Ashland County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Ashland County in 2024.

FARS records 75 deaths in 66 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Ohio in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Ashland County was number 49 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Ashland County fell by 12.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (86) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (75).

In the counties of Ohio the deaths rose by 5.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 90.9% of the fatal crashes in Ashland County with a known setting were rural, against 42.3% in Ohio.

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 Ashland 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.Ashland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	10	8	1 or 2
2021	9	9	3
2020	10	7	1 or 2
2019	6	4	3
2018	8	8	4
2017	9	7	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	75	66	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1976)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Ashland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	5	5
2022	10	8
2021	9	9
2020	10	7
2019	6	4
2018	8	8
2017	9	7
2016	6	6
2015	5	5
2014	8	6
2013	5	5
2012	10	10
2011	9	9
2010	10	10
2009	8	8
2008	10	10
2007	6	5
2006	12	12
2005	8	8
2004	1 or 2	1 or 2
2003	10	9
2002	14	12
2001	7	6
2000	12	11
1999	10	10
1998	7	7
1997	18	13
1996	12	10
1995	15	14
1994	10	7
1993	15	14
1992	10	9
1991	11	11
1990	14	11
1989	19	15
1988	13	13
1987	15	15
1986	11	10
1985	14	13
1984	8	8
1983	8	8
1982	9	7
1981	11	10
1980	8	7
1979	13	13
1978	16	14
1977	11	10
1976	19	16
1975	12	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.Ashland County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ashland County	Ohio	United States
2024	13.3	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.2	10.1	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. Ashland County had 52,435 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ashland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 66 fatal crashes	21	66 fatal crashes	31.8%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 66 fatal crashes	18	66 fatal crashes	27.3%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 40 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	40 occupant deathswith restraint use known	72.5%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 75 deaths	9	75 deaths	12.0%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 75 deaths	1 or 2	75 deaths	1.3%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 75 deaths	17	75 deaths	22.7%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.9%	42.3%
In the darkof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.9%	45.0%

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.Ashland 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	0	4	5	11
Monday	3	1 or 2	3	5	13
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	10
Saturday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	12
All days	9	11	23	23	66

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.Ashland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	6	9.1%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	14	21.2%	19.5%
Minor arterial	7	10.6%	21.6%
Major collector	26	39.4%	24.5%
Minor collector	4	6.1%	4.2%
Local	9	13.6%	15.2%
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.Ashland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Ashland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	38
Cloudy	19
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ashland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ashland	In all of Ohio
Interstate 71	Interstate	6	214
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	59
State Route 39	State highway	3	32
State Route 60	State highway	1 or 2	33
US Route 30	US highway	4	70
US Route 42	US highway	11	90
US Route 224	US highway	3	54
US Route 250	US highway	5	46

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 Ohio

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Ashland County on the county map of Ohio

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

Fewer than 1022 counties
10 to 14.929 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.99 counties
30 or more1 county
Ashland County: 14.2

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 Ohio

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Ashland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Holmes County	Ohio	4	53	12.0
Huron County	Ohio	4	76	13.0
Knox County	Ohio	3	71	11.4
Lorain County	Ohio	26	270	8.6
Medina County	Ohio	19	122	6.7
Richland County	Ohio	16	128	10.4
Wayne County	Ohio	10	156	13.4

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Ohio have a population nearest to that of Ashland 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.
Ohio Traffic Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Ohio.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Ashland County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/oh/ashland/. 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 Ashland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 86 deaths in Ashland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 75 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ashland in 2024?

The rate of Ashland County in 2024 was 13.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Ohio was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 66 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 Ashland?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 35 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.