Jackson County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 123 deaths in 112 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 1,067 deaths in 992 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.1 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, Jackson County was number 1 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Jackson County rose by 41.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (756) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,067).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.7% of the fatal crashes in Jackson 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 Jackson County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	123	112	37
2023	132	116	41
2022	111	106	33
2021	114	107	33
2020	123	116	48
2019	93	89	28
2018	89	83	23
2017	111	102	35
2016	89	83	33
2015	82	78	23
2015 to 2024	1,067	992	334

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 132 (2023)2024: 123

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	123	112
2023	132	116
2022	111	106
2021	114	107
2020	123	116
2019	93	89
2018	89	83
2017	111	102
2016	89	83
2015	82	78
2014	60	56
2013	72	67
2012	77	73
2011	72	69
2010	77	70
2009	80	72
2008	83	76
2007	68	66
2006	82	79
2005	85	83
2004	77	72
2003	77	76
2002	109	96
2001	97	91
2000	97	86
1999	91	82
1998	83	73
1997	109	97
1996	100	93
1995	78	74
1994	75	67
1993	92	80
1992	85	74
1991	100	85
1990	90	83
1989	102	91
1988	86	82
1987	98	90
1986	105	91
1985	112	106
1984	99	89
1983	88	82
1982	106	100
1981	85	81
1980	126	113
1979	113	99
1978	106	103
1977	106	99
1976	86	77
1975	96	85

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.Jackson County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Missouri	United States
2024	16.9	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.1	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. Jackson County had 729,123 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 992 fatal crashes	334	992 fatal crashes	33.7%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 992 fatal crashes	446	992 fatal crashes	45.0%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 593 occupant deaths with restraint use known	397	593 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.9%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 1,067 deaths	178	1,067 deaths	16.7%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 1,067 deaths	20	1,067 deaths	1.9%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 1,067 deaths	171	1,067 deaths	16.0%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 990 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	990 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.7%	52.2%
In the darkof 988 fatal crashes with the condition reported	537	988 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.4%	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.Jackson 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	57	15	32	51	155
Monday	30	18	39	37	124
Tuesday	13	21	32	42	108
Wednesday	32	25	38	50	145
Thursday	22	26	35	43	126
Friday	33	20	39	57	149
Saturday	56	18	43	66	183
All days	243	143	258	346	990

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	205	21.0%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	65	6.7%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	196	20.1%	23.2%
Minor arterial	320	32.8%	20.9%
Major collector	76	7.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.5%
Local	115	11.8%	11.9%
Not reported	15	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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	448
Dark, not lighted	143
Dark, lighted	390
Dawn	3
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	689
Cloudy	204
Rain	58
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	14
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	19

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Missouri
Interstate 35	Interstate	8	48
Interstate 49	Interstate	15	92
Interstate 70	Interstate	79	346
Interstate 435	Interstate	69	101
Interstate 470	Interstate	25	25
State Route 7	State highway	9	60
State Route 291	State highway	17	33
State Route D	State highway	1 or 2	84
State Route F	State highway	5	46
State Route FF	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route W	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 24	US highway	31	58
US Route 40	US highway	35	43
US Route 50	US highway	17	112
US Route 60	US highway	1 or 2	156
US Route 71	US highway	40	64

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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 15.1

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 Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Johnson County	Kansas	23	261	4.3
Wyandotte County	Kansas	21	245	14.7
Cass County	Missouri	11	142	13.2
Clay County	Missouri	29	206	8.2
Johnson County	Missouri	13	86	15.8
Lafayette County	Missouri	8	71	21.6
Ray County	Missouri	1 or 2	45	19.6

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 756 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,067 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 16.9 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 334 of 992 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 Jackson?

18 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 358 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.