Cass County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 115 deaths in 108 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.3 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, Cass County was number 26 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Cass County rose by 19.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 78.7% of the fatal crashes in Cass 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 Cass 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.Cass 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	9	9	5
2022	15	14	1 or 2
2021	17	16	7
2020	10	9	4
2019	8	8	3
2018	9	8	3
2017	15	13	7
2016	9	9	0
2015	15	14	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	115	108	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1991)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Cass County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	9	9
2022	15	14
2021	17	16
2020	10	9
2019	8	8
2018	9	8
2017	15	13
2016	9	9
2015	15	14
2014	7	7
2013	12	11
2012	14	12
2011	7	4
2010	6	4
2009	7	7
2008	13	12
2007	9	8
2006	11	11
2005	10	10
2004	15	15
2003	12	12
2002	16	12
2001	7	6
2000	14	14
1999	20	18
1998	9	7
1997	11	11
1996	12	12
1995	18	15
1994	21	17
1993	15	13
1992	22	17
1991	30	24
1990	21	18
1989	15	12
1988	12	11
1987	15	14
1986	18	13
1985	7	7
1984	19	15
1983	13	11
1982	9	6
1981	14	10
1980	18	15
1979	19	16
1978	22	19
1977	17	16
1976	15	13
1975	22	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.Cass County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cass County	Michigan	United States
2024	15.5	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.3	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. Cass County had 51,533 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cass County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 108 fatal crashes	35	108 fatal crashes	32.4%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 108 fatal crashes	31	108 fatal crashes	28.7%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.5%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	8	115 deaths	7.0%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	4	115 deaths	3.5%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	15	115 deaths	13.0%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.7%	40.6%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.9%	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.Cass 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	7	1 or 2	5	3	17
Monday	4	6	6	1 or 2	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	3	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	6	4	4	15
Friday	1 or 2	3	8	12	25
Saturday	3	3	4	4	14
All days	20	27	31	30	108

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.Cass 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	3	2.8%	27.7%
Minor arterial	59	54.6%	26.1%
Major collector	31	28.7%	18.4%
Minor collector	3	2.8%	1.7%
Local	12	11.1%	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.Cass County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Cass County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	23
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cass County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cass	In all of Michigan
State Route 40	State highway	5	24
State Route 51	State highway	10	20
State Route 60	State highway	8	27
US Route 12	US highway	26	143

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.Cass 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
Cass County: 22.3

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 Cass County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Elkhart County	Indiana	32	278	13.5
St. Joseph County	Indiana	23	259	9.5
Berrien County	Michigan	17	191	12.4
St. Joseph County	Michigan	11	116	19.1
Van Buren County	Michigan	11	146	19.3

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 Cass 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.

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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 Cass in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Cass County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cass in 2024?

The rate of Cass County in 2024 was 15.5 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 Cass had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 108 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 Cass?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 49 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.