Jefferson County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Jefferson County in 2024.

FARS records 54 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.6 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, Jefferson County was number 25 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Jefferson County rose by 28.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (42) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (54).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.9% of the fatal crashes in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	0
2023	8	6	0
2022	7	7	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	7	4	1 or 2
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	54	48	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (1989)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Jefferson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	8	6
2022	7	7
2021	4	4
2020	3	3
2019	7	4
2018	8	8
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	8	8
2014	3	3
2013	3	3
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	5	5
2009	1 or 2	1 or 2
2008	7	6
2007	9	8
2006	5	4
2005	5	5
2004	7	7
2003	9	6
2002	7	7
2001	1 or 2	1 or 2
2000	7	6
1999	10	10
1998	6	5
1997	9	8
1996	8	7
1995	4	4
1994	8	5
1993	4	4
1992	5	5
1991	6	5
1990	3	3
1989	15	9
1988	6	6
1987	11	10
1986	4	3
1985	5	4
1984	8	7
1983	3	3
1982	5	4
1981	5	5
1980	11	8
1979	8	5
1978	10	9
1977	11	9
1976	13	9
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.Jefferson County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jefferson County	Washington	United States
2024	14.8	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.6	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. Jefferson County had 33,891 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jefferson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 48 fatal crashes	10	48 fatal crashes	20.8%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 48 fatal crashes	15	48 fatal crashes	31.3%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 35 occupant deaths with restraint use known	13	35 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.1%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 54 deaths	3	54 deaths	5.6%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 54 deaths	3	54 deaths	5.6%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 54 deaths	10	54 deaths	18.5%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.9%	41.9%
In the darkof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	12	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.0%	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.Jefferson 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	1 or 2	4
Monday	1 or 2	4	4	0	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	0	3
Wednesday	0	0	3	3	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Friday	0	4	4	4	12
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
All days	7	10	20	11	48

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.Jefferson 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	6	12.5%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	24	50.0%	30.8%
Minor arterial	5	10.4%	19.2%
Major collector	7	14.6%	18.2%
Minor collector	4	8.3%	3.8%
Local	1 or 2	4.2%	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.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	33
Dark, not lighted	9
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jefferson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	31
Cloudy	12
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Jefferson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jefferson	In all of Washington
State Route 20	State highway	5	84
US Route 101	US highway	15	97

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.Jefferson 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
Jefferson County: 16.6

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 Jefferson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clallam County	Washington	5	66	8.6
Grays Harbor County	Washington	10	92	12.3
Island County	Washington	14	66	7.8
Kitsap County	Washington	18	177	6.5
Mason County	Washington	15	115	17.4
San Juan County	Washington	1 or 2	11	6.3

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

FARS records 42 deaths in Jefferson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 54 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jefferson in 2024?

The rate of Jefferson County in 2024 was 14.8 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 Jefferson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 48 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 Jefferson?

FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 101 in the county from 2015 to 2024.