Coos County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Coos County in 2024.

FARS records 118 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Oregon in the same years is 12.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Coos County was number 14 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Coos County rose by 22.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (118).

In the counties of Oregon the deaths rose by 34.7% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 80.5% of the fatal crashes in Coos County with a known setting were rural, against 55.2% in Oregon.

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 Coos 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.Coos County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	5
2023	19	17	5
2022	10	10	3
2021	15	15	5
2020	11	11	5
2019	12	11	1 or 2
2018	8	8	5
2017	12	11	5
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	9	9	5
2015 to 2024	118	113	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1988)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Coos County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	19	17
2022	10	10
2021	15	15
2020	11	11
2019	12	11
2018	8	8
2017	12	11
2016	7	7
2015	9	9
2014	11	9
2013	6	6
2012	5	4
2011	15	13
2010	10	9
2009	10	10
2008	12	11
2007	8	8
2006	9	8
2005	10	9
2004	14	13
2003	15	9
2002	10	10
2001	11	9
2000	12	10
1999	13	11
1998	14	13
1997	11	9
1996	10	8
1995	13	12
1994	10	8
1993	13	12
1992	8	6
1991	7	7
1990	12	12
1989	14	13
1988	22	19
1987	15	13
1986	20	16
1985	15	13
1984	16	16
1983	9	9
1982	9	9
1981	13	12
1980	11	10
1979	10	10
1978	10	10
1977	21	18
1976	20	19
1975	11	10

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.Coos County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Coos County	Oregon	United States
2024	23.3	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.4	12.4	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. Coos County had 64,242 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Coos County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	41	113 fatal crashes	36.3%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	37	113 fatal crashes	32.7%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 92 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	92 occupant deathswith restraint use known	28.3%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 118 deaths	13	118 deaths	11.0%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 118 deaths	1 or 2	118 deaths	0.8%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 118 deaths	7	118 deaths	5.9%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.5%	55.2%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.1%	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.Coos 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	3	6	7	1 or 2	18
Monday	1 or 2	4	6	4	16
Tuesday	0	4	8	6	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	6	1 or 2	16
Thursday	3	1 or 2	6	4	14
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	10	16
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	10
All days	11	25	42	30	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.Coos County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	0	0.0%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	72	63.7%	39.6%
Minor arterial	3	2.7%	22.1%
Major collector	31	27.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.9%	3.9%
Local	6	5.3%	6.3%
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.Coos County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	63
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	10

Table 8.Coos County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	46
Cloudy	27
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	17

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Coos County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Coos	In all of Oregon
State Route 42	State highway	18	40
US Route 101	US highway	50	209

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 Oregon

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Coos County on the county map of Oregon

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.910 counties
15 to 19.95 counties
20 to 29.97 counties
30 or more10 counties
Coos County: 18.4

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 Oregon

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Coos County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Curry County	Oregon	8	37	16.1
Douglas County	Oregon	37	297	26.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Oregon have a population nearest to that of Coos 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.
Oregon Transportation Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Oregon.

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 Coos in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Coos County from 2005 to 2014. It records 118 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Coos in 2024?

The rate of Coos County in 2024 was 23.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Oregon was 12.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Coos had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 113 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 Coos?

FARS records 18 fatal crashes on State Route 42 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 50 fatal crashes on US Route 101 in the county from 2015 to 2024.