Richland County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Richland County in 2024.

FARS records 128 deaths in 118 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.4 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, Richland County was number 23 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Richland County rose by 13.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (113) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (128).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.4% of the fatal crashes in Richland County with known light were in the dark, against 45.0% 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 Richland 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.Richland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	3
2023	17	17	6
2022	17	15	3
2021	14	14	3
2020	9	7	1 or 2
2019	14	13	1 or 2
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	10	10	3
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	17	13	3
2015 to 2024	128	118	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (1980)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Richland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	17	17
2022	17	15
2021	14	14
2020	9	7
2019	14	13
2018	8	8
2017	10	10
2016	6	6
2015	17	13
2014	12	12
2013	9	9
2012	12	11
2011	14	13
2010	8	7
2009	12	11
2008	16	12
2007	14	14
2006	8	8
2005	8	7
2004	15	14
2003	17	17
2002	17	16
2001	16	16
2000	9	9
1999	20	17
1998	26	23
1997	14	14
1996	20	16
1995	13	13
1994	17	11
1993	14	14
1992	20	19
1991	23	17
1990	25	19
1989	20	19
1988	26	22
1987	25	23
1986	14	13
1985	26	23
1984	26	24
1983	12	12
1982	18	15
1981	27	22
1980	32	26
1979	25	23
1978	17	17
1977	20	18
1976	21	20
1975	20	17

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.Richland County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Richland County	Ohio	United States
2024	12.8	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.4	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. Richland County had 124,957 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Richland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 118 fatal crashes	27	118 fatal crashes	22.9%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 118 fatal crashes	30	118 fatal crashes	25.4%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 128 deaths	12	128 deaths	9.4%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 128 deaths	3	128 deaths	2.3%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 128 deaths	19	128 deaths	14.8%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.1%	42.3%
In the darkof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.4%	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.Richland 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	4	3	6	3	16
Monday	0	4	9	4	17
Tuesday	0	5	10	3	18
Wednesday	5	1 or 2	6	4	17
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	1 or 2	15
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	4	13
Saturday	1 or 2	5	6	10	22
All days	13	22	53	30	118

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.Richland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	13	11.0%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	9	7.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	14	11.9%	19.5%
Minor arterial	24	20.3%	21.6%
Major collector	46	39.0%	24.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.7%	4.2%
Local	10	8.5%	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.Richland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	80
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	14
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Richland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	75
Cloudy	30
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Richland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Richland	In all of Ohio
Interstate 71	Interstate	13	214
State Route 13	State highway	9	44
State Route 39	State highway	6	32
State Route 61	State highway	5	28
State Route 309	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 30	US highway	10	70
US Route 42	US highway	5	90

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.Richland 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
Richland County: 10.4

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 Richland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ashland County	Ohio	7	75	14.2
Crawford County	Ohio	1 or 2	42	10.1
Huron County	Ohio	4	76	13.0
Knox County	Ohio	3	71	11.4
Morrow County	Ohio	13	82	23.3

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 Richland 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 Richland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 113 deaths in Richland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 128 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Richland in 2024?

The rate of Richland County in 2024 was 12.8 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 Richland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 118 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 Richland?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 49 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.