Lucas County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 29 fatal crashes in Lucas County in 2024.

FARS records 420 deaths in 394 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.8 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, Lucas County was number 5 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Lucas County rose by 2.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (411) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (420).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 11.5% of the fatal crashes in Lucas 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 Lucas 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.Lucas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	29	11
2023	52	50	18
2022	40	38	16
2021	54	53	17
2020	51	49	22
2019	35	33	8
2018	35	33	7
2017	49	43	19
2016	35	34	12
2015	34	32	13
2015 to 2024	420	394	143

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 88 (1979)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Lucas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	29
2023	52	50
2022	40	38
2021	54	53
2020	51	49
2019	35	33
2018	35	33
2017	49	43
2016	35	34
2015	34	32
2014	41	37
2013	34	33
2012	36	35
2011	29	23
2010	43	36
2009	33	30
2008	38	33
2007	60	51
2006	41	39
2005	56	53
2004	35	34
2003	33	31
2002	42	39
2001	41	36
2000	45	41
1999	58	50
1998	45	42
1997	61	50
1996	52	49
1995	44	43
1994	39	36
1993	50	47
1992	48	43
1991	59	53
1990	58	53
1989	67	61
1988	67	61
1987	72	67
1986	74	68
1985	62	54
1984	67	60
1983	53	47
1982	47	45
1981	46	41
1980	68	59
1979	88	81
1978	86	75
1977	64	54
1976	71	65
1975	59	56

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.Lucas County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lucas County	Ohio	United States
2024	8.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.8	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. Lucas County had 424,255 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lucas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 394 fatal crashes	143	394 fatal crashes	36.3%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 394 fatal crashes	82	394 fatal crashes	20.8%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 210 occupant deaths with restraint use known	131	210 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.4%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 420 deaths	65	420 deaths	15.5%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 420 deaths	13	420 deaths	3.1%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 420 deaths	76	420 deaths	18.1%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 390 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	390 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	11.5%	42.3%
In the darkof 391 fatal crashes with the condition reported	206	391 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.7%	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.Lucas 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	16	5	17	23	61
Monday	11	6	7	13	37
Tuesday	14	10	16	14	54
Wednesday	11	14	13	10	48
Thursday	14	9	18	22	63
Friday	16	6	12	28	62
Saturday	18	10	19	22	69
All days	100	60	102	132	394

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.Lucas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	45	11.5%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	12	3.1%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	122	31.3%	19.5%
Minor arterial	91	23.3%	21.6%
Major collector	82	21.0%	24.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.5%	4.2%
Local	36	9.2%	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.Lucas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	173
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	151
Dawn	3
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Lucas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	269
Cloudy	81
Rain	30
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	10
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lucas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lucas	In all of Ohio
Interstate 75	Interstate	16	213
Interstate 80	Interstate	6	111
State Route 2	State highway	22	67
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	59
State Route 65	State highway	5	21
US Route 20	US highway	16	114
US Route 23	US highway	1 or 2	137
US Route 24	US highway	19	36

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.Lucas 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
Lucas County: 9.8

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 Lucas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lenawee County	Michigan	23	148	15.0
Monroe County	Michigan	20	202	13.2
Fulton County	Ohio	13	92	21.8
Henry County	Ohio	9	70	25.6
Ottawa County	Ohio	4	51	12.6
Wood County	Ohio	19	174	13.3

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 Lucas 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 Lucas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 411 deaths in Lucas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 420 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lucas in 2024?

The rate of Lucas County in 2024 was 8.2 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 Lucas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 143 of 394 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 Lucas?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.