Washington County, Minnesota: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 105 deaths in 100 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 3.9 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, Washington County was number 8 of 87 counties of Minnesota.

Deaths in Washington County fell by 11.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (118) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (105).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.0% of the fatal crashes in Washington 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 Washington 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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	18	15	7
2022	9	8	3
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	16	16	4
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	13	13	3
2015	12	12	6
2015 to 2024	105	100	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (1980)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	18	15
2022	9	8
2021	10	10
2020	7	6
2019	16	16
2018	5	5
2017	7	7
2016	13	13
2015	12	12
2014	8	8
2013	10	10
2012	8	7
2011	6	6
2010	11	11
2009	12	9
2008	9	7
2007	20	16
2006	15	14
2005	19	19
2004	18	18
2003	24	18
2002	16	14
2001	13	9
2000	16	14
1999	11	10
1998	11	11
1997	13	12
1996	9	9
1995	16	13
1994	13	11
1993	11	9
1992	13	12
1991	11	11
1990	27	19
1989	20	19
1988	14	13
1987	11	11
1986	6	6
1985	21	19
1984	12	9
1983	9	8
1982	9	9
1981	28	23
1980	35	31
1979	21	21
1978	33	29
1977	23	20
1976	25	22
1975	25	20

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.Washington County beside Minnesota and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Minnesota	United States
2024	2.8	8.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	3.9	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. Washington County had 282,994 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Minnesota
A driver recorded as drinkingof 100 fatal crashes	32	100 fatal crashes	32.0%	30.3%
A speeding-related driverof 100 fatal crashes	26	100 fatal crashes	26.0%	27.1%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	15	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	28.3%	39.8%
Pedestriansof 105 deaths	9	105 deaths	8.6%	11.1%
Bicyclistsof 105 deaths	6	105 deaths	5.7%	1.9%
Motorcyclistsof 105 deaths	28	105 deaths	26.7%	15.5%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.0%	57.8%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.3%	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.Washington 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	6	4	16
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	5	11
Tuesday	0	6	4	3	13
Wednesday	3	4	4	3	14
Thursday	1 or 2	5	4	4	15
Friday	3	1 or 2	5	6	16
Saturday	5	1 or 2	5	4	15
All days	15	23	33	29	100

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.Washington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Minnesota
Interstate	17	17.0%	8.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	3.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	13	13.0%	22.0%
Minor arterial	48	48.0%	32.2%
Major collector	9	9.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.0%	5.1%
Local	8	8.0%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	63
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	78
Cloudy	15
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Minnesota
Interstate 35	Interstate	5	84
Interstate 94	Interstate	5	97
Interstate 494	Interstate	1 or 2	20
State Route 95	State highway	9	29
US Route 10	US highway	1 or 2	71
US Route 61	US highway	11	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.Washington 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
Washington County: 3.9

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anoka County	Minnesota	13	200	5.5
Chisago County	Minnesota	7	65	11.5
Dakota County	Minnesota	23	185	4.3
Ramsey County	Minnesota	28	225	4.1
Pierce County	Wisconsin	1 or 2	48	11.4
Polk County	Wisconsin	8	98	22.0
St. Croix County	Wisconsin	6	97	10.5

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 Washington 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 Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 118 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 2.8 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 100 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 Washington?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 34 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.