Geauga County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Geauga County in 2024.

FARS records 122 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.9 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, Geauga County was number 25 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Geauga County rose by 20.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (122).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.6% of the fatal crashes in Geauga 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 Geauga 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.Geauga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	6
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	28	23	8
2020	15	14	4
2019	12	10	3
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	11	9	1 or 2
2016	16	16	5
2015	10	10	3
2015 to 2024	122	111	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (2021)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Geauga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	5	5
2022	8	8
2021	28	23
2020	15	14
2019	12	10
2018	7	7
2017	11	9
2016	16	16
2015	10	10
2014	14	14
2013	10	10
2012	4	4
2011	7	7
2010	9	9
2009	7	7
2008	10	10
2007	10	9
2006	21	16
2005	9	9
2004	14	13
2003	12	11
2002	12	12
2001	13	10
2000	19	17
1999	9	7
1998	10	9
1997	8	8
1996	22	20
1995	15	13
1994	9	7
1993	5	5
1992	11	11
1991	19	17
1990	10	9
1989	16	14
1988	19	19
1987	12	11
1986	20	16
1985	15	15
1984	10	10
1983	10	10
1982	12	11
1981	25	20
1980	21	20
1979	20	18
1978	23	19
1977	18	17
1976	13	13
1975	11	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.Geauga County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Geauga County	Ohio	United States
2024	10.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.9	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. Geauga County had 95,300 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Geauga County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	34	111 fatal crashes	30.6%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	19	111 fatal crashes	17.1%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.8%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 122 deaths	9	122 deaths	7.4%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 122 deaths	1 or 2	122 deaths	0.8%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 122 deaths	15	122 deaths	12.3%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.6%	42.3%
In the darkof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.4%	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.Geauga 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	9	5	16
Monday	0	3	10	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	3	14
Wednesday	0	5	6	5	16
Thursday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	7
Friday	3	1 or 2	7	9	20
Saturday	6	1 or 2	7	8	23
All days	11	16	51	33	111

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.Geauga 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	4	3.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	22	20.0%	19.5%
Minor arterial	16	14.5%	21.6%
Major collector	52	47.3%	24.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	4.2%
Local	16	14.5%	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.Geauga County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	71
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Geauga County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	27
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Geauga County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Geauga	In all of Ohio
State Route 44	State highway	9	24
US Route 6	US highway	5	121
US Route 322	US highway	7	26
US Route 422	US highway	9	55

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.Geauga 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
Geauga County: 12.9

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 Geauga County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ashtabula County	Ohio	21	171	17.5
Cuyahoga County	Ohio	118	949	7.6
Lake County	Ohio	11	109	4.7
Portage County	Ohio	12	149	9.2
Trumbull County	Ohio	18	182	9.1

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 Geauga 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 Geauga in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 101 deaths in Geauga County from 2005 to 2014. It records 122 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Geauga in 2024?

The rate of Geauga County in 2024 was 10.5 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 Geauga had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 111 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 Geauga?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 30 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.