Miami County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Miami County in 2024.

FARS records 125 deaths in 116 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.6 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, Miami County was number 24 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Miami County rose by 15.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (108) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (125).

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 6.9% of fatal crashes in Miami 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 Miami 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.Miami County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	5	1 or 2
2023	15	13	1 or 2
2022	9	9	3
2021	20	19	7
2020	11	9	5
2019	15	13	3
2018	11	11	3
2017	13	13	1 or 2
2016	14	13	5
2015	11	11	5
2015 to 2024	125	116	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1989)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Miami County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	5
2023	15	13
2022	9	9
2021	20	19
2020	11	9
2019	15	13
2018	11	11
2017	13	13
2016	14	13
2015	11	11
2014	10	9
2013	9	8
2012	10	10
2011	8	8
2010	10	9
2009	14	14
2008	8	7
2007	13	13
2006	11	11
2005	15	12
2004	12	11
2003	17	16
2002	12	11
2001	14	12
2000	15	15
1999	24	22
1998	16	12
1997	10	10
1996	19	18
1995	24	19
1994	17	13
1993	15	13
1992	15	13
1991	18	17
1990	28	15
1989	28	20
1988	21	20
1987	17	13
1986	21	19
1985	18	15
1984	17	15
1983	17	14
1982	23	19
1981	13	12
1980	23	19
1979	24	21
1978	27	24
1977	14	13
1976	18	15
1975	22	21

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.Miami County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Miami County	Ohio	United States
2024	5.4	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.6	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. Miami County had 111,872 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Miami County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 116 fatal crashes	35	116 fatal crashes	30.2%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 116 fatal crashes	8	116 fatal crashes	6.9%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.3%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 125 deaths	5	125 deaths	4.0%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 125 deaths	3	125 deaths	2.4%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 125 deaths	17	125 deaths	13.6%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.7%	42.3%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.5%	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.Miami 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	6	3	14
Monday	0	5	12	8	25
Tuesday	3	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	9	6	17
Thursday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	4	12
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	8	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	7	7	19
All days	14	20	44	38	116

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.Miami County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	16	13.9%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	0.9%	19.5%
Minor arterial	32	27.8%	21.6%
Major collector	32	27.8%	24.5%
Minor collector	6	5.2%	4.2%
Local	28	24.3%	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.Miami County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	0
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Miami County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	60
Cloudy	37
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Miami County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Miami	In all of Ohio
Interstate 75	Interstate	15	213
State Route 41	State highway	10	29
State Route 48	State highway	3	46
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	34
US Route 36	US highway	8	61
US Route 40	US highway	5	111

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.Miami 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
Miami County: 11.6

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 Miami County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Champaign County	Ohio	7	66	17.0
Clark County	Ohio	18	183	13.5
Darke County	Ohio	4	87	16.9
Montgomery County	Ohio	65	606	11.3
Shelby County	Ohio	9	78	16.1

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 Miami 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 Miami in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 108 deaths in Miami County from 2005 to 2014. It records 125 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Miami in 2024?

The rate of Miami County in 2024 was 5.4 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 Miami had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 116 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 Miami?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 42 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.