Ingham County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Ingham County in 2024.

FARS records 228 deaths in 208 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.0 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, Ingham County was number 8 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Ingham County rose by 19.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (191) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (228).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.7% of the fatal crashes in Ingham 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 Ingham 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.Ingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	16	3
2023	30	28	8
2022	27	27	4
2021	32	30	7
2020	17	15	4
2019	18	17	5
2018	15	14	6
2017	26	24	7
2016	25	24	6
2015	17	13	6
2015 to 2024	228	208	56

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1977)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Ingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	16
2023	30	28
2022	27	27
2021	32	30
2020	17	15
2019	18	17
2018	15	14
2017	26	24
2016	25	24
2015	17	13
2014	21	19
2013	17	17
2012	20	19
2011	26	24
2010	13	13
2009	13	12
2008	19	19
2007	18	16
2006	17	16
2005	27	27
2004	24	23
2003	13	12
2002	23	21
2001	23	20
2000	18	18
1999	31	25
1998	20	18
1997	15	15
1996	27	24
1995	26	23
1994	31	28
1993	24	21
1992	26	22
1991	30	25
1990	21	19
1989	21	20
1988	32	29
1987	38	35
1986	23	21
1985	33	29
1984	26	25
1983	29	28
1982	28	25
1981	23	22
1980	31	27
1979	21	20
1978	35	31
1977	38	36
1976	34	32
1975	26	22

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.Ingham County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ingham County	Michigan	United States
2024	7.3	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.0	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. Ingham County had 287,390 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ingham County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 208 fatal crashes	56	208 fatal crashes	26.9%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 208 fatal crashes	57	208 fatal crashes	27.4%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 111 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	111 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.1%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 228 deaths	32	228 deaths	14.0%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 228 deaths	3	228 deaths	1.3%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 228 deaths	49	228 deaths	21.5%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 206 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	206 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.7%	40.6%
In the darkof 207 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	207 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.4%	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.Ingham 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	10	3	12	5	30
Monday	6	6	4	6	22
Tuesday	5	5	12	6	28
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	7	19
Thursday	5	9	6	10	30
Friday	4	6	12	17	39
Saturday	17	5	6	11	39
All days	48	38	59	62	207

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.Ingham County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	26	12.6%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	12	5.8%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	65	31.6%	27.7%
Minor arterial	49	23.8%	26.1%
Major collector	36	17.5%	18.4%
Minor collector	3	1.5%	1.7%
Local	15	7.3%	13.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Ingham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	105
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	54
Dawn	6
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Ingham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	144
Cloudy	37
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	8
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ingham County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ingham	In all of Michigan
Interstate 96	Interstate	18	173
State Route 43	State highway	19	73
State Route 52	State highway	6	32
State Route 96	State highway	9	69
State Route 99	State highway	25	44
US Route 127	US highway	12	72

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.Ingham 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
Ingham County: 8.0

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 Michigan

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Ingham County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clinton County	Michigan	11	86	10.9
Eaton County	Michigan	18	147	13.5
Jackson County	Michigan	23	206	12.9
Livingston County	Michigan	14	170	8.8
Shiawassee County	Michigan	13	90	13.2

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 Ingham 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 Ingham in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 191 deaths in Ingham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 228 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ingham in 2024?

The rate of Ingham County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Ingham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 56 of 208 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 Ingham?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 89 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.