Franklin County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Franklin County in 2024.

FARS records 81 deaths in 73 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 Washington in the same years is 8.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Franklin County was number 19 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Franklin County rose by 26.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (64) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (81).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 49.1% of the occupants killed in Franklin County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 40.8% 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 Franklin 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.Franklin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	3
2023	13	11	3
2022	5	5	1 or 2
2021	9	8	3
2020	5	5	3
2019	8	7	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	10	9	3
2016	8	7	1 or 2
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	81	73	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1976)2024: 11

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

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

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.Franklin County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Franklin County	Washington	United States
2024	10.8	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.5	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. Franklin County had 101,386 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Franklin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 73 fatal crashes	24	73 fatal crashes	32.9%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 73 fatal crashes	23	73 fatal crashes	31.5%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.1%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 81 deaths	10	81 deaths	12.3%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 81 deaths	1 or 2	81 deaths	1.2%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 81 deaths	7	81 deaths	8.6%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 73 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	73 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.3%	41.9%
In the darkof 72 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	72 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.3%	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.Franklin 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	1 or 2	13
Monday	1 or 2	0	9	0	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	4	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7
Thursday	1 or 2	0	6	1 or 2	10
Friday	4	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	11
Saturday	6	4	3	1 or 2	15
All days	17	11	33	12	73

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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	18	24.7%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	13	17.8%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	14	19.2%	30.8%
Minor arterial	6	8.2%	19.2%
Major collector	13	17.8%	18.2%
Minor collector	4	5.5%	3.8%
Local	5	6.8%	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.Franklin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Franklin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	55
Cloudy	13
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Franklin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Franklin	In all of Washington
Interstate 82	Interstate	1 or 2	79
Interstate 182	Interstate	17	26
State Route 17	State highway	4	39
US Route 12	US highway	1 or 2	83
US Route 395	US highway	18	77

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.Franklin 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
Franklin 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 Washington

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Franklin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County	Washington	6	75	37.1
Benton County	Washington	17	177	8.6
Columbia County	Washington	0	5	12.5
Grant County	Washington	26	208	21.1
Walla Walla County	Washington	6	51	8.3
Whitman County	Washington	5	43	8.9

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 Franklin 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. Franklin County, Washington: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wa/franklin/. 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 Franklin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 64 deaths in Franklin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 81 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Franklin in 2024?

The rate of Franklin County in 2024 was 10.8 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 Franklin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 73 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 Franklin?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 41 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.