Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Scotts Bluff County in 2024.

FARS records 53 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.7 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, Scotts Bluff County was number 9 of 93 counties of Nebraska.

Deaths in Scotts Bluff County fell by 1.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (54) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (53).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 27.1% of fatal crashes in Scotts Bluff County and 17.5% 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 Scotts Bluff 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.Scotts Bluff County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	5	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	3	3	1 or 2
2021	7	6	3
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	6	6	0
2016	9	8	4
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	53	48	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1981)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Scotts Bluff County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	5
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	3	3
2021	7	6
2020	7	6
2019	3	3
2018	5	5
2017	6	6
2016	9	8
2015	4	4
2014	5	5
2013	7	6
2012	5	5
2011	4	4
2010	4	4
2009	5	4
2008	4	4
2007	7	5
2006	6	3
2005	7	7
2004	8	7
2003	3	3
2002	7	7
2001	3	1 or 2
2000	6	5
1999	8	5
1998	11	11
1997	6	6
1996	7	7
1995	7	6
1994	10	6
1993	7	5
1992	1 or 2	1 or 2
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	7	4
1989	7	7
1988	3	3
1987	9	9
1986	9	8
1985	4	4
1984	12	12
1983	4	1 or 2
1982	11	10
1981	14	13
1980	13	10
1979	10	10
1978	7	7
1977	7	7
1976	11	11
1975	5	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.Scotts Bluff County beside Nebraska and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Scotts Bluff County	Nebraska	United States
2024	19.6	12.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.7	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. Scotts Bluff County had 35,658 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Scotts Bluff County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nebraska
A driver recorded as drinkingof 48 fatal crashes	16	48 fatal crashes	33.3%	32.6%
A speeding-related driverof 48 fatal crashes	13	48 fatal crashes	27.1%	17.5%
No restraint usedof 39 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	39 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.7%	63.2%
Pedestriansof 53 deaths	4	53 deaths	7.5%	7.8%
Bicyclistsof 53 deaths	1 or 2	53 deaths	1.9%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 53 deaths	7	53 deaths	13.2%	11.0%
On a rural roadof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.0%	68.5%
In the darkof 47 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	47 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	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.Scotts Bluff 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	1 or 2	3	8
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Thursday	0	0	3	1 or 2	5
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
All days	6	9	17	13	45

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.Scotts Bluff County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nebraska
Interstate	0	0.0%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	2.1%	4.3%
Other principal arterial	18	37.5%	30.4%
Minor arterial	11	22.9%	25.5%
Major collector	7	14.6%	10.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.9%
Local	11	22.9%	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.Scotts Bluff County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	25
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Scotts Bluff County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	38
Cloudy	4
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Scotts Bluff County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Scotts Bluff	In all of Nebraska
State Route 92	State highway	5	31
US Route 26	US highway	16	24

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.Scotts Bluff 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
Scotts Bluff County: 14.7

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 Nebraska

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Scotts Bluff County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Banner County	Nebraska	1 or 2	3	42.8
Box Butte County	Nebraska	3	25	23.1
Morrill County	Nebraska	1 or 2	22	47.4
Sioux County	Nebraska	1 or 2	7	58.7
Goshen County	Wyoming	1 or 2	27	20.8

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 Scotts Bluff 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. Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ne/scotts-bluff/. 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 Scotts Bluff in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 54 deaths in Scotts Bluff County from 2005 to 2014. It records 53 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Scotts Bluff in 2024?

The rate of Scotts Bluff County in 2024 was 19.6 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 Scotts Bluff had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 48 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 Scotts Bluff?

FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 92 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 16 fatal crashes on US Route 26 in the county from 2015 to 2024.