Camden County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Camden County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Camden County was number 20 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Camden County fell by 10.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (119) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.9% of the fatal crashes in Camden 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 Camden 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.Camden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	3
2023	8	7	3
2022	10	7	3
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	17	15	4
2019	6	6	3
2018	16	13	4
2017	8	7	4
2016	11	11	3
2015	9	7	4
2015 to 2024	107	95	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2008)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Camden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	8	7
2022	10	7
2021	10	10
2020	17	15
2019	6	6
2018	16	13
2017	8	7
2016	11	11
2015	9	7
2014	11	8
2013	6	6
2012	12	11
2011	5	5
2010	6	6
2009	10	10
2008	21	16
2007	19	17
2006	12	11
2005	17	14
2004	9	8
2003	17	12
2002	13	12
2001	11	11
2000	19	16
1999	14	14
1998	9	8
1997	5	5
1996	11	11
1995	17	16
1994	12	6
1993	9	9
1992	10	8
1991	7	7
1990	9	8
1989	3	3
1988	9	8
1987	14	11
1986	15	13
1985	6	6
1984	18	11
1983	9	8
1982	8	8
1981	9	7
1980	7	6
1979	12	12
1978	6	6
1977	13	12
1976	10	9
1975	7	6

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.Camden County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Camden County	Missouri	United States
2024	27.2	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Camden County had 44,195 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Camden County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	33	95 fatal crashes	34.7%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	51	95 fatal crashes	53.7%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	63.6%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	4	107 deaths	3.7%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	0	107 deaths	0.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	11	107 deaths	10.3%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.9%	52.2%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.1%	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.Camden 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	3	1 or 2	4	10
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	4	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	4	14
Thursday	0	4	5	5	14
Friday	1 or 2	0	7	8	17
Saturday	5	3	8	1 or 2	18
All days	13	16	38	28	95

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.Camden County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	0	0.0%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	8	8.7%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	31	33.7%	23.2%
Minor arterial	7	7.6%	20.9%
Major collector	16	17.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	8	8.7%	2.5%
Local	22	23.9%	11.9%
Not reported	3	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.Camden County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Camden County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	58
Cloudy	25
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Camden County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Camden	In all of Missouri
State Route 5	State highway	14	83
State Route 7	State highway	8	60
State Route A	State highway	3	48
State Route D	State highway	3	84
State Route F	State highway	3	46
State Route FF	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route M	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route MM	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route Y	State highway	1 or 2	42
State Route Z	State highway	1 or 2	33
US Route 54	US highway	22	118

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.Camden 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
Camden County: 24.0

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 Camden County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Benton County	Missouri	7	45	22.9
Dallas County	Missouri	1 or 2	46	26.9
Hickory County	Missouri	1 or 2	32	35.5
Laclede County	Missouri	10	87	24.2
Miller County	Missouri	5	65	25.8
Morgan County	Missouri	5	63	30.0
Pulaski County	Missouri	7	63	11.8

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 Camden 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 Camden in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 119 deaths in Camden County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Camden in 2024?

The rate of Camden County in 2024 was 27.2 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 Camden had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 95 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 Camden?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.