Jackson County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 276 deaths in 263 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.6 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, Jackson County was number 7 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Jackson County rose by 46.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (189) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (276).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.5% of the fatal crashes in Jackson 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 Jackson 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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	27	7
2023	29	29	14
2022	30	30	13
2021	38	34	12
2020	15	14	4
2019	21	21	13
2018	32	30	9
2017	24	23	9
2016	34	33	12
2015	25	22	9
2015 to 2024	276	263	102

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (1978)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	27
2023	29	29
2022	30	30
2021	38	34
2020	15	14
2019	21	21
2018	32	30
2017	24	23
2016	34	33
2015	25	22
2014	17	16
2013	15	14
2012	14	14
2011	21	19
2010	16	15
2009	14	12
2008	25	25
2007	16	14
2006	19	17
2005	32	28
2004	44	38
2003	28	24
2002	20	19
2001	27	25
2000	21	21
1999	25	23
1998	31	31
1997	22	20
1996	22	21
1995	27	22
1994	21	21
1993	27	26
1992	29	27
1991	31	30
1990	31	27
1989	41	36
1988	41	33
1987	27	27
1986	23	23
1985	27	26
1984	38	37
1983	24	20
1982	31	29
1981	19	15
1980	26	24
1979	25	24
1978	46	36
1977	21	19
1976	42	35
1975	36	31

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.Jackson County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Oregon	United States
2024	12.6	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.6	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. Jackson County had 221,347 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 263 fatal crashes	102	263 fatal crashes	38.8%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 263 fatal crashes	76	263 fatal crashes	28.9%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 137 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	137 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.5%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 276 deaths	44	276 deaths	15.9%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 276 deaths	5	276 deaths	1.8%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 276 deaths	58	276 deaths	21.0%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 262 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	262 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.5%	55.2%
In the darkof 256 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	256 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.8%	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.Jackson 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	14	3	12	8	37
Monday	9	8	8	14	39
Tuesday	4	8	12	11	35
Wednesday	5	8	12	7	32
Thursday	4	6	14	8	32
Friday	1 or 2	4	17	14	36
Saturday	7	8	16	18	49
All days	44	45	91	80	260

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	35	13.4%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	48	18.3%	39.6%
Minor arterial	79	30.2%	22.1%
Major collector	65	24.8%	18.9%
Minor collector	10	3.8%	3.9%
Local	24	9.2%	6.3%
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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	127
Dark, not lighted	88
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	6
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	7

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	182
Cloudy	33
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	19

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Oregon
Interstate 5	Interstate	38	212
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	64
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 62	State highway	21	23
State Route 99	State highway	25	160
State Route 140	State highway	18	44

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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 12.6

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 Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Siskiyou County	California	12	138	31.8
Douglas County	Oregon	37	297	26.8
Josephine County	Oregon	14	194	22.2
Klamath County	Oregon	26	193	28.1

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 189 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 276 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 12.6 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 102 of 263 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 Jackson?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 104 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.