Stark County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Stark County in 2024.

FARS records 301 deaths in 282 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.1 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, Stark County was number 7 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Stark County fell by 8.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (328) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (301).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.0% of the fatal crashes in Stark 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 Stark 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.Stark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	28	12
2023	20	19	6
2022	30	29	9
2021	39	33	9
2020	31	31	11
2019	30	28	11
2018	39	39	13
2017	33	27	9
2016	32	30	9
2015	19	18	3
2015 to 2024	301	282	92

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 74 (1978)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Stark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	28
2023	20	19
2022	30	29
2021	39	33
2020	31	31
2019	30	28
2018	39	39
2017	33	27
2016	32	30
2015	19	18
2014	44	42
2013	26	26
2012	33	31
2011	32	30
2010	34	30
2009	25	25
2008	22	20
2007	35	34
2006	38	36
2005	39	36
2004	44	40
2003	39	36
2002	43	38
2001	36	30
2000	41	37
1999	35	32
1998	41	40
1997	43	42
1996	55	51
1995	36	36
1994	50	45
1993	43	39
1992	47	41
1991	48	41
1990	54	49
1989	44	42
1988	61	54
1987	48	46
1986	47	39
1985	53	51
1984	43	39
1983	44	42
1982	53	50
1981	59	56
1980	69	62
1979	69	65
1978	74	68
1977	57	44
1976	59	50
1975	66	62

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.Stark County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Stark County	Ohio	United States
2024	7.5	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.1	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. Stark County had 373,240 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Stark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 282 fatal crashes	92	282 fatal crashes	32.6%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 282 fatal crashes	55	282 fatal crashes	19.5%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 167 occupant deaths with restraint use known	81	167 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.5%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 301 deaths	32	301 deaths	10.6%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 301 deaths	5	301 deaths	1.7%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 301 deaths	68	301 deaths	22.6%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 279 fatal crashes with the condition reported	78	279 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.0%	42.3%
In the darkof 281 fatal crashes with the condition reported	146	281 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.0%	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.Stark 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	9	4	13	13	39
Monday	5	8	9	10	32
Tuesday	4	4	11	15	34
Wednesday	5	5	9	11	30
Thursday	7	8	14	14	43
Friday	13	9	9	14	45
Saturday	13	7	12	27	59
All days	56	45	77	104	282

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.Stark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	12	4.3%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	17	6.1%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	81	29.0%	19.5%
Minor arterial	69	24.7%	21.6%
Major collector	54	19.4%	24.5%
Minor collector	8	2.9%	4.2%
Local	38	13.6%	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.Stark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	124
Dark, not lighted	75
Dark, lighted	67
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Stark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	157
Cloudy	86
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	10
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Stark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Stark	In all of Ohio
Interstate 77	Interstate	12	85
State Route 43	State highway	17	48
State Route 44	State highway	4	24
State Route 93	State highway	4	57
State Route 172	State highway	19	22
US Route 30	US highway	16	70
US Route 62	US highway	23	118
US Route 250	US highway	1 or 2	46

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.Stark 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
Stark County: 8.1

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 Stark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Ohio	3	42	15.5
Columbiana County	Ohio	11	88	8.6
Holmes County	Ohio	4	53	12.0
Mahoning County	Ohio	18	210	9.2
Portage County	Ohio	12	149	9.2
Summit County	Ohio	37	405	7.5
Tuscarawas County	Ohio	12	110	11.9
Wayne County	Ohio	10	156	13.4

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 Stark 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 Stark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 328 deaths in Stark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 301 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Stark in 2024?

The rate of Stark County in 2024 was 7.5 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 Stark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 92 of 282 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 Stark?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 96 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.