Newton County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Newton County in 2024.

FARS records 166 deaths in 150 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.1 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, Newton County was number 11 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Newton County fell by 5.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (176) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (166).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 70.3% of the fatal crashes in Newton 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 Newton 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.Newton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	26	9
2023	17	16	4
2022	22	21	6
2021	13	12	5
2020	15	15	1 or 2
2019	15	14	5
2018	14	11	1 or 2
2017	21	16	7
2016	14	13	4
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	166	150	45

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1976)2024: 29

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

Table 2.Newton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	26
2023	17	16
2022	22	21
2021	13	12
2020	15	15
2019	15	14
2018	14	11
2017	21	16
2016	14	13
2015	6	6
2014	26	22
2013	8	8
2012	8	8
2011	14	14
2010	18	15
2009	18	18
2008	14	13
2007	22	20
2006	23	19
2005	25	20
2004	19	18
2003	18	17
2002	17	15
2001	15	13
2000	15	13
1999	11	10
1998	9	9
1997	27	23
1996	25	22
1995	19	18
1994	11	10
1993	12	11
1992	13	12
1991	12	11
1990	20	16
1989	21	18
1988	13	13
1987	24	20
1986	20	16
1985	10	10
1984	20	19
1983	22	19
1982	22	19
1981	14	13
1980	24	21
1979	18	16
1978	15	14
1977	16	11
1976	29	24
1975	17	15

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.Newton County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Newton County	Missouri	United States
2024	47.1	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.1	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. Newton County had 61,608 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Newton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 150 fatal crashes	45	150 fatal crashes	30.0%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 150 fatal crashes	43	150 fatal crashes	28.7%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	68	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.0%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 166 deaths	15	166 deaths	9.0%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 166 deaths	3	166 deaths	1.8%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 166 deaths	29	166 deaths	17.5%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.3%	52.2%
In the darkof 147 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	147 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.0%	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.Newton 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	8	4	9	3	24
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	5	16
Tuesday	4	8	7	5	24
Wednesday	0	5	9	9	23
Thursday	3	5	10	6	24
Friday	1 or 2	5	3	7	17
Saturday	5	3	4	9	21
All days	23	32	50	44	149

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.Newton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	26	18.6%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	24	17.1%	23.2%
Minor arterial	31	22.1%	20.9%
Major collector	34	24.3%	19.3%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	2.5%
Local	25	17.9%	11.9%
Not reported	10	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.Newton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	96
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Newton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	97
Cloudy	36
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Newton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Newton	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	16	272
Interstate 49	Interstate	10	92
State Route 43	State highway	12	35
State Route 59	State highway	5	20
State Route 86	State highway	16	30
State Route B	State highway	1 or 2	76
State Route C	State highway	1 or 2	57
State Route CC	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route D	State highway	1 or 2	84
State Route FF	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route H	State highway	3	82
State Route HH	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route K	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route M	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route U	State highway	3	42
State Route V	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route Y	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 60	US highway	17	156

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.Newton 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
Newton County: 28.1

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 Newton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Kansas	4	44	22.4
Barry County	Missouri	4	101	28.6
Jasper County	Missouri	24	180	14.7
Lawrence County	Missouri	10	123	32.0
McDonald County	Missouri	12	87	37.4
Ottawa County	Oklahoma	13	117	37.8

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 Newton 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 Newton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 176 deaths in Newton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 166 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Newton in 2024?

The rate of Newton County in 2024 was 47.1 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 Newton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 45 of 150 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 Newton?

19 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 95 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.