Tooele County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Tooele County in 2024.

FARS records 121 deaths in 115 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.5 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, Tooele County was number 6 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Tooele County fell by 4.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (127) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (121).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 62.3% of the fatal crashes in Tooele 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 Tooele 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.Tooele County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	3
2023	14	14	1 or 2
2022	13	13	1 or 2
2021	17	15	3
2020	11	10	3
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	9	9	4
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	20	18	8
2015	14	14	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	121	115	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1991)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Tooele County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	14	14
2022	13	13
2021	17	15
2020	11	10
2019	4	4
2018	9	9
2017	9	9
2016	20	18
2015	14	14
2014	15	11
2013	8	8
2012	17	16
2011	10	9
2010	12	9
2009	11	8
2008	15	15
2007	10	8
2006	14	12
2005	15	15
2004	23	19
2003	25	19
2002	25	20
2001	11	11
2000	12	11
1999	22	19
1998	19	16
1997	18	17
1996	15	12
1995	16	14
1994	10	7
1993	22	19
1992	20	18
1991	25	16
1990	5	5
1989	17	17
1988	14	11
1987	11	11
1986	11	10
1985	13	9
1984	10	9
1983	11	8
1982	12	11
1981	7	7
1980	9	7
1979	17	14
1978	22	14
1977	16	13
1976	4	4
1975	10	10

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.Tooele County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tooele County	Utah	United States
2024	11.8	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.5	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. Tooele County had 84,828 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tooele County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	29	115 fatal crashes	25.2%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	28	115 fatal crashes	24.3%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 87 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	87 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.0%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 121 deaths	14	121 deaths	11.6%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 121 deaths	1 or 2	121 deaths	0.8%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 121 deaths	8	121 deaths	6.6%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 114 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	114 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	62.3%	40.2%
In the darkof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.3%	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.Tooele 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	5	5	8	3	21
Monday	1 or 2	4	3	5	14
Tuesday	6	4	6	5	21
Wednesday	3	6	4	4	17
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Friday	5	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	12
Saturday	6	6	5	4	21
All days	28	28	33	26	115

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.Tooele County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	50	43.9%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	32	28.1%	39.9%
Minor arterial	6	5.3%	14.9%
Major collector	17	14.9%	11.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.8%	3.3%
Local	7	6.1%	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.Tooele County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tooele County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	74
Cloudy	31
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	4
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tooele County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tooele	In all of Utah
Interstate 80	Interstate	50	89
State Route 36	State highway	21	21

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.Tooele 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
Tooele County: 16.5

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 Tooele County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Elko County	Nevada	18	117	22.0
White Pine County	Nevada	5	31	33.7
Box Elder County	Utah	10	108	18.8
Davis County	Utah	11	151	4.2
Juab County	Utah	1 or 2	45	37.7
Salt Lake County	Utah	73	736	6.3
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 Tooele 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 Tooele in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 127 deaths in Tooele County from 2005 to 2014. It records 121 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tooele in 2024?

The rate of Tooele County in 2024 was 11.8 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 Tooele had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 115 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 Tooele?

FARS records 50 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 21 fatal crashes on State Route 36 in the county from 2015 to 2024.