Tuscarawas County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Tuscarawas County in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 101 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.9 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, Tuscarawas County was number 30 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Tuscarawas County rose by 17.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (94) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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 48.5% of fatal crashes in Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas 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.Tuscarawas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	4
2023	6	5	3
2022	10	10	5
2021	13	11	5
2020	14	11	3
2019	10	9	1 or 2
2018	12	11	5
2017	20	19	7
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	7	7	0
2015 to 2024	110	101	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1979)2024: 12

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

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

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.Tuscarawas County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tuscarawas County	Ohio	United States
2024	13.0	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.9	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. Tuscarawas County had 92,232 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tuscarawas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 101 fatal crashes	36	101 fatal crashes	35.6%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 101 fatal crashes	49	101 fatal crashes	48.5%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.0%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	5	110 deaths	4.5%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	3	110 deaths	2.7%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	26	110 deaths	23.6%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.0%	42.3%
In the darkof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.5%	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.Tuscarawas 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	0	5	1 or 2	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	6	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	4	1 or 2	7	5	17
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	6	16
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	10	17
Saturday	8	1 or 2	7	6	23
All days	23	9	37	32	101

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.Tuscarawas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	16	15.8%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	4.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	7	6.9%	19.5%
Minor arterial	25	24.8%	21.6%
Major collector	24	23.8%	24.5%
Minor collector	8	7.9%	4.2%
Local	17	16.8%	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.Tuscarawas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tuscarawas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	47
Cloudy	42
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tuscarawas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tuscarawas	In all of Ohio
Interstate 71	Interstate	1 or 2	214
Interstate 77	Interstate	15	85
State Route 39	State highway	4	32
State Route 93	State highway	4	57
US Route 36	US highway	6	61
US Route 250	US highway	7	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.Tuscarawas 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
Tuscarawas County: 11.9

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 Tuscarawas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Ohio	3	42	15.5
Coshocton County	Ohio	6	66	18.0
Guernsey County	Ohio	11	67	17.3
Harrison County	Ohio	1 or 2	46	31.1
Holmes County	Ohio	4	53	12.0
Stark County	Ohio	28	301	8.1

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 Tuscarawas 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 Tuscarawas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 94 deaths in Tuscarawas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tuscarawas in 2024?

The rate of Tuscarawas County in 2024 was 13.0 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 Tuscarawas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 101 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 Tuscarawas?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 37 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.