Douglas County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Douglas County in 2024.

FARS records 41 deaths in 38 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Washington in the same years is 8.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Douglas County was number 28 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Douglas County fell by 8.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (45) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (41).

In the counties of Washington the deaths rose by 22.3% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 76.3% of the fatal crashes in Douglas County with a known setting were rural, against 41.9% in Washington.

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 Douglas 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.Douglas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	0
2023	5	4	0
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	6	5	3
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	6	5	1 or 2
2015	3	3	0
2015 to 2024	41	38	9

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1993)2024: 4

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

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

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.Douglas County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Douglas County	Washington	United States
2024	8.8	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.5	8.2	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. Douglas County had 45,517 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Douglas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 38 fatal crashes	9	38 fatal crashes	23.7%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 38 fatal crashes	10	38 fatal crashes	26.3%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	10	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.5%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 41 deaths	3	41 deaths	7.3%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 41 deaths	0	41 deaths	0.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 41 deaths	5	41 deaths	12.2%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 38 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	38 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.3%	41.9%
In the darkof 38 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	38 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	47.7%

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.Douglas 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	0	1 or 2	0	3
Monday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	0	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	3	0	4
Thursday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	0	4	0	4
Saturday	1 or 2	0	3	4	9
All days	7	6	18	7	38

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.Douglas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	0	0.0%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	11	28.9%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	14	36.8%	30.8%
Minor arterial	4	10.5%	19.2%
Major collector	7	18.4%	18.2%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.8%
Local	1 or 2	5.3%	9.5%
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.Douglas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	21
Dark, not lighted	13
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Douglas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	29
Cloudy	5
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Douglas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Douglas	In all of Washington
State Route 17	State highway	1 or 2	39
State Route 28	State highway	11	31
US Route 2	US highway	4	117
US Route 97	US highway	9	79

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 Washington

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Douglas County on the county map of Washington

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1018 counties
10 to 14.98 counties
15 to 19.94 counties
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more5 counties
Douglas County: 9.5

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 Washington

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Douglas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chelan County	Washington	7	71	9.1
Grant County	Washington	26	208	21.1
Kittitas County	Washington	9	106	22.8
Okanogan County	Washington	11	86	20.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Washington have a population nearest to that of Douglas 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.
Washington Traffic Safety CommissionThe highway safety office of Washington.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Douglas County, Washington: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wa/douglas/. 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 Douglas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 45 deaths in Douglas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 41 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Douglas in 2024?

The rate of Douglas County in 2024 was 8.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Washington was 9.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Douglas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 9 of 38 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 Douglas?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 25 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.