Jefferson County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Jefferson County in 2024.

FARS records 46 deaths in 43 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.0 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, Jefferson County was number 77 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Jefferson County fell by 19.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (57) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (46).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 41.9% of fatal crashes in Jefferson County and 22.7% 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 Jefferson County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2022	3	3	1 or 2
2021	5	4	1 or 2
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	5	5	3
2018	4	3	0
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015	11	11	5
2015 to 2024	46	43	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1977)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	3	3
2021	5	4
2020	4	4
2019	5	5
2018	4	3
2017	4	4
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	11	11
2014	6	6
2013	3	3
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	3	3
2010	7	7
2009	4	4
2008	11	11
2007	6	6
2006	8	7
2005	8	8
2004	8	7
2003	4	4
2002	9	8
2001	12	12
2000	5	5
1999	8	8
1998	9	9
1997	7	6
1996	5	5
1995	3	3
1994	10	8
1993	7	6
1992	5	5
1991	17	14
1990	7	7
1989	12	11
1988	9	9
1987	8	8
1986	4	4
1985	6	6
1984	8	7
1983	6	6
1982	8	8
1981	8	8
1980	16	14
1979	10	9
1978	15	14
1977	22	16
1976	9	9
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.Jefferson County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jefferson County	Ohio	United States
2024	12.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.0	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. Jefferson County had 63,868 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jefferson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 43 fatal crashes	16	43 fatal crashes	37.2%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 43 fatal crashes	18	43 fatal crashes	41.9%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.5%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 46 deaths	1 or 2	46 deaths	2.2%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 46 deaths	0	46 deaths	0.0%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 46 deaths	14	46 deaths	30.4%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.5%	42.3%
In the darkof 43 fatal crashes with the condition reported	12	43 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.9%	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.Jefferson 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	4	0	6
Monday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	0	5
Thursday	0	4	3	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	0	1 or 2	4	6
All days	6	8	20	9	43

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.Jefferson 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	10	23.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	4	9.3%	19.5%
Minor arterial	4	9.3%	21.6%
Major collector	10	23.3%	24.5%
Minor collector	5	11.6%	4.2%
Local	10	23.3%	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.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	31
Dark, not lighted	9
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	30
Cloudy	10
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jefferson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jefferson	In all of Ohio
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	83
State Route 43	State highway	6	48
US Route 22	US highway	9	91

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.Jefferson 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
Jefferson County: 7.0

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 Jefferson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Belmont County	Ohio	4	68	10.2
Carroll County	Ohio	3	42	15.5
Columbiana County	Ohio	11	88	8.6
Harrison County	Ohio	1 or 2	46	31.1
Brooke County	West Virginia	1 or 2	15	6.8
Hancock County	West Virginia	1 or 2	15	5.2
Ohio County	West Virginia	7	44	10.5

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

FARS records 57 deaths in Jefferson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 46 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jefferson in 2024?

The rate of Jefferson County in 2024 was 12.5 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 Jefferson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 43 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 Jefferson?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on State Route 43 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 22 in the county from 2015 to 2024.