Jasper County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Jasper County in 2024.

FARS records 180 deaths in 170 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.7 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, Jasper County was number 10 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Jasper County rose by 10.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (163) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (180).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 16.5% of fatal crashes in Jasper County and 27.5% 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 Jasper 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.Jasper County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	23	5
2023	15	14	3
2022	16	16	1 or 2
2021	21	18	5
2020	20	19	3
2019	15	13	1 or 2
2018	19	19	1 or 2
2017	12	12	1 or 2
2016	17	15	3
2015	21	21	3
2015 to 2024	180	170	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1978)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Jasper County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	23
2023	15	14
2022	16	16
2021	21	18
2020	20	19
2019	15	13
2018	19	19
2017	12	12
2016	17	15
2015	21	21
2014	8	8
2013	20	17
2012	12	10
2011	19	17
2010	13	12
2009	13	11
2008	22	19
2007	15	13
2006	23	20
2005	18	18
2004	22	16
2003	27	22
2002	25	21
2001	24	20
2000	28	23
1999	14	12
1998	15	15
1997	19	18
1996	24	20
1995	15	12
1994	19	18
1993	22	18
1992	18	14
1991	17	17
1990	18	14
1989	24	21
1988	19	18
1987	27	22
1986	26	17
1985	13	13
1984	17	15
1983	24	15
1982	15	14
1981	16	15
1980	22	22
1979	20	20
1978	31	26
1977	21	18
1976	19	15
1975	17	16

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.Jasper County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jasper County	Missouri	United States
2024	19.0	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.7	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. Jasper County had 126,469 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jasper County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 170 fatal crashes	28	170 fatal crashes	16.5%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 170 fatal crashes	48	170 fatal crashes	28.2%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 122 occupant deaths with restraint use known	70	122 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.4%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 180 deaths	20	180 deaths	11.1%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 180 deaths	3	180 deaths	1.7%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 180 deaths	29	180 deaths	16.1%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 169 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	169 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.3%	52.2%
In the darkof 169 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	169 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.1%	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.Jasper 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	4	0	4	4	12
Monday	0	4	7	7	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	9	4	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	7	4	20
Thursday	4	4	11	14	33
Friday	1 or 2	7	12	11	32
Saturday	4	8	10	13	35
All days	18	35	60	57	170

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.Jasper County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	19	11.7%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	7	4.3%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	40	24.5%	23.2%
Minor arterial	42	25.8%	20.9%
Major collector	37	22.7%	19.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.6%	2.5%
Local	17	10.4%	11.9%
Not reported	7	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.Jasper County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	103
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Jasper County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	41
Rain	14
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	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jasper County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jasper	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	10	272
Interstate 49	Interstate	10	92
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 43	State highway	12	35
State Route 96	State highway	12	23
State Route BB	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route D	State highway	1 or 2	84
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route FF	State highway	7	22
State Route H	State highway	3	82
State Route HH	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route M	State highway	3	53
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route P	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route U	State highway	1 or 2	42
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 71	US highway	1 or 2	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.Jasper 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
Jasper County: 14.7

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 Jasper County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Kansas	4	44	22.4
Crawford County	Kansas	6	54	13.8
Barton County	Missouri	3	25	21.3
Dade County	Missouri	1 or 2	20	26.3
Lawrence County	Missouri	10	123	32.0
Newton County	Missouri	29	166	28.1

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 Jasper 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 Jasper in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 163 deaths in Jasper County from 2005 to 2014. It records 180 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jasper in 2024?

The rate of Jasper County in 2024 was 19.0 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 Jasper had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 170 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 Jasper?

17 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 71 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.