Anoka County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Anoka County in 2024.

FARS records 200 deaths in 184 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Minnesota in the same years is 7.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Anoka County was number 3 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Anoka County rose by 11.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (180) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (200).

In the counties of Minnesota the deaths fell by 5.7% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 8.2% of the fatal crashes in Anoka County with a known setting were rural, against 57.8% in Minnesota.

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 Anoka 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.Anoka County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	4
2023	21	21	6
2022	28	23	6
2021	27	25	7
2020	17	17	4
2019	18	16	9
2018	28	27	10
2017	17	16	4
2016	20	17	4
2015	11	10	4
2015 to 2024	200	184	58

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (2003)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Anoka County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	21	21
2022	28	23
2021	27	25
2020	17	17
2019	18	16
2018	28	27
2017	17	16
2016	20	17
2015	11	10
2014	16	15
2013	12	11
2012	25	23
2011	11	11
2010	14	13
2009	16	16
2008	18	18
2007	16	16
2006	29	26
2005	23	22
2004	28	27
2003	33	28
2002	24	19
2001	26	24
2000	23	23
1999	22	20
1998	31	28
1997	19	16
1996	20	20
1995	25	25
1994	31	27
1993	12	11
1992	14	13
1991	16	13
1990	30	27
1989	28	24
1988	19	15
1987	21	20
1986	21	20
1985	18	17
1984	24	22
1983	18	18
1982	12	12
1981	27	25
1980	32	30
1979	30	29
1978	32	28
1977	18	18
1976	25	22
1975	17	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.Anoka County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Anoka County	Minnesota	United States
2024	3.4	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.5	7.3	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. Anoka County had 377,855 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Anoka County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 184 fatal crashes	58	184 fatal crashes	31.5%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 184 fatal crashes	57	184 fatal crashes	31.0%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.4%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 200 deaths	37	200 deaths	18.5%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 200 deaths	5	200 deaths	2.5%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 200 deaths	52	200 deaths	26.0%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 183 fatal crashes with the condition reported	15	183 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.2%	57.8%
In the darkof 184 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	184 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.5%	38.5%

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.Anoka 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	3	7	11	26
Monday	3	1 or 2	9	10	24
Tuesday	3	7	12	13	35
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	8	21
Thursday	1 or 2	4	7	10	22
Friday	3	4	5	9	21
Saturday	5	8	13	9	35
All days	22	32	60	70	184

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.Anoka County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	11	6.0%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	5	2.7%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	24	13.1%	22.0%
Minor arterial	109	59.6%	32.2%
Major collector	19	10.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	5.1%
Local	14	7.7%	10.7%
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.Anoka County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	97
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	51
Dawn	0
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Anoka County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	135
Cloudy	30
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
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 Anoka County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Anoka	In all of Minnesota
Interstate 35	Interstate	1 or 2	84
Interstate 35W	Interstate	4	28
State Route 47	State highway	27	43
State Route 65	State highway	21	59
US Route 10	US highway	5	71

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 Minnesota

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Anoka County on the county map of Minnesota

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

Fewer than 1028 counties
10 to 14.934 counties
15 to 19.916 counties
20 to 29.99 counties
30 or more0 counties
Anoka County: 5.5

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 Minnesota

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Anoka County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chisago County	Minnesota	7	65	11.5
Hennepin County	Minnesota	55	509	4.0
Isanti County	Minnesota	5	63	15.4
Ramsey County	Minnesota	28	225	4.1
Sherburne County	Minnesota	11	108	11.1
Washington County	Minnesota	8	105	3.9

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Minnesota have a population nearest to that of Anoka 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Anoka in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 180 deaths in Anoka County from 2005 to 2014. It records 200 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Anoka in 2024?

The rate of Anoka County in 2024 was 3.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Minnesota was 8.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 58 of 184 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 Anoka?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.