Hancock County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Hancock County in 2024.

FARS records 105 deaths in 94 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.9 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, Hancock County was number 32 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Hancock County rose by 31.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (80) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (105).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 63.4% of the fatal crashes in Hancock 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 Hancock 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.Hancock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	1 or 2
2023	8	8	3
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	9	9	1 or 2
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	16	11	0
2018	11	10	1 or 2
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	18	16	1 or 2
2015	10	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	105	94	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1978)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Hancock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	8	8
2022	6	6
2021	9	9
2020	9	9
2019	16	11
2018	11	10
2017	4	4
2016	18	16
2015	10	9
2014	8	8
2013	6	6
2012	6	6
2011	9	9
2010	7	6
2009	9	9
2008	10	9
2007	11	10
2006	5	4
2005	9	7
2004	12	11
2003	10	10
2002	12	10
2001	10	9
2000	10	10
1999	21	18
1998	13	10
1997	9	8
1996	18	16
1995	12	9
1994	16	11
1993	14	12
1992	16	16
1991	14	13
1990	17	16
1989	18	17
1988	21	19
1987	11	9
1986	25	22
1985	15	15
1984	13	13
1983	10	9
1982	11	9
1981	6	6
1980	26	24
1979	15	13
1978	26	23
1977	10	8
1976	15	13
1975	16	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.Hancock County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hancock County	Ohio	United States
2024	18.7	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.9	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. Hancock County had 74,761 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hancock County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 94 fatal crashes	15	94 fatal crashes	16.0%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 94 fatal crashes	19	94 fatal crashes	20.2%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.1%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 105 deaths	10	105 deaths	9.5%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 105 deaths	3	105 deaths	2.9%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 105 deaths	14	105 deaths	13.3%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 93 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	93 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.4%	42.3%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.3%	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.Hancock 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	1 or 2	9	7	20
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	7	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	4	5	13
Wednesday	3	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	12
Friday	3	3	6	3	15
Saturday	0	3	3	3	9
All days	12	22	30	30	94

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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	15	16.1%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	15	16.1%	19.5%
Minor arterial	12	12.9%	21.6%
Major collector	31	33.3%	24.5%
Minor collector	8	8.6%	4.2%
Local	12	12.9%	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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hancock County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	20
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hancock County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hancock	In all of Ohio
Interstate 75	Interstate	15	213
State Route 32	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 37	State highway	1 or 2	45
State Route 235	State highway	4	31
US Route 23	US highway	1 or 2	137
US Route 30	US highway	1 or 2	70
US Route 68	US highway	1 or 2	50
US Route 224	US highway	5	54

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.Hancock 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
Hancock County: 13.9

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 Hancock County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allen County	Ohio	10	122	11.9
Hardin County	Ohio	1 or 2	51	16.5
Putnam County	Ohio	1 or 2	28	8.2
Seneca County	Ohio	13	67	12.2
Wood County	Ohio	19	174	13.3
Wyandot County	Ohio	1 or 2	37	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 Hancock 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 Hancock in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 80 deaths in Hancock County from 2005 to 2014. It records 105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hancock in 2024?

The rate of Hancock County in 2024 was 18.7 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 Hancock had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 94 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 Hancock?

8 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.