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Valley County, Montana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records no fatal crash in Valley County in 2024.

FARS records 22 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 29.4 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, Valley County was number 26 of 56 counties of Montana.

Deaths in Valley County fell by 8.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (24) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (22).

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

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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Valley 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.Valley County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesCrashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024000
20231 or 21 or 21 or 2
202241 or 20
2021431 or 2
20201 or 21 or 21 or 2
20191 or 21 or 21 or 2
20181 or 21 or 20
2017431 or 2
2016000
201541 or 21 or 2
2015 to 202422158
Each year from 1975
Figure 2.Deaths in Valley County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 9 (1981)2024: 0

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

Table 2.Valley County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashes
202400
20231 or 21 or 2
202241 or 2
202143
20201 or 21 or 2
20191 or 21 or 2
20181 or 21 or 2
201743
201600
201541 or 2
201433
20131 or 21 or 2
201233
20111 or 21 or 2
201033
200931 or 2
20081 or 21 or 2
20071 or 21 or 2
200643
20051 or 21 or 2
200441 or 2
200377
20021 or 21 or 2
20011 or 21 or 2
200033
19991 or 21 or 2
19981 or 21 or 2
19971 or 21 or 2
19961 or 21 or 2
199544
19941 or 21 or 2
19931 or 21 or 2
19921 or 21 or 2
19911 or 21 or 2
19901 or 21 or 2
198941 or 2
19881 or 21 or 2
198733
198655
198533
19841 or 21 or 2
19831 or 21 or 2
198285
198199
198076
19791 or 21 or 2
197833
197766
19761 or 21 or 2
197500

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.Valley County beside Montana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
PeriodValley CountyMontanaUnited States
20240.018.111.5
2015 to 2024, in a year29.418.911.8

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. Valley County had 7,385 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Valley County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in Montana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 15 fatal crashes815 fatal crashes43.9%
A speeding-related driverof 15 fatal crashes415 fatal crashes35.8%
No restraint usedof 18 occupant deaths with restraint use known1018 occupant deathswith restraint use known63.3%
Pedestriansof 22 deaths022 deaths7.5%
Bicyclistsof 22 deaths022 deaths1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 22 deaths1 or 222 deaths13.0%
On a rural roadof 15 fatal crashes with the condition reported1515 fatal crasheswith the condition reported83.5%
In the darkof 15 fatal crashes with the condition reported615 fatal crasheswith the condition reported41.8%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Valley County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday3001 or 24
Monday001 or 201 or 2
Tuesday1 or 21 or 201 or 23
Wednesday00000
Thursday01 or 2001 or 2
Friday01 or 201 or 21 or 2
Saturday01 or 2001 or 2
All days461 or 2315

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.Valley County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in Montana
Interstate00.0%16.6%
Other freeways and expressways1 or 26.7%0.2%
Other principal arterial533.3%32.9%
Minor arterial426.7%15.2%
Major collector1 or 213.3%15.2%
Minor collector00.0%4.1%
Local320.0%15.8%
Not reported0n/an/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.Valley County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light conditionFatal crashes
Daylight8
Dark, not lighted6
Dark, lighted0
Dawn1 or 2
Dusk0
Dark, lighting unknown0
Other or unknown0
Table 8.Valley County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
WeatherFatal crashes
Clear11
Cloudy1 or 2
Rain1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain0
Fog, smog or smoke1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow1 or 2
Other or not reported0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Valley County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
RouteTypeIn ValleyIn all of Montana
US Route 2US highway6105

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.Valley 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
  • Valley County: 29.4

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 Valley County
CountyStateDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Daniels CountyMontana0317.9
Garfield CountyMontana1 or 21080.8
McCone CountyMontana0635.3
Phillips CountyMontana1 or 21638.6
Roosevelt CountyMontana1 or 24036.8

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 Valley County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

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Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Valley County, Montana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mt/valley/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

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 . 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 Valley in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 24 deaths in Valley County from 2005 to 2014. It records 22 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 8 of 15 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 Valley?

FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 2 in the county from 2015 to 2024.