Montgomery County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 65 deaths in 60 fatal crashes in Montgomery County in 2024.

FARS records 606 deaths in 541 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.3 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, Montgomery County was number 4 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Montgomery County rose by 26.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (478) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (606).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 4.5% of the fatal crashes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	65	60	18
2023	64	58	24
2022	68	62	16
2021	74	61	13
2020	71	63	20
2019	52	41	16
2018	47	47	18
2017	49	45	18
2016	60	52	11
2015	56	52	19
2015 to 2024	606	541	173

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 108 (1976)2024: 65

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

Table 2.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	65	60
2023	64	58
2022	68	62
2021	74	61
2020	71	63
2019	52	41
2018	47	47
2017	49	45
2016	60	52
2015	56	52
2014	42	39
2013	55	51
2012	42	38
2011	49	46
2010	51	44
2009	41	34
2008	39	36
2007	52	50
2006	48	45
2005	59	57
2004	52	47
2003	49	41
2002	55	49
2001	49	46
2000	68	65
1999	50	47
1998	56	51
1997	60	55
1996	64	59
1995	42	37
1994	55	51
1993	61	57
1992	47	43
1991	66	63
1990	93	86
1989	71	66
1988	68	62
1987	75	69
1986	71	67
1985	61	51
1984	68	57
1983	70	60
1982	65	61
1981	68	59
1980	101	90
1979	103	94
1978	66	63
1977	105	85
1976	108	95
1975	86	79

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.Montgomery County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Ohio	United States
2024	12.1	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.3	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. Montgomery County had 536,930 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 541 fatal crashes	173	541 fatal crashes	32.0%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 541 fatal crashes	113	541 fatal crashes	20.9%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 305 occupant deaths with restraint use known	183	305 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.0%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 606 deaths	105	606 deaths	17.3%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 606 deaths	15	606 deaths	2.5%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 606 deaths	78	606 deaths	12.9%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 538 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	538 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	4.5%	42.3%
In the darkof 540 fatal crashes with the condition reported	285	540 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.8%	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.Montgomery 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	30	7	25	25	87
Monday	17	15	17	27	76
Tuesday	8	19	23	21	71
Wednesday	13	13	21	32	79
Thursday	16	5	17	24	62
Friday	13	7	16	33	69
Saturday	30	10	18	39	97
All days	127	76	137	201	541

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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	72	13.4%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	23	4.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	155	28.8%	19.5%
Minor arterial	118	21.9%	21.6%
Major collector	103	19.1%	24.5%
Minor collector	6	1.1%	4.2%
Local	61	11.3%	15.2%
Not reported	3	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	235
Dark, not lighted	112
Dark, lighted	166
Dawn	6
Dusk	14
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	367
Cloudy	120
Rain	39
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Ohio
Interstate 70	Interstate	19	156
Interstate 75	Interstate	48	213
State Route 4	State highway	30	87
State Route 48	State highway	33	46
State Route 49	State highway	7	34
US Route 35	US highway	15	71
US Route 40	US highway	8	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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 11.3

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butler County	Ohio	35	295	7.6
Clark County	Ohio	18	183	13.5
Darke County	Ohio	4	87	16.9
Greene County	Ohio	19	133	7.9
Miami County	Ohio	6	125	11.6
Preble County	Ohio	4	95	23.2
Warren County	Ohio	11	167	7.0

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 478 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 606 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 12.1 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 173 of 541 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 Montgomery?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 160 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.