Stoddard County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Stoddard County in 2024.

FARS records 60 deaths in 52 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.7 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, Stoddard County was number 44 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Stoddard County fell by 10.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (67) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (60).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 84.6% of the fatal crashes in Stoddard 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 Stoddard 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.Stoddard County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	0
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	5	4	0
2021	4	4	0
2020	4	4	0
2019	5	4	0
2018	5	5	0
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	13	10	1 or 2
2015	6	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	60	52	7

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1997)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Stoddard County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	6	6
2022	5	4
2021	4	4
2020	4	4
2019	5	4
2018	5	5
2017	7	7
2016	13	10
2015	6	4
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	6	5
2012	9	7
2011	9	8
2010	7	7
2009	7	7
2008	5	5
2007	5	4
2006	6	5
2005	12	11
2004	7	6
2003	13	11
2002	5	5
2001	7	6
2000	9	8
1999	10	8
1998	8	6
1997	20	13
1996	7	7
1995	10	8
1994	7	6
1993	4	4
1992	7	5
1991	12	9
1990	11	10
1989	10	7
1988	10	9
1987	12	10
1986	17	13
1985	8	7
1984	6	6
1983	12	10
1982	1 or 2	1 or 2
1981	11	6
1980	5	5
1979	6	6
1978	1 or 2	1 or 2
1977	8	8
1976	7	6
1975	10	9

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.Stoddard County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Stoddard County	Missouri	United States
2024	17.6	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.7	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. Stoddard County had 28,384 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Stoddard County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 52 fatal crashes	7	52 fatal crashes	13.5%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 52 fatal crashes	13	52 fatal crashes	25.0%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 44 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	44 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.9%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 60 deaths	6	60 deaths	10.0%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 60 deaths	1 or 2	60 deaths	3.3%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 60 deaths	4	60 deaths	6.7%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 52 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	52 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	84.6%	52.2%
In the darkof 51 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	51 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.2%	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.Stoddard 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	0	1 or 2	0	3	5
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	0	4	0	0	4
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Friday	1 or 2	0	4	0	5
Saturday	3	1 or 2	7	7	19
All days	5	14	18	15	52

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.Stoddard 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	5	9.8%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	3	5.9%	23.2%
Minor arterial	11	21.6%	20.9%
Major collector	21	41.2%	19.3%
Minor collector	3	5.9%	2.5%
Local	8	15.7%	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.Stoddard County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	31
Dark, not lighted	17
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Stoddard County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	37
Cloudy	10
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Stoddard County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Stoddard	In all of Missouri
State Route 25	State highway	11	29
State Route 51	State highway	5	30
State Route C	State highway	1 or 2	57
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route J	State highway	3	44
State Route M	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route N	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route T	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route U	State highway	1 or 2	42
State Route W	State highway	1 or 2	42
State Route Y	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 60	US highway	8	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.Stoddard 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
Stoddard County: 20.7

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 Stoddard County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bollinger County	Missouri	8	33	29.0
Butler County	Missouri	14	102	24.1
Cape Girardeau County	Missouri	10	110	13.6
Dunklin County	Missouri	6	73	25.4
New Madrid County	Missouri	9	68	40.8
Scott County	Missouri	6	61	15.9
Wayne County	Missouri	5	27	22.4

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 Stoddard 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

Fatal Roads. Stoddard County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mo/stoddard/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Stoddard in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 67 deaths in Stoddard County from 2005 to 2014. It records 60 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Stoddard in 2024?

The rate of Stoddard County in 2024 was 17.6 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 Stoddard had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 7 of 52 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 Stoddard?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 37 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.