Lincoln County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Lincoln County in 2024.

FARS records 113 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.7 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, Lincoln County was number 15 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Lincoln County rose by 43.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (79) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (113).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 29.3% of the fatal crashes in Lincoln County with known light were in the dark, against 45.0% 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 Lincoln 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.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	3
2023	7	7	3
2022	14	12	6
2021	13	12	4
2020	17	15	4
2019	7	7	3
2018	8	7	0
2017	13	11	1 or 2
2016	15	14	3
2015	7	7	3
2015 to 2024	113	103	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1978)2024: 12

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

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

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.Lincoln County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lincoln County	Oregon	United States
2024	23.6	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.7	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. Lincoln County had 50,753 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lincoln County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	30	103 fatal crashes	29.1%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	24	103 fatal crashes	23.3%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.5%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 113 deaths	7	113 deaths	6.2%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 113 deaths	1 or 2	113 deaths	1.8%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 113 deaths	7	113 deaths	6.2%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.0%	55.2%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.3%	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.Lincoln 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	0	1 or 2	5	7	13
Monday	1 or 2	7	3	5	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	6	14
Wednesday	0	0	5	7	12
Thursday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	3	12	7	22
Saturday	3	5	4	4	16
All days	5	19	40	37	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.Lincoln 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	75	72.8%	39.6%
Minor arterial	5	4.9%	22.1%
Major collector	10	9.7%	18.9%
Minor collector	3	2.9%	3.9%
Local	10	9.7%	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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	22
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	3
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	24
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	7

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lincoln County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lincoln	In all of Oregon
State Route 18	State highway	7	47
State Route 34	State highway	4	29
US Route 20	US highway	19	150
US Route 101	US highway	45	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.Lincoln 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
Lincoln County: 22.7

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 Lincoln County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Benton County	Oregon	10	87	9.3
Lane County	Oregon	49	457	12.1
Polk County	Oregon	10	113	13.1
Tillamook County	Oregon	5	86	31.9

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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 79 deaths in Lincoln County from 2005 to 2014. It records 113 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lincoln in 2024?

The rate of Lincoln County in 2024 was 23.6 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 Lincoln had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 103 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 Lincoln?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 75 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.