Fulton County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Fulton County in 2024.

FARS records 92 deaths in 78 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.8 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, Fulton County was number 39 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Fulton County fell by 8.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (92).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 92.2% of the fatal crashes in Fulton 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 Fulton 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.Fulton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	3
2023	10	8	4
2022	11	7	1 or 2
2021	4	3	0
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	8	5	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	11	10	1 or 2
2015	11	9	4
2015 to 2024	92	78	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1994)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Fulton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	10	8
2022	11	7
2021	4	3
2020	9	9
2019	8	5
2018	6	6
2017	9	9
2016	11	10
2015	11	9
2014	11	9
2013	12	12
2012	14	14
2011	6	6
2010	6	4
2009	5	5
2008	8	8
2007	11	10
2006	13	12
2005	15	14
2004	11	9
2003	13	10
2002	16	16
2001	9	8
2000	16	14
1999	19	18
1998	12	10
1997	14	12
1996	16	15
1995	4	4
1994	24	17
1993	14	13
1992	17	13
1991	18	15
1990	17	15
1989	21	18
1988	18	16
1987	15	12
1986	9	8
1985	10	5
1984	17	15
1983	12	8
1982	8	8
1981	14	10
1980	16	13
1979	16	13
1978	22	14
1977	16	14
1976	15	15
1975	19	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.Fulton County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fulton County	Ohio	United States
2024	30.9	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.8	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. Fulton County had 42,075 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fulton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 78 fatal crashes	22	78 fatal crashes	28.2%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 78 fatal crashes	6	78 fatal crashes	7.7%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.6%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 92 deaths	4	92 deaths	4.3%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 92 deaths	1 or 2	92 deaths	1.1%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 92 deaths	7	92 deaths	7.6%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	92.2%	42.3%
In the darkof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.2%	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.Fulton 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	1 or 2	6
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	8
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	5	5	7	1 or 2	19
Thursday	1 or 2	3	4	5	14
Friday	4	4	1 or 2	6	15
Saturday	3	0	5	4	12
All days	17	15	23	23	78

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.Fulton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	13	16.9%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	16	20.8%	19.5%
Minor arterial	8	10.4%	21.6%
Major collector	17	22.1%	24.5%
Minor collector	6	7.8%	4.2%
Local	17	22.1%	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.Fulton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	39
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Fulton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	19
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fulton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fulton	In all of Ohio
Interstate 80	Interstate	13	111
State Route 2	State highway	1 or 2	67
US Route 20	US highway	18	114

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.Fulton 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
Fulton County: 21.8

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 Fulton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hillsdale County	Michigan	5	60	13.1
Lenawee County	Michigan	23	148	15.0
Henry County	Ohio	9	70	25.6
Lucas County	Ohio	35	420	9.8
Williams County	Ohio	6	67	18.2

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 Fulton 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. Fulton County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/oh/fulton/. 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 Fulton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 101 deaths in Fulton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 92 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fulton in 2024?

The rate of Fulton County in 2024 was 30.9 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 Fulton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 78 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 Fulton?

FARS records 13 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 2 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 18 fatal crashes on US Route 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024.