Sarpy County, Nebraska: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Sarpy County in 2024.

FARS records 106 deaths in 93 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Nebraska in the same years is 12.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Sarpy County was number 3 of 93 counties of Nebraska.

Deaths in Sarpy County rose by 32.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (80) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (106).

In the counties of Nebraska the deaths rose by 4.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 43.9% of the occupants killed in Sarpy County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 63.2% in Nebraska.

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 Sarpy 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.Sarpy County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	3
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	12	10	1 or 2
2021	10	9	3
2020	9	9	6
2019	22	15	4
2018	10	8	1 or 2
2017	11	10	4
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	9	9	3
2015 to 2024	106	93	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2019)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Sarpy County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	8	8
2022	12	10
2021	10	9
2020	9	9
2019	22	15
2018	10	8
2017	11	10
2016	7	7
2015	9	9
2014	3	1 or 2
2013	8	8
2012	7	7
2011	8	6
2010	9	8
2009	4	4
2008	8	8
2007	11	11
2006	17	15
2005	5	3
2004	10	9
2003	7	5
2002	13	12
2001	10	10
2000	7	6
1999	10	10
1998	6	5
1997	8	7
1996	10	8
1995	7	7
1994	6	5
1993	6	6
1992	7	5
1991	3	3
1990	11	7
1989	8	6
1988	10	7
1987	9	9
1986	4	4
1985	4	4
1984	11	9
1983	9	8
1982	6	6
1981	13	13
1980	16	13
1979	9	6
1978	8	7
1977	21	15
1976	14	9
1975	10	10

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.Sarpy County beside Nebraska and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sarpy County	Nebraska	United States
2024	3.9	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.6	12.1	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. Sarpy County had 204,519 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sarpy County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nebraska
A driver recorded as drinkingof 93 fatal crashes	29	93 fatal crashes	31.2%	32.6%
A speeding-related driverof 93 fatal crashes	19	93 fatal crashes	20.4%	17.5%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.9%	63.2%
Pedestriansof 106 deaths	9	106 deaths	8.5%	7.8%
Bicyclistsof 106 deaths	0	106 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 106 deaths	17	106 deaths	16.0%	11.0%
On a rural roadof 93 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	93 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.8%	68.5%
In the darkof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.8%	41.4%

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.Sarpy 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	3	3	5	3	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	0	11
Wednesday	3	5	3	4	15
Thursday	0	6	6	1 or 2	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	7	14
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	3	11
All days	10	21	33	20	84

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.Sarpy County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nebraska
Interstate	6	6.5%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	15	16.1%	4.3%
Other principal arterial	25	26.9%	30.4%
Minor arterial	19	20.4%	25.5%
Major collector	6	6.5%	10.1%
Minor collector	3	3.2%	1.9%
Local	19	20.4%	16.7%
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.Sarpy County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Sarpy County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	14
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sarpy County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sarpy	In all of Nebraska
Interstate 80	Interstate	6	205
State Route 50	State highway	9	21
US Route 6	US highway	8	78
US Route 34	US highway	3	46
US Route 75	US highway	13	68
US Route 77	US highway	1 or 2	52

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 Nebraska

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Sarpy County on the county map of Nebraska

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

Fewer than 1010 counties
10 to 14.917 counties
15 to 19.912 counties
20 to 29.926 counties
30 or more21 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown7 counties
Sarpy County: 5.6

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 Nebraska

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Sarpy County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Mills County	Iowa	3	32	21.6
Pottawattamie County	Iowa	9	118	12.6
Cass County	Nebraska	3	62	23.4
Douglas County	Nebraska	63	441	7.7
Saunders County	Nebraska	5	47	21.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Nebraska have a population nearest to that of Sarpy 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 Sarpy in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 80 deaths in Sarpy County from 2005 to 2014. It records 106 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sarpy in 2024?

The rate of Sarpy County in 2024 was 3.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Nebraska was 12.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 93 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 Sarpy?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 40 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.