Erie County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Erie County in 2024.

FARS records 100 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.4 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, Erie County was number 35 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Erie County rose by 19.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (100).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.2% of the occupants killed in Erie County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 55.4% 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 Erie 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.Erie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	4
2023	12	11	6
2022	9	5	1 or 2
2021	11	9	1 or 2
2020	10	10	1 or 2
2019	12	10	3
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	8	8	3
2016	11	11	3
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	100	90	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1979)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Erie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	12	11
2022	9	5
2021	11	9
2020	10	10
2019	12	10
2018	6	6
2017	8	8
2016	11	11
2015	11	10
2014	5	5
2013	10	10
2012	11	10
2011	6	6
2010	10	9
2009	6	6
2008	14	12
2007	1 or 2	1 or 2
2006	12	12
2005	9	9
2004	9	9
2003	10	9
2002	13	13
2001	10	10
2000	14	14
1999	11	11
1998	19	17
1997	12	9
1996	16	14
1995	17	16
1994	13	13
1993	22	17
1992	19	15
1991	20	17
1990	21	19
1989	23	20
1988	17	14
1987	12	11
1986	15	14
1985	17	16
1984	27	25
1983	17	16
1982	12	10
1981	14	10
1980	18	17
1979	36	33
1978	30	25
1977	25	25
1976	14	10
1975	17	15

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.Erie County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Erie County	Ohio	United States
2024	13.6	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.4	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. Erie County had 73,645 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Erie County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	26	90 fatal crashes	28.9%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	20	90 fatal crashes	22.2%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.2%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 100 deaths	5	100 deaths	5.0%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 100 deaths	0	100 deaths	0.0%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 100 deaths	21	100 deaths	21.0%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	89 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.1%	42.3%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Erie 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	7	7	20
Monday	4	3	3	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	5	4	13
Wednesday	0	3	5	0	8
Thursday	0	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2
Friday	4	6	9	5	24
Saturday	3	3	1 or 2	4	11
All days	15	21	30	24	90

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.Erie County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	13	14.6%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	10	11.2%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	16	18.0%	19.5%
Minor arterial	15	16.9%	21.6%
Major collector	23	25.8%	24.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.1%	4.2%
Local	11	12.4%	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.Erie County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	48
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Erie County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	22
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Erie County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Erie	In all of Ohio
Interstate 80	Interstate	13	111
State Route 2	State highway	10	67
State Route 4	State highway	3	87
State Route 60	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 61	State highway	1 or 2	28
US Route 6	US highway	11	121
US Route 250	US highway	11	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.Erie 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
Erie County: 13.4

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 Ohio

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Erie County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Huron County	Ohio	4	76	13.0
Lorain County	Ohio	26	270	8.6
Ottawa County	Ohio	4	51	12.6
Sandusky County	Ohio	8	100	17.0

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 Erie 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 Erie in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Erie County from 2005 to 2014. It records 100 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Erie in 2024?

The rate of Erie County in 2024 was 13.6 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 Erie had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 90 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 Erie?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.