Hocking County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Hocking County in 2024.

FARS records 49 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.4 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, Hocking County was number 76 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Hocking County rose by 32.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (37) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (49).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.1% of the fatal crashes in Hocking 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 Hocking 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.Hocking County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	5	5	1 or 2
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	3	3	0
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	4	4	0
2015	4	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	49	48	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 10 (1987)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Hocking County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	6	6
2022	4	4
2021	5	5
2020	4	4
2019	3	3
2018	6	6
2017	6	6
2016	4	4
2015	4	3
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	6	5
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	3	3
2010	5	5
2009	3	3
2008	6	6
2007	5	5
2006	3	3
2005	4	4
2004	3	3
2003	10	9
2002	6	6
2001	1 or 2	1 or 2
2000	9	8
1999	4	4
1998	8	5
1997	5	5
1996	7	6
1995	1 or 2	1 or 2
1994	5	5
1993	4	4
1992	5	4
1991	6	6
1990	9	9
1989	4	4
1988	7	7
1987	10	7
1986	8	7
1985	5	5
1984	4	4
1983	5	4
1982	3	3
1981	7	7
1980	6	5
1979	4	4
1978	9	9
1977	8	6
1976	4	3
1975	6	6

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.Hocking County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hocking County	Ohio	United States
2024	25.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.4	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. Hocking County had 27,460 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hocking County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 48 fatal crashes	10	48 fatal crashes	20.8%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 48 fatal crashes	14	48 fatal crashes	29.2%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.1%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 49 deaths	6	49 deaths	12.2%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 49 deaths	0	49 deaths	0.0%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 49 deaths	12	49 deaths	24.5%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.1%	42.3%
In the darkof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.3%	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.Hocking 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	0	3	1 or 2	6
Monday	0	0	4	0	4
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	9
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Friday	1 or 2	0	3	4	8
Saturday	0	1 or 2	4	3	8
All days	5	7	23	13	48

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.Hocking County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	1 or 2	2.1%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	7	14.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	4.2%	19.5%
Minor arterial	7	14.6%	21.6%
Major collector	20	41.7%	24.5%
Minor collector	5	10.4%	4.2%
Local	6	12.5%	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.Hocking County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	27
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hocking County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	34
Cloudy	12
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Hocking County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hocking	In all of Ohio
State Route 56	State highway	5	28
State Route 93	State highway	7	57
US Route 33	US highway	9	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.Hocking 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
Hocking County: 17.4

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 Hocking County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Athens County	Ohio	5	78	12.2
Fairfield County	Ohio	13	148	9.3
Perry County	Ohio	11	58	16.2
Pickaway County	Ohio	16	105	17.8
Ross County	Ohio	10	116	15.1
Vinton County	Ohio	3	35	27.3

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

FARS records 37 deaths in Hocking County from 2005 to 2014. It records 49 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hocking in 2024?

The rate of Hocking County in 2024 was 25.5 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 Hocking had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 48 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 Hocking?

FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 56 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on State Route 93 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 33 in the county from 2015 to 2024.