Davis County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Davis County in 2024.

FARS records 151 deaths in 138 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.2 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, Davis County was number 5 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Davis County rose by 18.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (127) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (151).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.6% of the fatal crashes in Davis 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 Davis 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.Davis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	1 or 2
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	20	20	3
2021	18	15	1 or 2
2020	11	10	4
2019	13	12	1 or 2
2018	19	16	5
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	27	24	3
2015	11	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	151	138	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (2016)2024: 11

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

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

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.Davis County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Davis County	Utah	United States
2024	2.9	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.2	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. Davis County had 378,462 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Davis County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 138 fatal crashes	23	138 fatal crashes	16.7%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 138 fatal crashes	36	138 fatal crashes	26.1%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	35.4%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 151 deaths	28	151 deaths	18.5%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 151 deaths	8	151 deaths	5.3%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 151 deaths	28	151 deaths	18.5%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 138 fatal crashes with the condition reported	5	138 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.6%	40.2%
In the darkof 138 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	138 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.0%	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.Davis 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	4	5	7	18
Monday	1 or 2	8	5	5	19
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	4	10	19
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	9	8	23
Thursday	0	5	8	4	17
Friday	3	6	4	9	22
Saturday	3	4	8	5	20
All days	14	33	43	48	138

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.Davis County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	28	20.3%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	6	4.3%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	56	40.6%	39.9%
Minor arterial	22	15.9%	14.9%
Major collector	12	8.7%	11.9%
Minor collector	3	2.2%	3.3%
Local	11	8.0%	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.Davis County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Davis County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	106
Cloudy	22
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Davis County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Davis	In all of Utah
Interstate 15	Interstate	26	271
Interstate 84	Interstate	1 or 2	28
Interstate 215	Interstate	1 or 2	34
State Route 68	State highway	3	74
State Route 126	State highway	17	34
US Route 89	US highway	11	185

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.Davis 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
Davis County: 4.2

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 Davis County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Morgan County	Utah	1 or 2	22	18.0
Salt Lake County	Utah	73	736	6.3
Tooele County	Utah	10	121	16.5
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 Davis 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 Davis in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 127 deaths in Davis County from 2005 to 2014. It records 151 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Davis in 2024?

The rate of Davis County in 2024 was 2.9 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 Davis had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 138 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 Davis?

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.