Grant County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 26 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Grant County in 2024.

FARS records 208 deaths in 185 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.1 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, Grant County was number 8 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Grant County rose by 18.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (176) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (208).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.7% of the fatal crashes in Grant 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 Grant 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.Grant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	26	23	8
2023	24	21	8
2022	32	28	8
2021	22	20	4
2020	19	17	3
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	22	21	7
2017	16	14	5
2016	19	18	6
2015	17	13	3
2015 to 2024	208	185	54

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1999)2024: 26

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

Table 2.Grant County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	26	23
2023	24	21
2022	32	28
2021	22	20
2020	19	17
2019	11	10
2018	22	21
2017	16	14
2016	19	18
2015	17	13
2014	13	10
2013	24	17
2012	14	13
2011	12	11
2010	22	18
2009	22	21
2008	17	17
2007	14	12
2006	20	18
2005	18	14
2004	15	15
2003	25	20
2002	27	23
2001	21	19
2000	18	16
1999	38	28
1998	24	18
1997	30	25
1996	30	29
1995	11	11
1994	17	12
1993	17	17
1992	15	15
1991	12	10
1990	24	20
1989	23	19
1988	16	13
1987	13	13
1986	18	17
1985	13	11
1984	12	9
1983	20	17
1982	17	17
1981	17	15
1980	23	21
1979	16	12
1978	12	9
1977	22	16
1976	21	15
1975	12	11

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.Grant County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grant County	Washington	United States
2024	24.8	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.1	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. Grant County had 104,834 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grant County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 185 fatal crashes	54	185 fatal crashes	29.2%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 185 fatal crashes	51	185 fatal crashes	27.6%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 155 occupant deaths with restraint use known	72	155 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.5%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 208 deaths	13	208 deaths	6.3%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 208 deaths	3	208 deaths	1.4%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 208 deaths	15	208 deaths	7.2%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 184 fatal crashes with the condition reported	165	184 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.7%	41.9%
In the darkof 184 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	184 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.9%	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.Grant 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	10	6	6	7	29
Monday	3	7	10	10	30
Tuesday	3	8	6	5	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	7	7	19
Thursday	7	4	6	7	24
Friday	8	7	6	12	33
Saturday	3	6	11	8	28
All days	36	41	52	56	185

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.Grant County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	13	7.1%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	24	13.0%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	23	12.5%	30.8%
Minor arterial	35	19.0%	19.2%
Major collector	52	28.3%	18.2%
Minor collector	16	8.7%	3.8%
Local	21	11.4%	9.5%
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.Grant County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	91
Dark, not lighted	72
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	9
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Grant County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	157
Cloudy	14
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Grant County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grant	In all of Washington
Interstate 90	Interstate	13	161
State Route 17	State highway	26	39
State Route 26	State highway	10	29
State Route 28	State highway	18	31
US Route 2	US highway	1 or 2	117

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.Grant 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
Grant County: 21.1

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 Grant 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
Douglas County	Washington	4	41	9.5
Franklin County	Washington	11	81	8.5
Kittitas County	Washington	9	106	22.8
Lincoln County	Washington	7	39	35.4
Okanogan County	Washington	11	86	20.2
Yakima County	Washington	35	405	16.0

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 Grant 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.

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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 Grant in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 176 deaths in Grant County from 2005 to 2014. It records 208 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grant in 2024?

The rate of Grant County in 2024 was 24.8 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 Grant had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 54 of 185 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 Grant?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 68 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.