Washington County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 154 deaths in 142 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.5 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, Washington County was number 4 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Washington County fell by 0.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (155) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (154).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 20.1% of the deaths in Washington County and 15.1% 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 Washington 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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	17	3
2023	17	15	5
2022	20	17	4
2021	17	15	1 or 2
2020	18	16	3
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	9	9	1 or 2
2017	15	13	3
2016	15	14	3
2015	17	17	3
2015 to 2024	154	142	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2003)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	17
2023	17	15
2022	20	17
2021	17	15
2020	18	16
2019	9	9
2018	9	9
2017	15	13
2016	15	14
2015	17	17
2014	18	18
2013	14	13
2012	11	10
2011	9	9
2010	17	14
2009	10	9
2008	18	13
2007	22	16
2006	22	19
2005	14	12
2004	13	13
2003	23	21
2002	17	15
2001	14	13
2000	16	15
1999	19	17
1998	17	16
1997	14	14
1996	15	15
1995	9	9
1994	17	17
1993	9	8
1992	13	12
1991	16	12
1990	9	9
1989	17	16
1988	11	11
1987	7	6
1986	10	8
1985	6	6
1984	9	8
1983	6	4
1982	14	12
1981	6	6
1980	5	5
1979	12	10
1978	3	3
1977	10	10
1976	10	10
1975	5	5

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.Washington County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Utah	United States
2024	8.2	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.5	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. Washington County had 208,431 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 142 fatal crashes	29	142 fatal crashes	20.4%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 142 fatal crashes	46	142 fatal crashes	32.4%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.6%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 154 deaths	20	154 deaths	13.0%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 154 deaths	3	154 deaths	1.9%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 154 deaths	31	154 deaths	20.1%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.0%	40.2%
In the darkof 140 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	140 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	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.Washington 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	1 or 2	9	9	25
Monday	1 or 2	6	3	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	3	3	8	3	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	4	9	21
Thursday	1 or 2	7	5	9	23
Friday	1 or 2	3	10	3	17
Saturday	1 or 2	5	12	7	26
All days	16	33	51	42	142

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.Washington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	15	10.7%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	5	3.6%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	50	35.7%	39.9%
Minor arterial	36	25.7%	14.9%
Major collector	15	10.7%	11.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.4%	3.3%
Local	17	12.1%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	110
Cloudy	13
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
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 Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Utah
Interstate 15	Interstate	15	271
State Route 18	State highway	25	25
US Route 91	US highway	1 or 2	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.Washington 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
Washington County: 8.5

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Mohave County	Arizona	48	561	26.2
Lincoln County	Nevada	1 or 2	37	77.2
Iron County	Utah	5	72	12.7
Kane County	Utah	3	44	56.2

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 Washington 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 Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 155 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 154 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 8.2 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 142 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 Washington?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on Interstate 15 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 25 fatal crashes on State Route 18 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 91 in the county from 2015 to 2024.