Yamhill County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Yamhill County in 2024.

FARS records 131 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 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, Yamhill County was number 12 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Yamhill County rose by 23.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (106) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (131).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 4.6% of the deaths in Yamhill County and 16.2% 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 Yamhill 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.Yamhill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	3
2023	14	13	4
2022	20	16	8
2021	11	11	3
2020	9	8	4
2019	14	9	4
2018	10	8	1 or 2
2017	12	10	3
2016	14	11	1 or 2
2015	15	13	3
2015 to 2024	131	111	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (2022)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Yamhill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	14	13
2022	20	16
2021	11	11
2020	9	8
2019	14	9
2018	10	8
2017	12	10
2016	14	11
2015	15	13
2014	7	7
2013	8	8
2012	9	8
2011	4	4
2010	7	6
2009	6	6
2008	17	13
2007	13	12
2006	16	16
2005	19	16
2004	7	7
2003	6	6
2002	10	9
2001	6	6
2000	10	9
1999	14	11
1998	13	10
1997	19	18
1996	17	16
1995	8	8
1994	15	13
1993	11	11
1992	15	13
1991	16	15
1990	12	11
1989	10	10
1988	13	9
1987	15	12
1986	7	5
1985	7	7
1984	8	7
1983	7	6
1982	15	14
1981	11	8
1980	17	16
1979	10	7
1978	18	15
1977	10	9
1976	16	13
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.Yamhill County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Yamhill County	Oregon	United States
2024	10.9	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	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. Yamhill County had 110,065 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Yamhill County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	36	111 fatal crashes	32.4%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	33	111 fatal crashes	29.7%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	29.7%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 131 deaths	6	131 deaths	4.6%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 131 deaths	3	131 deaths	2.3%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 131 deaths	17	131 deaths	13.0%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.7%	55.2%
In the darkof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.7%	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.Yamhill 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	4	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
Monday	3	5	6	1 or 2	16
Tuesday	3	5	4	3	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	8	5	19
Thursday	1 or 2	5	5	8	20
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Saturday	1 or 2	3	11	4	20
All days	18	26	40	26	110

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.Yamhill 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	1 or 2	1.8%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	47	42.3%	39.6%
Minor arterial	23	20.7%	22.1%
Major collector	26	23.4%	18.9%
Minor collector	5	4.5%	3.9%
Local	8	7.2%	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.Yamhill County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Yamhill County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	22
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Yamhill County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Yamhill	In all of Oregon
State Route 18	State highway	27	47
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	64
State Route 47	State highway	6	23
State Route 99	State highway	15	160
State Route 99W	State highway	8	37
State Route 211	State highway	1 or 2	31

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.Yamhill 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
Yamhill County: 12.3

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 Yamhill County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clackamas County	Oregon	38	358	8.6
Marion County	Oregon	39	428	12.4
Polk County	Oregon	10	113	13.1
Tillamook County	Oregon	5	86	31.9
Washington County	Oregon	35	287	4.8

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 Yamhill 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 Yamhill in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 106 deaths in Yamhill County from 2005 to 2014. It records 131 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Yamhill in 2024?

The rate of Yamhill County in 2024 was 10.9 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 Yamhill had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 111 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 Yamhill?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 59 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.