Hennepin County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 55 deaths in 53 fatal crashes in Hennepin County in 2024.

FARS records 509 deaths in 477 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.0 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, Hennepin County was number 1 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Hennepin County rose by 18.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (430) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (509).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.4% of the fatal crashes in Hennepin 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 Hennepin 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.Hennepin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	55	53	14
2023	55	48	9
2022	61	60	24
2021	74	68	22
2020	46	41	17
2019	38	38	11
2018	57	52	15
2017	45	43	13
2016	45	43	14
2015	33	31	9
2015 to 2024	509	477	148

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 120 (1979)2024: 55

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

Table 2.Hennepin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	55	53
2023	55	48
2022	61	60
2021	74	68
2020	46	41
2019	38	38
2018	57	52
2017	45	43
2016	45	43
2015	33	31
2014	34	31
2013	42	37
2012	33	32
2011	45	38
2010	38	33
2009	46	42
2008	53	49
2007	50	37
2006	40	38
2005	49	47
2004	48	48
2003	61	57
2002	61	56
2001	68	63
2000	51	47
1999	41	39
1998	67	62
1997	60	58
1996	52	47
1995	54	48
1994	65	59
1993	60	59
1992	55	50
1991	52	49
1990	66	64
1989	72	69
1988	91	81
1987	57	55
1986	73	67
1985	69	64
1984	67	62
1983	56	56
1982	60	56
1981	112	102
1980	93	84
1979	120	108
1978	119	113
1977	107	93
1976	87	83
1975	93	87

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.Hennepin County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hennepin County	Minnesota	United States
2024	4.3	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.0	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. Hennepin County had 1,277,084 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hennepin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 477 fatal crashes	148	477 fatal crashes	31.0%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 477 fatal crashes	177	477 fatal crashes	37.1%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 195 occupant deaths with restraint use known	68	195 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.9%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 509 deaths	128	509 deaths	25.1%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 509 deaths	15	509 deaths	2.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 509 deaths	82	509 deaths	16.1%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 472 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	472 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.4%	57.8%
In the darkof 476 fatal crashes with the condition reported	225	476 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.3%	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.Hennepin 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	23	7	15	22	67
Monday	10	15	23	20	68
Tuesday	7	12	19	17	55
Wednesday	14	20	21	17	72
Thursday	7	17	26	17	67
Friday	17	10	19	27	73
Saturday	20	11	17	27	75
All days	98	92	140	147	477

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.Hennepin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	83	17.6%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	41	8.7%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	61	13.0%	22.0%
Minor arterial	200	42.5%	32.2%
Major collector	44	9.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	5.1%
Local	41	8.7%	10.7%
Not reported	6	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.Hennepin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	232
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	194
Dawn	9
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hennepin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	315
Cloudy	100
Rain	35
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	17
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hennepin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hennepin	In all of Minnesota
Interstate 35	Interstate	6	84
Interstate 35W	Interstate	17	28
Interstate 94	Interstate	34	97
Interstate 494	Interstate	13	20
State Route 5	State highway	4	21
State Route 7	State highway	12	37
State Route 47	State highway	3	43
State Route 55	State highway	28	57
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	59
US Route 12	US highway	11	33
US Route 169	US highway	19	116
US Route 212	US highway	1 or 2	27

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.Hennepin 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
Hennepin County: 4.0

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 Minnesota

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Hennepin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anoka County	Minnesota	13	200	5.5
Carver County	Minnesota	7	61	5.8
Dakota County	Minnesota	23	185	4.3
Ramsey County	Minnesota	28	225	4.1
Scott County	Minnesota	8	79	5.3
Sherburne County	Minnesota	11	108	11.1
Wright County	Minnesota	15	91	6.4

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 Hennepin 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 Hennepin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 430 deaths in Hennepin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 509 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hennepin in 2024?

The rate of Hennepin County in 2024 was 4.3 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 Hennepin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 148 of 477 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 Hennepin?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 151 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.