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Edition: FARS 2024, annual fileNHTSA released it on Release dates

Audrain County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Audrain County in 2024.

FARS records 36 deaths in 31 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Missouri in the same years is 15.5.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Audrain County was number 65 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Audrain County fell by 20.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (45) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (36).

In the counties of Missouri the deaths rose by 4.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 29.0% of the fatal crashes in Audrain County with known light were in the dark, against 45.3% in Missouri.

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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Audrain 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.Audrain County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesCrashes with a driver recorded as drinking
20241 or 21 or 21 or 2
2023431 or 2
20221 or 21 or 20
2021531 or 2
2020000
20191 or 21 or 20
2018750
2017771 or 2
2016551 or 2
2015330
2015 to 202436316
Each year from 1975
Figure 2.Deaths in Audrain County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 13 (1978)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Audrain County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashes
20241 or 21 or 2
202343
20221 or 21 or 2
202153
202000
20191 or 21 or 2
201875
201777
201655
201533
201455
20131 or 21 or 2
201264
20111 or 21 or 2
201077
200933
200876
200700
20061 or 21 or 2
20051310
200433
20031211
200276
200187
200099
199955
199843
199776
199674
19951 or 21 or 2
199444
199364
199255
199155
1990118
198966
198886
198755
198675
198533
198433
19831 or 21 or 2
198233
198177
198044
197955
1978137
19771 or 21 or 2
197633
197566

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.Audrain County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
PeriodAudrain CountyMissouriUnited States
2024n/a15.311.5
2015 to 2024, in a year14.415.511.8

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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Audrain County had 24,344 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Audrain County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 31 fatal crashes631 fatal crashes27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 31 fatal crashes831 fatal crashes36.5%
No restraint usedof 31 occupant deaths with restraint use known1931 occupant deathswith restraint use known63.5%
Pedestriansof 36 deaths1 or 236 deaths11.9%
Bicyclistsof 36 deaths036 deaths1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 36 deaths1 or 236 deaths14.1%
On a rural roadof 31 fatal crashes with the condition reported1931 fatal crasheswith the condition reported52.2%
In the darkof 31 fatal crashes with the condition reported931 fatal crasheswith the condition reported45.3%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Audrain County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday1 or 201 or 21 or 25
Monday03407
Tuesday001 or 201 or 2
Wednesday01 or 21 or 201 or 2
Thursday1 or 21 or 231 or 26
Friday01 or 21 or 21 or 25
Saturday01 or 21 or 21 or 24
All days1 or 2815631

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.Audrain County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in Missouri
Interstate00.0%15.3%
Other freeways and expressways310.0%7.0%
Other principal arterial1343.3%23.2%
Minor arterial516.7%20.9%
Major collector620.0%19.3%
Minor collector00.0%2.5%
Local310.0%11.9%
Not reported1 or 2n/an/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.Audrain County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light conditionFatal crashes
Daylight22
Dark, not lighted7
Dark, lighted1 or 2
Dawn0
Dusk0
Dark, lighting unknown0
Other or unknown0
Table 8.Audrain County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
WeatherFatal crashes
Clear18
Cloudy9
Rain1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow0
Other or not reported0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Audrain County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
RouteTypeIn AudrainIn all of Missouri
State Route 19State highway355
State Route BState highway1 or 276
State Route FFState highway1 or 222
State Route ZState highway1 or 233
US Route 54US highway14118

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 Missouri

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Audrain County on the county map of Missouri

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

  • Fewer than 104 counties
  • 10 to 14.917 counties
  • 15 to 19.926 counties
  • 20 to 29.950 counties
  • 30 or more18 counties
  • Audrain County: 14.4

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 Missouri

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Audrain County
CountyStateDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Boone CountyMissouri2019210.5
Callaway CountyMissouri68418.7
Monroe CountyMissouri1 or 21213.8
Montgomery CountyMissouri33934.0
Pike CountyMissouri63921.6
Ralls CountyMissouri43735.8
Randolph CountyMissouri33413.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Missouri have a population nearest to that of Audrain County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

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Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Audrain County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mo/audrain/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

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 . 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 Audrain in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 45 deaths in Audrain County from 2005 to 2014. It records 36 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

How many fatal crashes in Audrain had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 6 of 31 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 Audrain?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 22 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.