Boone County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Boone County in 2024.

FARS records 192 deaths in 173 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.5 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, Boone County was number 9 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Boone County rose by 3.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (186) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (192).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.5% of the fatal crashes in Boone County with a known setting were rural, against 52.2% 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 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 Boone 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.Boone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	19	4
2023	26	22	3
2022	23	16	7
2021	20	20	5
2020	10	10	3
2019	16	16	5
2018	18	15	5
2017	17	17	1 or 2
2016	27	25	7
2015	15	13	6
2015 to 2024	192	173	47

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2003)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Boone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	19
2023	26	22
2022	23	16
2021	20	20
2020	10	10
2019	16	16
2018	18	15
2017	17	17
2016	27	25
2015	15	13
2014	18	16
2013	10	9
2012	19	19
2011	10	8
2010	11	11
2009	17	17
2008	21	19
2007	23	22
2006	31	27
2005	26	22
2004	25	20
2003	32	27
2002	24	21
2001	16	13
2000	19	18
1999	24	20
1998	26	24
1997	22	18
1996	25	22
1995	13	12
1994	24	18
1993	15	13
1992	14	12
1991	19	15
1990	16	14
1989	15	14
1988	13	13
1987	16	14
1986	13	12
1985	9	8
1984	15	14
1983	9	8
1982	11	11
1981	25	21
1980	17	17
1979	13	13
1978	12	10
1977	22	16
1976	12	9
1975	19	17

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.Boone County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Boone County	Missouri	United States
2024	10.5	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.5	15.5	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. Boone County had 190,897 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Boone County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 173 fatal crashes	47	173 fatal crashes	27.2%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 173 fatal crashes	77	173 fatal crashes	44.5%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 126 occupant deaths with restraint use known	69	126 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.8%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 192 deaths	32	192 deaths	16.7%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 192 deaths	1 or 2	192 deaths	1.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 192 deaths	30	192 deaths	15.6%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 172 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	172 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.5%	52.2%
In the darkof 172 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	172 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.4%	45.3%

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 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Boone 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	6	0	3	5	14
Monday	3	5	10	8	26
Tuesday	0	5	6	10	21
Wednesday	3	8	10	3	24
Thursday	1 or 2	6	7	9	24
Friday	5	3	6	11	25
Saturday	7	6	11	14	38
All days	26	33	53	60	172

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.Boone County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	30	17.5%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	25	14.6%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	24	14.0%	23.2%
Minor arterial	41	24.0%	20.9%
Major collector	26	15.2%	19.3%
Minor collector	4	2.3%	2.5%
Local	21	12.3%	11.9%
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.Boone County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	33
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Boone County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	120
Cloudy	32
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	7

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Boone County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Boone	In all of Missouri
Interstate 70	Interstate	31	346
State Route B	State highway	11	76
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route F	State highway	3	46
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route HH	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route J	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route K	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route Z	State highway	3	33
US Route 40	US highway	1 or 2	43
US Route 63	US highway	30	150

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.Boone 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
Boone County: 10.5

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 Boone County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Audrain County	Missouri	1 or 2	36	14.4
Callaway County	Missouri	6	84	18.7
Cole County	Missouri	3	68	8.8
Cooper County	Missouri	4	33	19.2
Howard County	Missouri	1 or 2	29	28.7
Moniteau County	Missouri	3	31	19.8
Randolph County	Missouri	3	34	13.8

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 Boone 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 Boone in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 186 deaths in Boone County from 2005 to 2014. It records 192 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Boone in 2024?

The rate of Boone County in 2024 was 10.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Missouri was 15.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 47 of 173 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 Boone?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 89 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.