Josephine County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Josephine County in 2024.

FARS records 194 deaths in 176 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.2 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, Josephine County was number 10 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Josephine County rose by 21.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (160) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (194).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 47.7% of fatal crashes in Josephine County and 31.0% 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 Josephine 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.Josephine County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	3
2023	14	14	4
2022	22	20	9
2021	24	21	12
2020	13	12	5
2019	20	20	13
2018	20	18	8
2017	19	18	11
2016	24	20	7
2015	24	21	12
2015 to 2024	194	176	84

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1976)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Josephine County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	14	14
2022	22	20
2021	24	21
2020	13	12
2019	20	20
2018	20	18
2017	19	18
2016	24	20
2015	24	21
2014	13	13
2013	12	10
2012	18	18
2011	13	13
2010	12	11
2009	21	19
2008	20	14
2007	21	16
2006	17	16
2005	13	13
2004	17	15
2003	20	18
2002	10	10
2001	18	18
2000	17	14
1999	9	9
1998	16	16
1997	14	13
1996	21	16
1995	12	12
1994	18	18
1993	16	12
1992	6	6
1991	7	7
1990	13	11
1989	9	9
1988	17	14
1987	10	8
1986	19	15
1985	20	17
1984	17	15
1983	8	8
1982	11	9
1981	22	18
1980	16	13
1979	14	10
1978	21	20
1977	14	11
1976	24	22
1975	10	9

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.Josephine County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Josephine County	Oregon	United States
2024	15.9	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.2	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. Josephine County had 88,143 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Josephine County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 176 fatal crashes	84	176 fatal crashes	47.7%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 176 fatal crashes	64	176 fatal crashes	36.4%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 120 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	120 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.5%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 194 deaths	20	194 deaths	10.3%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 194 deaths	1 or 2	194 deaths	0.5%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 194 deaths	25	194 deaths	12.9%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 176 fatal crashes with the condition reported	122	176 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	69.3%	55.2%
In the darkof 170 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	170 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.9%	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.Josephine 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	1 or 2	7	10	21
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	12	22
Tuesday	4	3	9	8	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	13	6	23
Thursday	4	4	6	7	21
Friday	5	7	9	11	32
Saturday	7	5	8	11	31
All days	27	24	58	65	174

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.Josephine County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	11	6.3%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	59	33.5%	39.6%
Minor arterial	17	9.7%	22.1%
Major collector	44	25.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	26	14.8%	3.9%
Local	19	10.8%	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.Josephine County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	88
Dark, not lighted	64
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Josephine County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	22
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	27

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Josephine County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Josephine	In all of Oregon
Interstate 5	Interstate	11	212
State Route 99	State highway	8	160
State Route 99E	State highway	1 or 2	55
US Route 199	US highway	45	45

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.Josephine 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
Josephine County: 22.2

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 Josephine County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Del Norte County	California	6	76	27.8
Siskiyou County	California	12	138	31.8
Curry County	Oregon	8	37	16.1
Douglas County	Oregon	37	297	26.8
Jackson County	Oregon	28	276	12.6

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 Josephine 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.

Cite this page

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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 Josephine in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 160 deaths in Josephine County from 2005 to 2014. It records 194 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Josephine in 2024?

The rate of Josephine County in 2024 was 15.9 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 Josephine had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 84 of 176 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 Josephine?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 65 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.