Franklin County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Franklin County in 2024.

FARS records 211 deaths in 187 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.2 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, Franklin County was number 7 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Franklin County fell by 15.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (251) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (211).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 65.9% of the fatal crashes in Franklin 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 Franklin 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.Franklin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	16	3
2023	20	18	5
2022	26	22	9
2021	14	14	4
2020	17	16	7
2019	32	26	8
2018	26	23	9
2017	14	14	1 or 2
2016	21	18	6
2015	22	20	6
2015 to 2024	211	187	59

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1990)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Franklin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	16
2023	20	18
2022	26	22
2021	14	14
2020	17	16
2019	32	26
2018	26	23
2017	14	14
2016	21	18
2015	22	20
2014	23	23
2013	25	19
2012	23	22
2011	15	15
2010	28	26
2009	16	16
2008	30	24
2007	30	26
2006	21	19
2005	40	35
2004	21	17
2003	36	32
2002	32	31
2001	38	32
2000	26	22
1999	38	28
1998	38	32
1997	34	28
1996	42	30
1995	32	24
1994	31	27
1993	27	23
1992	25	23
1991	18	18
1990	42	32
1989	27	25
1988	38	33
1987	23	22
1986	28	21
1985	33	29
1984	20	17
1983	17	15
1982	17	15
1981	19	14
1980	21	16
1979	29	25
1978	28	24
1977	23	15
1976	21	17
1975	19	18

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.Franklin County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Franklin County	Missouri	United States
2024	17.7	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.2	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. Franklin County had 107,387 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Franklin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 187 fatal crashes	59	187 fatal crashes	31.6%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 187 fatal crashes	68	187 fatal crashes	36.4%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 146 occupant deaths with restraint use known	83	146 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.8%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 211 deaths	16	211 deaths	7.6%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 211 deaths	1 or 2	211 deaths	0.5%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 211 deaths	36	211 deaths	17.1%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 185 fatal crashes with the condition reported	122	185 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.9%	52.2%
In the darkof 186 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	186 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.2%	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.Franklin 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	7	8	10	9	34
Monday	4	4	13	3	24
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	8	7	20
Wednesday	3	6	10	4	23
Thursday	3	7	7	5	22
Friday	4	6	7	9	26
Saturday	4	5	12	16	37
All days	26	40	67	53	186

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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	36	19.9%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	51	28.2%	23.2%
Minor arterial	27	14.9%	20.9%
Major collector	38	21.0%	19.3%
Minor collector	10	5.5%	2.5%
Local	19	10.5%	11.9%
Not reported	6	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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	115
Dark, not lighted	62
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Franklin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	120
Cloudy	49
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Franklin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Franklin	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	36	272
State Route 30	State highway	7	75
State Route 47	State highway	22	53
State Route 100	State highway	18	45
State Route A	State highway	1 or 2	48
State Route C	State highway	1 or 2	57
State Route CC	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route FF	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route HH	State highway	3	23
State Route J	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route K	State highway	4	45
State Route N	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route O	State highway	3	47
State Route OO	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route W	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 50	US highway	14	112

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.Franklin 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
Franklin County: 20.2

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 Franklin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crawford County	Missouri	6	58	24.7
Gasconade County	Missouri	1 or 2	42	28.5
Jefferson County	Missouri	26	345	15.2
St. Charles County	Missouri	25	301	7.4
St. Louis County	Missouri	112	899	9.0
Warren County	Missouri	6	49	13.7
Washington County	Missouri	8	71	29.4

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 Franklin 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 Franklin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 251 deaths in Franklin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 211 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Franklin in 2024?

The rate of Franklin County in 2024 was 17.7 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 Franklin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 59 of 187 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 Franklin?

20 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 125 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.