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 Pike had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 151 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 Pike?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 69 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.