Fairfield County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Fairfield County in 2024.

FARS records 148 deaths in 135 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.3 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, Fairfield County was number 21 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Fairfield County rose by 10.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (134) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (148).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 63.0% of the fatal crashes in Fairfield 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 Fairfield 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.Fairfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	6
2023	15	15	3
2022	12	12	7
2021	21	17	6
2020	16	16	9
2019	16	13	4
2018	15	14	4
2017	14	11	5
2016	12	11	6
2015	14	13	3
2015 to 2024	148	135	53

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1987)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Fairfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	15	15
2022	12	12
2021	21	17
2020	16	16
2019	16	13
2018	15	14
2017	14	11
2016	12	11
2015	14	13
2014	16	14
2013	9	9
2012	13	11
2011	14	14
2010	12	11
2009	18	18
2008	9	8
2007	12	11
2006	12	11
2005	19	17
2004	15	15
2003	17	16
2002	17	15
2001	13	13
2000	16	15
1999	17	17
1998	24	22
1997	16	15
1996	17	17
1995	15	13
1994	25	18
1993	25	22
1992	11	8
1991	22	20
1990	17	15
1989	19	15
1988	18	14
1987	33	25
1986	11	11
1985	12	12
1984	17	13
1983	17	15
1982	6	6
1981	14	13
1980	18	16
1979	14	12
1978	22	20
1977	15	14
1976	16	12
1975	14	13

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.Fairfield County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fairfield County	Ohio	United States
2024	7.8	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.3	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. Fairfield County had 167,706 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fairfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 135 fatal crashes	53	135 fatal crashes	39.3%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 135 fatal crashes	18	135 fatal crashes	13.3%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 97 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	97 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.8%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 148 deaths	7	148 deaths	4.7%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 148 deaths	4	148 deaths	2.7%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 148 deaths	33	148 deaths	22.3%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.0%	42.3%
In the darkof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.3%	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.Fairfield 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	7	6	15
Monday	1 or 2	3	9	8	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	4	14
Wednesday	0	5	3	6	14
Thursday	1 or 2	5	8	8	22
Friday	4	7	6	9	26
Saturday	5	4	5	9	23
All days	14	31	40	50	135

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.Fairfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	0	0.0%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	8	5.9%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	20	14.8%	19.5%
Minor arterial	31	23.0%	21.6%
Major collector	46	34.1%	24.5%
Minor collector	9	6.7%	4.2%
Local	21	15.6%	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.Fairfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fairfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	97
Cloudy	25
Rain	7
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 Fairfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fairfield	In all of Ohio
State Route 37	State highway	14	45
US Route 22	US highway	16	91
US Route 33	US highway	12	98

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.Fairfield 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
Fairfield County: 9.3

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 Fairfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Ohio	89	1,057	8.1
Hocking County	Ohio	7	49	17.4
Licking County	Ohio	17	221	12.4
Perry County	Ohio	11	58	16.2
Pickaway County	Ohio	16	105	17.8

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 Fairfield 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 Fairfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 134 deaths in Fairfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 148 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fairfield in 2024?

The rate of Fairfield County in 2024 was 7.8 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 Fairfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 53 of 135 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 Fairfield?

FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 37 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 16 fatal crashes on US Route 22 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 33 in the county from 2015 to 2024.