Carbon County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Carbon County in 2024.

FARS records 49 deaths in 42 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Carbon County was number 16 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Carbon County rose by 28.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (38) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (49).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 78.6% of the fatal crashes in Carbon 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 Carbon County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	4	1 or 2
2023	6	6	3
2022	3	3	0
2021	5	5	1 or 2
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	4	4	0
2016	3	3	1 or 2
2015	8	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	49	42	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (1982)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	4
2023	6	6
2022	3	3
2021	5	5
2020	7	7
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	4	4
2016	3	3
2015	8	6
2014	4	3
2013	4	4
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	9	7
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	3	3
2008	1 or 2	1 or 2
2007	5	5
2006	4	4
2005	3	3
2004	4	4
2003	5	4
2002	4	4
2001	9	7
2000	1 or 2	1 or 2
1999	7	6
1998	9	8
1997	8	4
1996	1 or 2	1 or 2
1995	1 or 2	1 or 2
1994	5	5
1993	7	7
1992	8	8
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	12	8
1989	10	5
1988	3	3
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	6	6
1985	10	10
1984	4	4
1983	7	6
1982	15	12
1981	14	14
1980	11	10
1979	4	4
1978	5	5
1977	7	6
1976	8	8
1975	7	6

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.Carbon County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Carbon County	Utah	United States
2024	43.7	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Carbon County had 20,600 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Carbon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 42 fatal crashes	10	42 fatal crashes	23.8%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 42 fatal crashes	12	42 fatal crashes	28.6%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 38 occupant deaths with restraint use known	17	38 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.7%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 49 deaths	1 or 2	49 deaths	2.0%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 49 deaths	0	49 deaths	0.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 49 deaths	7	49 deaths	14.3%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.6%	40.2%
In the darkof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	18	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.9%	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.Carbon 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	3	1 or 2	3	3	10
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7
Thursday	1 or 2	0	3	0	4
Friday	1 or 2	0	3	3	8
Saturday	1 or 2	0	0	4	5
All days	7	7	13	15	42

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.Carbon 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	1 or 2	4.9%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	20	48.8%	39.9%
Minor arterial	5	12.2%	14.9%
Major collector	7	17.1%	11.9%
Minor collector	3	7.3%	3.3%
Local	4	9.8%	9.7%
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.Carbon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	24
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Carbon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	30
Cloudy	8
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Carbon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Carbon	In all of Utah
US Route 6	US highway	11	67
US Route 191	US highway	4	40

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.Carbon 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
Carbon County: 24.0

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 Carbon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Duchesne County	Utah	1 or 2	37	18.4
Emery County	Utah	3	53	52.5
Grand County	Utah	10	67	69.2
Sanpete County	Utah	6	39	13.1
Uintah County	Utah	9	53	14.5
Utah County	Utah	33	338	5.2

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 Carbon 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Carbon County, Utah: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ut/carbon/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Carbon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 38 deaths in Carbon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 49 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Carbon in 2024?

The rate of Carbon County in 2024 was 43.7 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 Carbon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 42 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 Carbon?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on US Route 6 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 191 in the county from 2015 to 2024.