Sherburne County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Sherburne County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 96 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.1 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, Sherburne County was number 7 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Sherburne County rose by 24.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (87) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 23.7% of the occupants killed in Sherburne 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 Sherburne 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.Sherburne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	3
2023	17	14	4
2022	7	7	3
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	15	14	3
2019	14	11	3
2018	11	9	3
2017	11	11	3
2016	5	5	0
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	108	96	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2005)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Sherburne County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	17	14
2022	7	7
2021	6	6
2020	15	14
2019	14	11
2018	11	9
2017	11	11
2016	5	5
2015	11	10
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	4	4
2012	8	7
2011	3	3
2010	15	15
2009	10	10
2008	8	8
2007	10	10
2006	8	8
2005	19	17
2004	14	14
2003	15	14
2002	15	15
2001	10	10
2000	4	4
1999	8	8
1998	16	13
1997	12	11
1996	12	11
1995	7	7
1994	12	10
1993	5	5
1992	13	10
1991	8	6
1990	8	7
1989	11	9
1988	7	7
1987	5	5
1986	16	13
1985	11	9
1984	6	5
1983	4	4
1982	11	9
1981	9	9
1980	11	10
1979	9	8
1978	9	7
1977	10	9
1976	7	7
1975	4	3

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.Sherburne County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sherburne County	Minnesota	United States
2024	10.7	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.1	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. Sherburne County had 103,156 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sherburne County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 96 fatal crashes	26	96 fatal crashes	27.1%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 96 fatal crashes	27	96 fatal crashes	28.1%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 59 occupant deaths with restraint use known	14	59 occupant deathswith restraint use known	23.7%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	8	108 deaths	7.4%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	1 or 2	108 deaths	0.9%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	22	108 deaths	20.4%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.8%	57.8%
In the darkof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.9%	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.Sherburne 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	4	3	5	14
Monday	3	3	3	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	4	3	1 or 2	6	15
Wednesday	0	7	1 or 2	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	4	5	3	13
Friday	1 or 2	3	3	11	19
Saturday	4	0	7	3	14
All days	16	24	24	32	96

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.Sherburne County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	0	0.0%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	43	44.8%	22.0%
Minor arterial	15	15.6%	32.2%
Major collector	29	30.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	5.2%	5.1%
Local	4	4.2%	10.7%
Not reported	0	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.Sherburne County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Sherburne County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	14
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
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 Sherburne County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sherburne	In all of Minnesota
State Route 25	State highway	3	24
US Route 10	US highway	27	71
US Route 169	US highway	13	116

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.Sherburne 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
Sherburne County: 11.1

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 Sherburne County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anoka County	Minnesota	13	200	5.5
Benton County	Minnesota	7	46	11.3
Hennepin County	Minnesota	55	509	4.0
Isanti County	Minnesota	5	63	15.4
Mille Lacs County	Minnesota	5	41	15.5
Stearns County	Minnesota	12	122	7.6
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 Sherburne 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 Sherburne in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 87 deaths in Sherburne County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sherburne in 2024?

The rate of Sherburne County in 2024 was 10.7 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 Sherburne had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 96 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 Sherburne?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on State Route 25 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 27 fatal crashes on US Route 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on US Route 169 in the county from 2015 to 2024.