Greene County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 38 deaths in 37 fatal crashes in Greene County in 2024.

FARS records 398 deaths in 373 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.4 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, Greene County was number 4 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Greene County rose by 20.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (330) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (398).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 27.2% of the fatal crashes in Greene 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 Greene 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.Greene County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	38	37	10
2023	54	49	12
2022	46	41	9
2021	49	45	12
2020	40	38	13
2019	36	31	7
2018	31	31	4
2017	32	31	8
2016	44	43	10
2015	28	27	7
2015 to 2024	398	373	92

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 66 (1996)2024: 38

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

Table 2.Greene County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	38	37
2023	54	49
2022	46	41
2021	49	45
2020	40	38
2019	36	31
2018	31	31
2017	32	31
2016	44	43
2015	28	27
2014	23	23
2013	28	27
2012	38	35
2011	24	23
2010	31	29
2009	30	26
2008	32	26
2007	27	26
2006	48	44
2005	49	41
2004	42	40
2003	38	35
2002	52	43
2001	23	21
2000	29	24
1999	39	34
1998	40	37
1997	30	28
1996	66	54
1995	51	45
1994	39	35
1993	32	26
1992	31	28
1991	35	30
1990	19	18
1989	31	29
1988	34	33
1987	38	34
1986	32	30
1985	28	25
1984	40	36
1983	38	35
1982	32	25
1981	34	34
1980	39	34
1979	26	21
1978	31	29
1977	34	29
1976	32	30
1975	32	30

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.Greene County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Greene County	Missouri	United States
2024	12.4	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.4	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. Greene County had 307,174 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Greene County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 373 fatal crashes	92	373 fatal crashes	24.7%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 373 fatal crashes	120	373 fatal crashes	32.2%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 209 occupant deaths with restraint use known	114	209 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.5%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 398 deaths	61	398 deaths	15.3%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 398 deaths	11	398 deaths	2.8%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 398 deaths	92	398 deaths	23.1%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 371 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	371 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.2%	52.2%
In the darkof 371 fatal crashes with the condition reported	167	371 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.0%	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.Greene 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	10	12	15	14	51
Monday	5	10	21	11	47
Tuesday	10	12	18	14	54
Wednesday	3	3	20	13	39
Thursday	1 or 2	9	18	18	47
Friday	8	8	19	29	64
Saturday	11	9	19	32	71
All days	49	63	130	131	373

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.Greene County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	25	6.9%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	56	15.4%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	134	36.8%	23.2%
Minor arterial	48	13.2%	20.9%
Major collector	55	15.1%	19.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	2.5%
Local	44	12.1%	11.9%
Not reported	9	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.Greene County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	204
Dark, not lighted	64
Dark, lighted	103
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Greene County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	264
Cloudy	82
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Greene County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Greene	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	28	272
State Route 13	State highway	14	99
State Route A	State highway	1 or 2	48
State Route CC	State highway	5	29
State Route D	State highway	6	84
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route H	State highway	5	82
State Route MM	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route N	State highway	3	58
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route OO	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route Z	State highway	3	33
US Route 60	US highway	24	156
US Route 65	US highway	19	116
US Route 160	US highway	10	75

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.Greene 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
Greene County: 13.4

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 Greene County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Christian County	Missouri	5	93	10.4
Dade County	Missouri	1 or 2	20	26.3
Dallas County	Missouri	1 or 2	46	26.9
Lawrence County	Missouri	10	123	32.0
Polk County	Missouri	5	56	17.4
Webster County	Missouri	10	82	20.7

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 Greene 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 Greene in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 330 deaths in Greene County from 2005 to 2014. It records 398 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Greene in 2024?

The rate of Greene County in 2024 was 12.4 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 Greene had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 92 of 373 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 Greene?

16 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 124 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.