Platte County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Platte County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Platte County was number 15 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Platte County fell by 7.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (126) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 38.3% of the fatal crashes in Platte 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 Platte 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.Platte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	1 or 2
2023	14	13	4
2022	13	12	3
2021	11	11	4
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	9	9	3
2017	21	16	6
2016	13	13	6
2015	7	7	3
2015 to 2024	116	107	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2017)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Platte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	14	13
2022	13	12
2021	11	11
2020	9	9
2019	8	8
2018	9	9
2017	21	16
2016	13	13
2015	7	7
2014	9	8
2013	12	11
2012	13	11
2011	10	9
2010	14	14
2009	9	9
2008	13	13
2007	16	15
2006	12	12
2005	18	15
2004	10	8
2003	13	11
2002	10	10
2001	12	11
2000	19	10
1999	10	10
1998	16	16
1997	11	11
1996	10	10
1995	14	13
1994	7	6
1993	7	7
1992	15	15
1991	10	10
1990	12	10
1989	18	15
1988	13	9
1987	15	13
1986	11	8
1985	13	12
1984	14	14
1983	8	8
1982	12	12
1981	6	5
1980	12	12
1979	12	10
1978	17	15
1977	16	14
1976	18	15
1975	13	11

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.Platte County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Platte County	Missouri	United States
2024	9.7	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Platte County had 113,027 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Platte County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	34	107 fatal crashes	31.8%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	36	107 fatal crashes	33.6%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.9%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	18	116 deaths	15.5%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	1 or 2	116 deaths	1.7%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	13	116 deaths	11.2%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.3%	52.2%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.3%	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.Platte 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	6	3	5	1 or 2	16
Monday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	13
Tuesday	4	4	5	4	17
Wednesday	0	4	1 or 2	4	10
Thursday	6	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	14
Friday	1 or 2	6	7	3	18
Saturday	7	1 or 2	5	3	17
All days	28	23	29	25	105

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.Platte County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	45	42.9%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	11	10.5%	23.2%
Minor arterial	19	18.1%	20.9%
Major collector	16	15.2%	19.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.9%	2.5%
Local	11	10.5%	11.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Platte County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Platte County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	17
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Platte County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Platte	In all of Missouri
Interstate 29	Interstate	32	56
Interstate 435	Interstate	9	101
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route M	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route N	State highway	4	58
State Route P	State highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 69	US highway	1 or 2	20

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.Platte 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
Platte County: 11.0

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 Platte County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Atchison County	Kansas	5	28	17.2
Leavenworth County	Kansas	7	111	13.5
Wyandotte County	Kansas	21	245	14.7
Buchanan County	Missouri	8	106	12.3
Clay County	Missouri	29	206	8.2
Clinton County	Missouri	1 or 2	30	14.3

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 Platte 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 Platte in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 126 deaths in Platte County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Platte in 2024?

The rate of Platte County in 2024 was 9.7 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 Platte had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 107 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 Platte?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.