Cache County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Cache County in 2024.

FARS records 101 deaths in 96 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Utah in the same years is 8.7.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Cache County was number 8 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Cache County rose by 27.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (79) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (101).

In the counties of Utah the deaths rose by 9.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 52.1% of the fatal crashes in Cache County with a known setting were rural, against 40.2% in Utah.

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 Cache 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.Cache County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	4
2023	11	9	1 or 2
2022	7	7	0
2021	11	11	1 or 2
2020	8	8	0
2019	3	3	0
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	21	20	3
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	4	4	0
2015 to 2024	101	96	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2017)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Cache County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	11	9
2022	7	7
2021	11	11
2020	8	8
2019	3	3
2018	10	10
2017	21	20
2016	12	11
2015	4	4
2014	12	12
2013	10	9
2012	6	6
2011	4	4
2010	6	4
2009	10	10
2008	5	5
2007	6	4
2006	14	12
2005	6	6
2004	11	8
2003	9	7
2002	8	8
2001	5	5
2000	17	13
1999	10	10
1998	9	9
1997	8	5
1996	12	11
1995	4	4
1994	14	12
1993	7	6
1992	6	5
1991	9	7
1990	13	9
1989	7	7
1988	8	8
1987	12	12
1986	7	7
1985	9	9
1984	4	4
1983	7	6
1982	6	6
1981	9	9
1980	8	7
1979	7	7
1978	11	8
1977	9	8
1976	9	8
1975	9	7

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.Cache County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cache County	Utah	United States
2024	9.7	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.6	8.7	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. Cache County had 144,667 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cache County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 96 fatal crashes	13	96 fatal crashes	13.5%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 96 fatal crashes	23	96 fatal crashes	24.0%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.8%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 101 deaths	9	101 deaths	8.9%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 101 deaths	1 or 2	101 deaths	2.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 101 deaths	16	101 deaths	15.8%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.1%	40.2%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.8%	40.5%

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.Cache 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	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Monday	1 or 2	3	4	5	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	6	5	17
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	7	4	12
Thursday	1 or 2	7	3	3	14
Friday	0	6	1 or 2	5	13
Saturday	1 or 2	3	10	3	17
All days	5	26	37	27	95

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.Cache County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	0	0.0%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	49	51.0%	39.9%
Minor arterial	21	21.9%	14.9%
Major collector	11	11.5%	11.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.1%	3.3%
Local	13	13.5%	9.7%
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.Cache County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	16
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cache County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	16
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cache County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cache	In all of Utah
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 89	US highway	23	185
US Route 91	US highway	19	24

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 Utah

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Cache County on the county map of Utah

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

Fewer than 106 counties
10 to 14.94 counties
15 to 19.94 counties
20 to 29.93 counties
30 or more11 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown1 county
Cache County: 7.6

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 Utah

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Cache County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Idaho	5	22	15.4
Oneida County	Idaho	1 or 2	13	28.4
Box Elder County	Utah	10	108	18.8
Rich County	Utah	1 or 2	13	51.9
Weber County	Utah	27	217	8.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Utah have a population nearest to that of Cache 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.
Utah Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Utah.

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 Cache in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 79 deaths in Cache County from 2005 to 2014. It records 101 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cache in 2024?

The rate of Cache County in 2024 was 9.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Utah was 7.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 96 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 Cache?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 39 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 23 fatal crashes on US Route 89 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 19 fatal crashes on US Route 91 in the county from 2015 to 2024.