Ravalli County, Montana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Ravalli County in 2024.

FARS records 46 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Montana in the same years is 18.9.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Ravalli County was number 14 of 56 counties of Montana.

Deaths in Ravalli County fell by 19.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (57) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (46).

In the counties of Montana the deaths fell by 9.7% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 31.1% of the fatal crashes in Ravalli County with known light were in the dark, against 41.8% in Montana.

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 Ravalli County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Ravalli County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	3	0
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	10	10	5
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	3	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	46	45	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 12 (1994)2024: 4

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

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

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.Ravalli County beside Montana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ravalli County	Montana	United States
2024	8.3	18.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.3	18.9	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. Ravalli County had 48,037 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ravalli County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Montana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 45 fatal crashes	16	45 fatal crashes	35.6%	43.9%
A speeding-related driverof 45 fatal crashes	20	45 fatal crashes	44.4%	35.8%
No restraint usedof 35 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	35 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.3%	63.3%
Pedestriansof 46 deaths	1 or 2	46 deaths	4.3%	7.5%
Bicyclistsof 46 deaths	0	46 deaths	0.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 46 deaths	9	46 deaths	19.6%	13.0%
On a rural roadof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	93.3%	83.5%
In the darkof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.1%	41.8%

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.Ravalli 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	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Monday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4
Wednesday	0	0	3	1 or 2	5
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
All days	4	9	16	14	43

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.Ravalli County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Montana
Interstate	0	0.0%	16.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.2%
Other principal arterial	24	53.3%	32.9%
Minor arterial	1 or 2	2.2%	15.2%
Major collector	6	13.3%	15.2%
Minor collector	6	13.3%	4.1%
Local	8	17.8%	15.8%
Not reported	0	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.Ravalli County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	30
Dark, not lighted	13
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Ravalli County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	27
Cloudy	11
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Ravalli County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ravalli	In all of Montana
US Route 93	US highway	23	121

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 Montana

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Ravalli County on the county map of Montana

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.911 counties
15 to 19.96 counties
20 to 29.97 counties
30 or more27 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown3 counties
Ravalli County: 10.3

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 Montana

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Ravalli County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Idaho County	Idaho	15	82	48.5
Lemhi County	Idaho	0	21	26.1
Beaverhead County	Montana	6	33	34.5
Deer Lodge County	Montana	5	21	22.4
Granite County	Montana	1 or 2	22	65.0
Missoula County	Montana	15	165	13.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Montana have a population nearest to that of Ravalli 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. Ravalli County, Montana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mt/ravalli/. 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 Ravalli in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 57 deaths in Ravalli County from 2005 to 2014. It records 46 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ravalli in 2024?

The rate of Ravalli County in 2024 was 8.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Montana was 18.1. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Ravalli had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 45 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 Ravalli?

FARS records 23 fatal crashes on US Route 93 in the county from 2015 to 2024.