Clark County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Clark County in 2024.

FARS records 183 deaths in 171 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.5 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, Clark County was number 13 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Clark County fell by 3.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (189) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (183).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.8% of the fatal crashes in Clark 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 Clark 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.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	17	6
2023	19	18	4
2022	22	17	5
2021	23	22	4
2020	23	23	7
2019	8	8	4
2018	17	16	5
2017	17	15	1 or 2
2016	12	12	3
2015	24	23	7
2015 to 2024	183	171	47

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1995)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	17
2023	19	18
2022	22	17
2021	23	22
2020	23	23
2019	8	8
2018	17	16
2017	17	15
2016	12	12
2015	24	23
2014	16	13
2013	14	11
2012	19	19
2011	12	11
2010	19	15
2009	10	9
2008	25	25
2007	25	22
2006	21	20
2005	28	24
2004	14	14
2003	26	23
2002	14	12
2001	21	20
2000	18	16
1999	25	25
1998	12	12
1997	20	18
1996	9	9
1995	31	25
1994	11	10
1993	19	14
1992	24	21
1991	17	17
1990	23	21
1989	17	17
1988	21	19
1987	28	25
1986	22	19
1985	17	16
1984	12	8
1983	19	18
1982	29	26
1981	23	18
1980	22	19
1979	26	23
1978	22	20
1977	21	20
1976	14	14
1975	12	12

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.Clark County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clark County	Ohio	United States
2024	13.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.5	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. Clark County had 136,170 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 171 fatal crashes	47	171 fatal crashes	27.5%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 171 fatal crashes	31	171 fatal crashes	18.1%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 116 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	116 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.4%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 183 deaths	28	183 deaths	15.3%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 183 deaths	1 or 2	183 deaths	1.1%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 183 deaths	26	183 deaths	14.2%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 170 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	170 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.8%	42.3%
In the darkof 171 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	171 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	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.Clark 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	5	1 or 2	6	9	22
Monday	4	4	6	5	19
Tuesday	7	6	6	5	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	9	11	26
Thursday	4	6	8	10	28
Friday	3	4	8	12	27
Saturday	3	3	1 or 2	17	25
All days	27	30	45	69	171

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.Clark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	20	11.8%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	5	2.9%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	17	10.0%	19.5%
Minor arterial	29	17.1%	21.6%
Major collector	57	33.5%	24.5%
Minor collector	5	2.9%	4.2%
Local	37	21.8%	15.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Clark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	87
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	25
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Clark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	54
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clark	In all of Ohio
Interstate 70	Interstate	19	156
State Route 4	State highway	4	87
State Route 41	State highway	8	29
State Route 235	State highway	6	31
US Route 40	US highway	16	111
US Route 68	US highway	5	50

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.Clark 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
Clark County: 13.5

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 Clark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Champaign County	Ohio	7	66	17.0
Greene County	Ohio	19	133	7.9
Madison County	Ohio	7	76	17.2
Miami County	Ohio	6	125	11.6
Montgomery County	Ohio	65	606	11.3

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 Clark 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.

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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 Clark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 189 deaths in Clark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 183 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clark in 2024?

The rate of Clark County in 2024 was 13.2 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 Clark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 47 of 171 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 Clark?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.