Olmsted County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Olmsted County in 2024.

FARS records 97 deaths in 89 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.1 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, Olmsted County was number 9 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Olmsted County did not change between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (97) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (97).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.1% of the occupants killed in Olmsted County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 39.8% 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 Olmsted 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.Olmsted County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	3
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	7	7	3
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	13	12	1 or 2
2019	16	10	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	14	14	3
2015 to 2024	97	89	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2000)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Olmsted County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	5	5
2022	7	7
2021	6	6
2020	13	12
2019	16	10
2018	7	7
2017	6	6
2016	12	11
2015	14	14
2014	8	8
2013	12	11
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	9	8
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	19	12
2008	7	7
2007	14	13
2006	14	12
2005	10	9
2004	15	15
2003	15	13
2002	15	13
2001	12	11
2000	25	18
1999	22	20
1998	19	16
1997	15	12
1996	14	12
1995	11	8
1994	11	10
1993	9	7
1992	13	11
1991	8	8
1990	11	11
1989	8	7
1988	10	10
1987	11	9
1986	13	11
1985	20	17
1984	18	16
1983	13	12
1982	10	8
1981	4	4
1980	23	21
1979	20	18
1978	21	19
1977	16	15
1976	14	14
1975	15	15

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.Olmsted County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Olmsted County	Minnesota	United States
2024	6.6	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.1	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. Olmsted County had 165,777 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Olmsted County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 89 fatal crashes	18	89 fatal crashes	20.2%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 89 fatal crashes	22	89 fatal crashes	24.7%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 64 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	64 occupant deathswith restraint use known	28.1%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 97 deaths	10	97 deaths	10.3%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 97 deaths	3	97 deaths	3.1%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 97 deaths	11	97 deaths	11.3%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 88 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	88 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.1%	57.8%
In the darkof 88 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	88 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.1%	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.Olmsted 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	4	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	0	3	4	7	14
Thursday	0	3	6	3	12
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	5	15
Saturday	0	5	3	5	13
All days	5	20	35	29	89

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.Olmsted County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	6	6.9%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	4	4.6%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	14	16.1%	22.0%
Minor arterial	36	41.4%	32.2%
Major collector	17	19.5%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	5.7%	5.1%
Local	5	5.7%	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.Olmsted County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Olmsted County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	13
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Olmsted County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Olmsted	In all of Minnesota
Interstate 90	Interstate	6	39
US Route 14	US highway	13	37
US Route 52	US highway	7	32

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.Olmsted 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
Olmsted County: 6.1

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 Olmsted County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dodge County	Minnesota	1 or 2	25	12.0
Fillmore County	Minnesota	1 or 2	27	12.7
Goodhue County	Minnesota	4	53	11.2
Mower County	Minnesota	1 or 2	24	6.0
Wabasha County	Minnesota	1 or 2	33	15.3
Winona County	Minnesota	7	42	8.3

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 Olmsted 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Olmsted County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mn/olmsted/. 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 Olmsted in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 97 deaths in Olmsted County from 2005 to 2014. It records 97 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Olmsted in 2024?

The rate of Olmsted County in 2024 was 6.6 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 Olmsted had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 89 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 Olmsted?

FARS records 6 fatal crashes on Interstate 90 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on US Route 14 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on US Route 52 in the county from 2015 to 2024.