Taney County, Missouri: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Taney County in 2024.

FARS records 115 deaths in 110 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.6 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, Taney County was number 16 of 115 counties of Missouri.

Deaths in Taney County rose by 21.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (95) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 44.5% of fatal crashes in Taney County and 36.5% 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 Taney 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.Taney County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	1 or 2
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	12	12	4
2021	12	12	1 or 2
2020	9	9	3
2019	6	5	0
2018	18	15	5
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	10	10	3
2015	16	15	3
2015 to 2024	115	110	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2000)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Taney County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	8	8
2022	12	12
2021	12	12
2020	9	9
2019	6	5
2018	18	15
2017	11	11
2016	10	10
2015	16	15
2014	13	12
2013	6	6
2012	4	3
2011	7	7
2010	16	14
2009	6	5
2008	8	8
2007	10	10
2006	12	12
2005	13	12
2004	14	14
2003	14	10
2002	12	12
2001	4	4
2000	19	15
1999	15	13
1998	13	9
1997	18	16
1996	12	9
1995	9	8
1994	12	12
1993	8	7
1992	9	7
1991	7	7
1990	8	7
1989	9	9
1988	18	10
1987	4	4
1986	14	13
1985	6	6
1984	7	6
1983	1 or 2	1 or 2
1982	10	10
1981	11	11
1980	8	8
1979	4	4
1978	13	10
1977	10	9
1976	6	6
1975	4	4

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.Taney County beside Missouri and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Taney County	Missouri	United States
2024	22.9	15.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.6	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. Taney County had 56,882 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Taney County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Missouri
A driver recorded as drinkingof 110 fatal crashes	26	110 fatal crashes	23.6%	27.5%
A speeding-related driverof 110 fatal crashes	49	110 fatal crashes	44.5%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 80 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	80 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.3%	63.5%
Pedestriansof 115 deaths	13	115 deaths	11.3%	11.9%
Bicyclistsof 115 deaths	0	115 deaths	0.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 115 deaths	18	115 deaths	15.7%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.5%	52.2%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.3%	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.Taney 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	1 or 2	4	6	7	18
Monday	0	1 or 2	9	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	6	14
Wednesday	0	5	4	8	17
Thursday	0	3	6	7	16
Friday	1 or 2	4	7	4	17
Saturday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	14
All days	8	21	37	42	108

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.Taney 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	13	12.3%	7.0%
Other principal arterial	17	16.0%	23.2%
Minor arterial	30	28.3%	20.9%
Major collector	28	26.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	2.5%
Local	17	16.0%	11.9%
Not reported	4	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.Taney County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Taney County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	70
Cloudy	26
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Taney County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Taney	In all of Missouri
State Route 76	State highway	16	50
State Route 86	State highway	3	30
State Route BB	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route F	State highway	5	46
State Route H	State highway	1 or 2	82
State Route M	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route W	State highway	1 or 2	42
US Route 65	US highway	19	116
US Route 160	US highway	13	75

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.Taney 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
Taney County: 20.6

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 Taney County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Boone County	Arkansas	5	75	19.9
Carroll County	Arkansas	6	87	30.7
Marion County	Arkansas	4	35	20.8
Christian County	Missouri	5	93	10.4
Douglas County	Missouri	1 or 2	36	28.4
Ozark County	Missouri	4	29	32.1
Stone County	Missouri	10	82	25.8

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 Taney 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 Taney in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 95 deaths in Taney County from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Taney in 2024?

The rate of Taney County in 2024 was 22.9 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 Taney had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 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 Taney?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.