Umatilla County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Umatilla County in 2024.

FARS records 125 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.9 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, Umatilla County was number 13 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Umatilla County fell by 2.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (128) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (125).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.6% of the occupants killed in Umatilla County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 35.0% 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 Umatilla 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.Umatilla County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	1 or 2
2023	17	17	7
2022	9	9	5
2021	12	12	3
2020	12	11	0
2019	18	18	5
2018	16	16	6
2017	5	5	0
2016	14	13	5
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	125	120	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1993)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Umatilla County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	17	17
2022	9	9
2021	12	12
2020	12	11
2019	18	18
2018	16	16
2017	5	5
2016	14	13
2015	11	10
2014	12	11
2013	11	11
2012	27	15
2011	11	11
2010	11	11
2009	14	10
2008	11	8
2007	12	12
2006	9	9
2005	10	9
2004	11	10
2003	11	11
2002	10	10
2001	12	10
2000	8	8
1999	15	12
1998	12	10
1997	11	10
1996	14	14
1995	14	12
1994	16	15
1993	31	24
1992	19	16
1991	14	13
1990	9	9
1989	23	20
1988	8	7
1987	15	10
1986	18	13
1985	21	18
1984	16	13
1983	24	19
1982	17	17
1981	24	21
1980	20	16
1979	15	14
1978	15	12
1977	9	8
1976	18	15
1975	12	12

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.Umatilla County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Umatilla County	Oregon	United States
2024	13.6	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.9	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. Umatilla County had 80,958 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Umatilla County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	34	120 fatal crashes	28.3%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	31	120 fatal crashes	25.8%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.6%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 125 deaths	19	125 deaths	15.2%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 125 deaths	3	125 deaths	2.4%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 125 deaths	10	125 deaths	8.0%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.8%	55.2%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.4%	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.Umatilla 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	7	4	4	3	18
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	6	16
Tuesday	3	4	7	6	20
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	5	3	9
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	4	15
Friday	1 or 2	5	7	6	20
Saturday	4	1 or 2	7	6	19
All days	20	21	42	34	117

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.Umatilla County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	38	31.7%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	33	27.5%	39.6%
Minor arterial	15	12.5%	22.1%
Major collector	18	15.0%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.7%	3.9%
Local	14	11.7%	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.Umatilla County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Umatilla County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	88
Cloudy	15
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Umatilla County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Umatilla	In all of Oregon
Interstate 84	Interstate	35	160
US Route 30	US highway	1 or 2	84
US Route 395	US highway	10	21

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.Umatilla 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
Umatilla County: 15.9

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 Umatilla County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Grant County	Oregon	5	22	30.6
Morrow County	Oregon	5	30	25.4
Union County	Oregon	5	37	14.1
Wallowa County	Oregon	1 or 2	14	19.2
Benton County	Washington	17	177	8.6
Columbia County	Washington	0	5	12.5
Walla Walla County	Washington	6	51	8.3

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 Umatilla 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 Umatilla in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 128 deaths in Umatilla County from 2005 to 2014. It records 125 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Umatilla in 2024?

The rate of Umatilla County in 2024 was 13.6 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 Umatilla had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 120 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 Umatilla?

FARS records 35 fatal crashes on Interstate 84 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 30 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on US Route 395 in the county from 2015 to 2024.