Indiana County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Indiana County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 108 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Pennsylvania in the same years is 9.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Indiana County was number 33 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Indiana County fell by 21.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (147) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

In the counties of Pennsylvania the deaths fell by 14.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 83.2% of the fatal crashes in Indiana County with a known setting were rural, against 45.3% in Pennsylvania.

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 Indiana 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.Indiana County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	9	9	1 or 2
2022	7	7	1 or 2
2021	11	10	3
2020	15	15	1 or 2
2019	12	11	3
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	21	17	10
2015	17	15	5
2015 to 2024	116	108	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1979)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Indiana County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	9	9
2022	7	7
2021	11	10
2020	15	15
2019	12	11
2018	10	10
2017	7	7
2016	21	17
2015	17	15
2014	9	9
2013	15	12
2012	8	8
2011	16	15
2010	23	22
2009	18	18
2008	12	11
2007	16	14
2006	9	9
2005	21	18
2004	14	12
2003	23	20
2002	16	15
2001	23	21
2000	15	13
1999	21	18
1998	21	21
1997	21	21
1996	16	15
1995	20	18
1994	17	15
1993	22	19
1992	16	13
1991	18	16
1990	17	16
1989	23	22
1988	28	23
1987	30	24
1986	18	14
1985	23	18
1984	20	20
1983	23	18
1982	19	15
1981	23	23
1980	25	22
1979	33	27
1978	22	22
1977	23	21
1976	16	15
1975	21	20

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.Indiana County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Indiana County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	8.4	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.8	9.0	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. Indiana County had 83,257 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Indiana County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 108 fatal crashes	31	108 fatal crashes	28.7%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 108 fatal crashes	48	108 fatal crashes	44.4%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.5%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	9	116 deaths	7.8%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	1 or 2	116 deaths	0.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	16	116 deaths	13.8%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.2%	45.3%
In the darkof 108 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	108 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.3%	43.6%

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.Indiana 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	1 or 2	0	7	5	13
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	3	3	8	0	14
Wednesday	4	6	4	3	17
Thursday	3	1 or 2	10	6	20
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	7	16
Saturday	6	4	5	3	18
All days	19	17	46	26	108

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.Indiana County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.9%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	36	34.0%	28.1%
Minor arterial	29	27.4%	22.4%
Major collector	18	17.0%	13.1%
Minor collector	10	9.4%	4.2%
Local	12	11.3%	19.1%
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.Indiana County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Indiana County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	56
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	31

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Indiana County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Indiana	In all of Pennsylvania
State Route 56	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 2002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 3003	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 4001	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 22	US highway	6	136
US Route 119	US highway	13	44
US Route 422	US highway	13	111

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 Pennsylvania

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Indiana County on the county map of Pennsylvania

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1019 counties
10 to 14.928 counties
15 to 19.917 counties
20 to 29.92 counties
30 or more1 county
Indiana County: 13.8

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 Pennsylvania

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Indiana County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Armstrong County	Pennsylvania	8	94	14.4
Cambria County	Pennsylvania	12	108	8.2
Clearfield County	Pennsylvania	12	138	17.4
Jefferson County	Pennsylvania	3	57	13.0
Westmoreland County	Pennsylvania	28	349	9.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Pennsylvania have a population nearest to that of Indiana 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.
Pennsylvania Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Pennsylvania.

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 Indiana in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 147 deaths in Indiana County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Indiana in 2024?

The rate of Indiana County in 2024 was 8.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Pennsylvania was 8.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Indiana had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 108 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 Indiana?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 39 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.