St. Francois County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in St. Francois County in 2024.

FARS records 120 deaths in 110 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, St. Francois County was number 14 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in St. Francois County fell by 6.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (128) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (120).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.9% of the fatal crashes in St. Francois 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 St. Francois 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.St. Francois County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	10	3
2023	11	9	3
2022	18	17	5
2021	15	15	4
2020	15	13	1 or 2
2019	15	13	5
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	11	10	3
2015 to 2024	120	110	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1995)2024: 12

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

Table 2.St. Francois County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	10
2023	11	9
2022	18	17
2021	15	15
2020	15	13
2019	15	13
2018	4	4
2017	9	9
2016	10	10
2015	11	10
2014	11	11
2013	15	15
2012	7	7
2011	15	11
2010	13	13
2009	16	11
2008	12	10
2007	17	17
2006	14	12
2005	8	8
2004	21	20
2003	13	12
2002	22	18
2001	15	14
2000	13	12
1999	11	11
1998	9	9
1997	16	10
1996	12	12
1995	25	21
1994	22	17
1993	18	15
1992	7	7
1991	10	8
1990	18	14
1989	20	15
1988	11	9
1987	13	12
1986	14	13
1985	12	11
1984	5	5
1983	5	5
1982	9	9
1981	13	11
1980	16	13
1979	9	8
1978	16	15
1977	13	13
1976	16	14
1975	12	12

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.St. Francois County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. Francois County	Missouri	United States
2024	17.8	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. St. Francois County had 67,449 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. Francois County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 110 fatal crashes	31	110 fatal crashes	28.2%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 110 fatal crashes	35	110 fatal crashes	31.8%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	69.9%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 120 deaths	22	120 deaths	18.3%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 120 deaths	0	120 deaths	0.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 120 deaths	21	120 deaths	17.5%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.9%	52.2%
In the darkof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.4%	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.St. Francois 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	5	5	6	22
Monday	3	0	1 or 2	8	12
Tuesday	0	5	3	7	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Friday	0	4	9	9	22
Saturday	6	4	5	6	21
All days	18	20	31	41	110

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.St. Francois County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	0	0.0%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	24	22.4%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	22	20.6%	23.2%
Minor arterial	11	10.3%	20.9%
Major collector	26	24.3%	19.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	2.5%
Local	23	21.5%	11.9%
Not reported	3	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.St. Francois County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.St. Francois County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	17
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 St. Francois County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. Francois	In all of Missouri
State Route 8	State highway	8	22
State Route 32	State highway	8	57
State Route 47	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route B	State highway	1 or 2	76
State Route D	State highway	1 or 2	84
State Route E	State highway	1 or 2	51
State Route K	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route N	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route O	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route OO	State highway	6	21
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route Y	State highway	4	42
US Route 67	US highway	33	136

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.St. Francois 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
St. Francois County: 18.0

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 St. Francois County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Iron County	Missouri	1 or 2	28	28.5
Jefferson County	Missouri	26	345	15.2
Madison County	Missouri	1 or 2	27	21.7
Perry County	Missouri	3	39	20.4
Ste. Genevieve County	Missouri	3	46	25.2
Washington County	Missouri	8	71	29.4

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 St. Francois 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 St. Francois in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 128 deaths in St. Francois County from 2005 to 2014. It records 120 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. Francois in 2024?

The rate of St. Francois County in 2024 was 17.8 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 St. Francois had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 110 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 St. Francois?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.