St. Louis County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 112 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in St. Louis County in 2024.

FARS records 899 deaths in 827 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.0 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. Louis County was number 2 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in St. Louis County rose by 58.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (567) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (899).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.9% of the fatal crashes in St. Louis 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. Louis 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.St. Louis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	112	106	24
2023	99	92	21
2022	97	89	25
2021	110	97	34
2020	94	85	23
2019	77	74	24
2018	77	69	22
2017	86	80	23
2016	78	70	16
2015	69	65	16
2015 to 2024	899	827	228

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 125 (1981)2024: 112

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

Table 2.St. Louis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	112	106
2023	99	92
2022	97	89
2021	110	97
2020	94	85
2019	77	74
2018	77	69
2017	86	80
2016	78	70
2015	69	65
2014	53	52
2013	50	45
2012	60	57
2011	49	47
2010	45	44
2009	56	50
2008	60	57
2007	55	50
2006	66	63
2005	73	65
2004	66	63
2003	84	80
2002	72	65
2001	80	76
2000	80	65
1999	74	65
1998	72	67
1997	97	88
1996	72	69
1995	78	70
1994	77	74
1993	68	66
1992	90	83
1991	80	77
1990	77	72
1989	76	75
1988	103	95
1987	100	95
1986	102	94
1985	71	64
1984	90	84
1983	97	86
1982	86	75
1981	125	113
1980	117	102
1979	100	92
1978	111	104
1977	122	109
1976	94	86
1975	105	94

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. Louis County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. Louis County	Missouri	United States
2024	11.3	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.0	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. Louis County had 991,666 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. Louis County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 827 fatal crashes	228	827 fatal crashes	27.6%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 827 fatal crashes	303	827 fatal crashes	36.6%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 484 occupant deaths with restraint use known	278	484 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.4%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 899 deaths	214	899 deaths	23.8%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 899 deaths	9	899 deaths	1.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 899 deaths	102	899 deaths	11.3%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 820 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	820 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.9%	52.2%
In the darkof 824 fatal crashes with the condition reported	463	824 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.2%	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. Louis 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	36	9	29	39	113
Monday	19	20	30	41	110
Tuesday	15	23	27	51	116
Wednesday	24	21	24	45	114
Thursday	18	20	26	39	103
Friday	29	28	31	57	145
Saturday	36	16	29	45	126
All days	177	137	196	317	827

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. Louis County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Missouri
Interstate	238	29.1%	15.3%
Other freeways and expressways	31	3.8%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	310	37.9%	23.2%
Minor arterial	144	17.6%	20.9%
Major collector	45	5.5%	19.3%
Minor collector	10	1.2%	2.5%
Local	40	4.9%	11.9%
Not reported	9	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. Louis County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	358
Dark, not lighted	209
Dark, lighted	253
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.St. Louis County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	615
Cloudy	139
Rain	60
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in St. Louis County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. Louis	In all of Missouri
Interstate 44	Interstate	36	272
Interstate 55	Interstate	27	179
Interstate 64	Interstate	15	40
Interstate 70	Interstate	40	346
Interstate 170	Interstate	23	23
Interstate 270	Interstate	92	93
State Route 21	State highway	6	70
State Route 30	State highway	12	75
State Route 100	State highway	16	45
State Route 115	State highway	5	20
State Route 141	State highway	22	31
State Route 180	State highway	23	24
State Route 367	State highway	30	30
State Route AC	State highway	23	25
State Route D	State highway	21	84
State Route HH	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route N	State highway	3	58
State Route P	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route U	State highway	5	42
US Route 50	US highway	3	112
US Route 61	US highway	7	158
US Route 67	US highway	37	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. Louis 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. Louis County: 9.0

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. Louis County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Madison County	Illinois	39	344	13.0
Monroe County	Illinois	3	37	10.7
St. Clair County	Illinois	45	371	14.4
Franklin County	Missouri	19	211	20.2
Jefferson County	Missouri	26	345	15.2
St. Charles County	Missouri	25	301	7.4
St. Louis city	Missouri	48	613	20.5

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. Louis 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.

Cite this page

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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. Louis in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 567 deaths in St. Louis County from 2005 to 2014. It records 899 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. Louis in 2024?

The rate of St. Louis County in 2024 was 11.3 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. Louis had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 228 of 827 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. Louis?

22 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 449 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.