Iron County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Iron County in 2024.

FARS records 72 deaths in 63 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.7 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, Iron County was number 11 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Iron County rose by 4.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (69) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (72).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 65.1% of the fatal crashes in Iron 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 Iron 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.Iron County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	11	9	1 or 2
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	13	11	1 or 2
2020	10	9	1 or 2
2019	4	4	0
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	11	7	0
2016	4	4	0
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	72	63	7

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1997)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Iron County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	11	9
2022	6	6
2021	13	11
2020	10	9
2019	4	4
2018	6	6
2017	11	7
2016	4	4
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	3	3
2013	8	8
2012	0	0
2011	10	10
2010	8	6
2009	12	9
2008	3	3
2007	8	8
2006	9	9
2005	8	8
2004	12	10
2003	9	7
2002	11	11
2001	6	6
2000	12	9
1999	11	10
1998	16	13
1997	19	15
1996	13	10
1995	14	13
1994	9	7
1993	12	10
1992	12	11
1991	10	8
1990	16	14
1989	11	8
1988	8	7
1987	5	5
1986	11	11
1985	6	6
1984	10	9
1983	3	3
1982	5	5
1981	14	14
1980	15	12
1979	3	3
1978	11	9
1977	3	3
1976	5	3
1975	4	3

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.Iron County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Iron County	Utah	United States
2024	7.6	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.7	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. Iron County had 65,559 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Iron County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 63 fatal crashes	7	63 fatal crashes	11.1%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 63 fatal crashes	17	63 fatal crashes	27.0%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 51 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	51 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.7%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 72 deaths	4	72 deaths	5.6%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 72 deaths	0	72 deaths	0.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 72 deaths	13	72 deaths	18.1%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.1%	40.2%
In the darkof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.9%	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.Iron 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	5	1 or 2	11
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Tuesday	0	4	0	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	4	13
Saturday	3	6	6	1 or 2	16
All days	9	18	22	14	63

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.Iron County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	28	44.4%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	11	17.5%	39.9%
Minor arterial	12	19.0%	14.9%
Major collector	3	4.8%	11.9%
Minor collector	4	6.3%	3.3%
Local	5	7.9%	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.Iron County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	37
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	4
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Iron County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	50
Cloudy	8
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Iron County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Iron	In all of Utah
Interstate 15	Interstate	28	271

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.Iron 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
Iron County: 12.7

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 Iron County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lincoln County	Nevada	1 or 2	37	77.2
Beaver County	Utah	1 or 2	26	37.8
Garfield County	Utah	0	23	45.0
Kane County	Utah	3	44	56.2
Washington County	Utah	17	154	8.5

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 Iron 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. Iron County, Utah: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ut/iron/. 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 Iron in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 69 deaths in Iron County from 2005 to 2014. It records 72 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Iron in 2024?

The rate of Iron County in 2024 was 7.6 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 Iron had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 7 of 63 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 Iron?

FARS records 28 fatal crashes on Interstate 15 in the county from 2015 to 2024.