Ross County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Ross County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 108 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.1 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, Ross County was number 29 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Ross County fell by 17.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (140) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 73.1% of the fatal crashes in Ross 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 Ross 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.Ross County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	8	4
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	13	12	3
2020	10	9	1 or 2
2019	14	14	0
2018	20	18	3
2017	7	7	0
2016	20	19	7
2015	7	6	3
2015 to 2024	116	108	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1998)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Ross County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	8
2023	7	7
2022	8	8
2021	13	12
2020	10	9
2019	14	14
2018	20	18
2017	7	7
2016	20	19
2015	7	6
2014	9	6
2013	10	10
2012	20	18
2011	15	12
2010	13	13
2009	20	18
2008	15	13
2007	12	11
2006	14	12
2005	12	11
2004	12	12
2003	9	7
2002	15	14
2001	18	15
2000	15	15
1999	19	19
1998	22	20
1997	9	9
1996	13	12
1995	14	12
1994	11	9
1993	20	15
1992	20	17
1991	12	12
1990	15	14
1989	14	13
1988	17	17
1987	21	17
1986	11	10
1985	16	12
1984	5	4
1983	13	11
1982	14	14
1981	14	12
1980	21	18
1979	15	11
1978	15	15
1977	10	9
1976	9	8
1975	21	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.Ross County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ross County	Ohio	United States
2024	13.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.1	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. Ross County had 75,998 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ross County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 108 fatal crashes	24	108 fatal crashes	22.2%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 108 fatal crashes	22	108 fatal crashes	20.4%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.3%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	13	116 deaths	11.2%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	0	116 deaths	0.0%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	13	116 deaths	11.2%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.1%	42.3%
In the darkof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.5%	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.Ross 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	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	11
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	4	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	6	3	13
Wednesday	0	6	6	8	20
Thursday	1 or 2	6	3	3	14
Friday	3	3	5	5	16
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	8	19
All days	11	25	40	32	108

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.Ross 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	18	16.7%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	18	16.7%	19.5%
Minor arterial	19	17.6%	21.6%
Major collector	31	28.7%	24.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	4.2%
Local	21	19.4%	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.Ross County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Ross County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	63
Cloudy	28
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ross County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ross	In all of Ohio
State Route 28	State highway	3	27
State Route 41	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 104	State highway	1 or 2	33
US Route 23	US highway	20	137
US Route 35	US highway	13	71
US Route 50	US highway	17	76

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.Ross 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
Ross County: 15.1

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 Ross County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fayette County	Ohio	1 or 2	63	21.9
Highland County	Ohio	6	68	15.7
Hocking County	Ohio	7	49	17.4
Jackson County	Ohio	4	60	18.4
Pickaway County	Ohio	16	105	17.8
Pike County	Ohio	3	54	19.6
Vinton County	Ohio	3	35	27.3

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 Ross 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 Ross in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 140 deaths in Ross County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ross in 2024?

The rate of Ross County in 2024 was 13.2 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 Ross had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 108 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 Ross?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 55 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.