Ramsey County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Ramsey County in 2024.

FARS records 225 deaths in 214 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.1 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, Ramsey County was number 2 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Ramsey County rose by 30.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (173) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (225).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 0.5% of the fatal crashes in Ramsey 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 Ramsey 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.Ramsey County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	27	8
2023	22	20	5
2022	31	29	11
2021	36	34	15
2020	19	19	5
2019	20	19	6
2018	17	16	6
2017	19	19	7
2016	15	13	3
2015	18	18	4
2015 to 2024	225	214	70

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 60 (1979)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Ramsey County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	27
2023	22	20
2022	31	29
2021	36	34
2020	19	19
2019	20	19
2018	17	16
2017	19	19
2016	15	13
2015	18	18
2014	12	12
2013	12	11
2012	19	18
2011	14	14
2010	11	10
2009	19	19
2008	17	16
2007	23	21
2006	20	18
2005	26	25
2004	22	21
2003	30	26
2002	36	31
2001	26	24
2000	33	33
1999	31	28
1998	29	26
1997	29	28
1996	28	28
1995	28	25
1994	28	24
1993	18	18
1992	18	17
1991	25	24
1990	30	28
1989	36	33
1988	24	23
1987	26	25
1986	40	39
1985	40	37
1984	35	34
1983	37	36
1982	42	38
1981	46	41
1980	52	47
1979	60	56
1978	54	53
1977	53	47
1976	51	43
1975	43	42

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.Ramsey County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ramsey County	Minnesota	United States
2024	5.2	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.1	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. Ramsey County had 540,713 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ramsey County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 214 fatal crashes	70	214 fatal crashes	32.7%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 214 fatal crashes	70	214 fatal crashes	32.7%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.4%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 225 deaths	63	225 deaths	28.0%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 225 deaths	4	225 deaths	1.8%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 225 deaths	38	225 deaths	16.9%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 213 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1 or 2	213 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.5%	57.8%
In the darkof 212 fatal crashes with the condition reported	128	212 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.4%	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.Ramsey 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	12	3	4	13	32
Monday	8	9	6	10	33
Tuesday	9	1 or 2	7	12	30
Wednesday	5	3	6	9	23
Thursday	6	4	8	8	26
Friday	5	1 or 2	12	23	42
Saturday	8	1 or 2	8	10	28
All days	53	25	51	85	214

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.Ramsey County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	34	16.0%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	19	8.9%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	11	5.2%	22.0%
Minor arterial	105	49.3%	32.2%
Major collector	22	10.3%	18.9%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	5.1%
Local	22	10.3%	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.Ramsey County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	110
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Ramsey County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	160
Cloudy	29
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ramsey County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ramsey	In all of Minnesota
Interstate 35	Interstate	5	84
Interstate 35W	Interstate	3	28
Interstate 90	Interstate	1 or 2	39
Interstate 94	Interstate	9	97
State Route 5	State highway	9	21
US Route 10	US highway	1 or 2	71
US Route 52	US highway	4	32
US Route 61	US highway	13	55

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.Ramsey 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
Ramsey County: 4.1

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 Ramsey County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anoka County	Minnesota	13	200	5.5
Dakota County	Minnesota	23	185	4.3
Hennepin County	Minnesota	55	509	4.0
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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 173 deaths in Ramsey County from 2005 to 2014. It records 225 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ramsey in 2024?

The rate of Ramsey County in 2024 was 5.2 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 Ramsey had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 70 of 214 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 Ramsey?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 45 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.