Wood County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Wood County in 2024.

FARS records 174 deaths in 156 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.3 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, Wood County was number 15 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Wood County fell by 4.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (183) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (174).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 65.2% of the fatal crashes in Wood 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 Wood 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.Wood County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	19	0
2023	23	21	4
2022	13	12	1 or 2
2021	13	11	1 or 2
2020	16	15	7
2019	13	13	4
2018	18	14	4
2017	16	14	3
2016	13	13	3
2015	30	24	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	174	156	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 48 (1979)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Wood County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	19
2023	23	21
2022	13	12
2021	13	11
2020	16	15
2019	13	13
2018	18	14
2017	16	14
2016	13	13
2015	30	24
2014	15	14
2013	19	18
2012	20	17
2011	15	14
2010	16	14
2009	18	17
2008	16	14
2007	27	27
2006	18	15
2005	19	19
2004	18	14
2003	13	12
2002	16	15
2001	26	25
2000	27	26
1999	17	16
1998	16	13
1997	22	19
1996	16	15
1995	13	12
1994	27	26
1993	31	25
1992	19	15
1991	39	34
1990	27	23
1989	37	36
1988	26	24
1987	30	26
1986	27	22
1985	33	25
1984	32	29
1983	32	26
1982	23	21
1981	35	26
1980	19	19
1979	48	45
1978	44	36
1977	33	29
1976	44	39
1975	29	26

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.Wood County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wood County	Ohio	United States
2024	14.3	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.3	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. Wood County had 133,072 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wood County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 156 fatal crashes	31	156 fatal crashes	19.9%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 156 fatal crashes	19	156 fatal crashes	12.2%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 125 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	125 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.4%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 174 deaths	11	174 deaths	6.3%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 174 deaths	4	174 deaths	2.3%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 174 deaths	20	174 deaths	11.5%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 155 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	155 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.2%	42.3%
In the darkof 156 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	156 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.5%	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.Wood 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	3	7	4	16
Monday	1 or 2	5	7	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	3	12	6	7	28
Wednesday	3	8	5	5	21
Thursday	1 or 2	5	6	4	16
Friday	3	6	8	13	30
Saturday	8	8	5	9	30
All days	21	47	44	44	156

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.Wood County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	31	20.0%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	33	21.3%	19.5%
Minor arterial	14	9.0%	21.6%
Major collector	43	27.7%	24.5%
Minor collector	13	8.4%	4.2%
Local	21	13.5%	15.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Wood County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	7
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Wood County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	41
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wood County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wood	In all of Ohio
Interstate 75	Interstate	18	213
Interstate 80	Interstate	6	111
State Route 65	State highway	4	21
State Route 235	State highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 6	US highway	15	121
US Route 20	US highway	4	114
US Route 23	US highway	1 or 2	137

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.Wood 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
Wood County: 13.3

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 Wood County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hancock County	Ohio	14	105	13.9
Henry County	Ohio	9	70	25.6
Lucas County	Ohio	35	420	9.8
Ottawa County	Ohio	4	51	12.6
Sandusky County	Ohio	8	100	17.0
Seneca County	Ohio	13	67	12.2

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 Wood 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 Wood in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 183 deaths in Wood County from 2005 to 2014. It records 174 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wood in 2024?

The rate of Wood County in 2024 was 14.3 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 Wood had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 156 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 Wood?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.