Barry County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Barry County in 2024.

FARS records 85 deaths in 79 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Michigan in the same years is 10.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Barry County was number 33 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Barry County fell by 10.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (95) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (85).

In the counties of Michigan the deaths rose by 8.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 88.6% of the fatal crashes in Barry County with a known setting were rural, against 40.6% in Michigan.

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 Barry 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.Barry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	9	8	4
2022	11	11	3
2021	6	6	0
2020	6	5	1 or 2
2019	13	12	1 or 2
2018	8	7	0
2017	11	10	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	7	6	0
2015 to 2024	85	79	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1987)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Barry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	9	8
2022	11	11
2021	6	6
2020	6	5
2019	13	12
2018	8	7
2017	11	10
2016	4	4
2015	7	6
2014	12	11
2013	11	11
2012	9	9
2011	10	8
2010	9	8
2009	9	8
2008	5	5
2007	9	8
2006	13	12
2005	8	8
2004	15	11
2003	10	8
2002	13	13
2001	18	16
2000	15	14
1999	11	11
1998	8	8
1997	11	9
1996	12	12
1995	11	8
1994	13	9
1993	17	17
1992	5	5
1991	13	11
1990	11	10
1989	15	15
1988	17	14
1987	23	18
1986	19	17
1985	14	13
1984	9	7
1983	12	12
1982	15	10
1981	13	10
1980	11	11
1979	12	12
1978	14	12
1977	16	13
1976	18	16
1975	17	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.Barry County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Barry County	Michigan	United States
2024	15.6	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.7	10.6	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. Barry County had 64,009 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Barry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 79 fatal crashes	17	79 fatal crashes	21.5%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 79 fatal crashes	15	79 fatal crashes	19.0%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.5%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 85 deaths	5	85 deaths	5.9%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 85 deaths	1 or 2	85 deaths	1.2%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 85 deaths	20	85 deaths	23.5%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.6%	40.6%
In the darkof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	26.6%	46.3%

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.Barry 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	0	7	4	16
Monday	0	3	1 or 2	3	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	3	8	12
Wednesday	0	3	7	4	14
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Friday	0	3	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	1 or 2	4	6	12
All days	8	12	31	28	79

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.Barry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	0	0.0%	27.7%
Minor arterial	31	39.2%	26.1%
Major collector	31	39.2%	18.4%
Minor collector	5	6.3%	1.7%
Local	12	15.2%	13.2%
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.Barry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Barry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	46
Cloudy	22
Rain	9
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 Barry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Barry	In all of Michigan
State Route 37	State highway	8	68
State Route 43	State highway	8	73
State Route 66	State highway	5	60

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 Michigan

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Barry County on the county map of Michigan

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1012 counties
10 to 14.943 counties
15 to 19.919 counties
20 to 29.98 counties
30 or more1 county
Barry County: 13.7

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 Michigan

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Barry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allegan County	Michigan	21	167	14.1
Calhoun County	Michigan	21	220	16.4
Eaton County	Michigan	18	147	13.5
Ionia County	Michigan	7	84	12.8
Kalamazoo County	Michigan	25	310	11.8
Kent County	Michigan	63	607	9.3

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Michigan have a population nearest to that of Barry 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.
Michigan Office of Highway Safety PlanningThe highway safety office of Michigan.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Barry County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mi/barry/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Barry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 95 deaths in Barry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 85 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Barry in 2024?

The rate of Barry County in 2024 was 15.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Michigan was 10.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Barry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 79 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 Barry?

FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 37 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 43 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 66 in the county from 2015 to 2024.