Hamilton County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 63 deaths in 60 fatal crashes in Hamilton County in 2024.

FARS records 626 deaths in 593 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.6 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, Hamilton County was number 3 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Hamilton County rose by 22.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (511) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (626).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 4.8% of the fatal crashes in Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	63	60	22
2023	80	72	26
2022	78	75	31
2021	72	65	22
2020	62	62	22
2019	46	45	17
2018	51	49	20
2017	58	54	19
2016	62	58	24
2015	54	53	16
2015 to 2024	626	593	219

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 124 (1979)2024: 63

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

Table 2.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	63	60
2023	80	72
2022	78	75
2021	72	65
2020	62	62
2019	46	45
2018	51	49
2017	58	54
2016	62	58
2015	54	53
2014	49	46
2013	38	32
2012	57	55
2011	40	39
2010	41	39
2009	45	42
2008	61	56
2007	59	56
2006	62	59
2005	59	56
2004	67	57
2003	69	64
2002	76	69
2001	54	51
2000	62	60
1999	52	49
1998	46	45
1997	59	55
1996	44	44
1995	47	44
1994	67	58
1993	74	65
1992	57	54
1991	63	58
1990	56	51
1989	74	67
1988	75	74
1987	78	73
1986	75	71
1985	83	76
1984	68	66
1983	63	62
1982	83	80
1981	108	100
1980	108	101
1979	124	114
1978	93	84
1977	100	93
1976	98	89
1975	118	106

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.Hamilton County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hamilton County	Ohio	United States
2024	7.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.6	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. Hamilton County had 837,859 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hamilton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 593 fatal crashes	219	593 fatal crashes	36.9%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 593 fatal crashes	139	593 fatal crashes	23.4%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 364 occupant deaths with restraint use known	240	364 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.9%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 626 deaths	126	626 deaths	20.1%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 626 deaths	10	626 deaths	1.6%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 626 deaths	89	626 deaths	14.2%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 588 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	588 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	4.8%	42.3%
In the darkof 591 fatal crashes with the condition reported	326	591 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.2%	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.Hamilton 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	37	7	27	33	104
Monday	13	19	21	23	76
Tuesday	8	14	17	22	61
Wednesday	14	14	24	25	77
Thursday	10	11	18	32	71
Friday	28	16	15	34	93
Saturday	40	13	26	32	111
All days	150	94	148	201	593

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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	127	21.6%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	12	2.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	142	24.1%	19.5%
Minor arterial	155	26.3%	21.6%
Major collector	94	16.0%	24.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	4.2%
Local	59	10.0%	15.2%
Not reported	4	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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	242
Dark, not lighted	83
Dark, lighted	242
Dawn	5
Dusk	18
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	358
Cloudy	162
Rain	65
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hamilton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hamilton	In all of Ohio
Interstate 71	Interstate	26	214
Interstate 75	Interstate	46	213
Interstate 275	Interstate	36	46
State Route 4	State highway	10	87
State Route 8	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 32	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 125	State highway	5	34
US Route 22	US highway	8	91
US Route 27	US highway	22	28
US Route 40	US highway	1 or 2	111
US Route 42	US highway	19	90
US Route 50	US highway	20	76
US Route 52	US highway	4	40
US Route 127	US highway	6	69

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.Hamilton 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
Hamilton County: 7.6

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 Hamilton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dearborn County	Indiana	8	66	13.1
Boone County	Kentucky	6	119	8.8
Campbell County	Kentucky	3	88	9.4
Kenton County	Kentucky	7	108	6.4
Butler County	Ohio	35	295	7.6
Clermont County	Ohio	19	186	8.9
Warren County	Ohio	11	167	7.0

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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 511 deaths in Hamilton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 626 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hamilton in 2024?

The rate of Hamilton County in 2024 was 7.5 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 Hamilton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 219 of 593 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 Hamilton?

14 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 205 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.