Kitsap County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Kitsap County in 2024.

FARS records 177 deaths in 167 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.5 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, Kitsap County was number 9 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Kitsap County fell by 1.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (179) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (177).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 39.5% of fatal crashes in Kitsap County and 31.1% 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 Kitsap 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.Kitsap County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	16	6
2023	22	22	9
2022	23	20	6
2021	17	15	6
2020	11	11	4
2019	12	12	5
2018	18	18	4
2017	17	17	4
2016	21	20	4
2015	18	16	4
2015 to 2024	177	167	52

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1977)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Kitsap County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	16
2023	22	22
2022	23	20
2021	17	15
2020	11	11
2019	12	12
2018	18	18
2017	17	17
2016	21	20
2015	18	16
2014	16	16
2013	8	7
2012	20	16
2011	21	20
2010	14	14
2009	18	16
2008	18	17
2007	21	21
2006	20	18
2005	23	23
2004	19	18
2003	14	13
2002	14	12
2001	29	27
2000	18	17
1999	18	17
1998	12	12
1997	20	19
1996	15	14
1995	21	17
1994	23	22
1993	21	17
1992	30	26
1991	27	23
1990	39	35
1989	29	26
1988	19	17
1987	30	23
1986	22	20
1985	24	23
1984	22	17
1983	31	24
1982	21	19
1981	25	22
1980	23	20
1979	30	24
1978	34	32
1977	42	40
1976	18	17
1975	21	20

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.Kitsap County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kitsap County	Washington	United States
2024	6.4	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.5	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. Kitsap County had 280,728 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kitsap County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 167 fatal crashes	52	167 fatal crashes	31.1%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 167 fatal crashes	66	167 fatal crashes	39.5%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 92 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	92 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.0%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 177 deaths	30	177 deaths	16.9%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 177 deaths	4	177 deaths	2.3%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 177 deaths	30	177 deaths	16.9%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 167 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	167 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	41.9%
In the darkof 165 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	165 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.5%	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.Kitsap 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	4	3	3	9	19
Monday	1 or 2	7	5	1 or 2	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	8	4	22
Wednesday	6	3	7	6	22
Thursday	7	7	7	7	28
Friday	5	9	8	9	31
Saturday	7	6	6	10	29
All days	33	43	44	47	167

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.Kitsap 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	16	9.6%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	41	24.6%	30.8%
Minor arterial	48	28.7%	19.2%
Major collector	47	28.1%	18.2%
Minor collector	3	1.8%	3.8%
Local	12	7.2%	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.Kitsap County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	78
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	30
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kitsap County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	111
Cloudy	27
Rain	23
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 Kitsap County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kitsap	In all of Washington
State Route 3	State highway	24	42
State Route 16	State highway	12	29

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.Kitsap 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
Kitsap County: 6.5

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 Kitsap County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Island County	Washington	14	66	7.8
Jefferson County	Washington	5	54	16.6
King County	Washington	152	1,260	5.6
Mason County	Washington	15	115	17.4
Pierce County	Washington	102	794	8.8
Snohomish County	Washington	64	474	5.8

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 Kitsap 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

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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 Kitsap in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 179 deaths in Kitsap County from 2005 to 2014. It records 177 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kitsap in 2024?

The rate of Kitsap County in 2024 was 6.4 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 Kitsap had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 52 of 167 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 Kitsap?

FARS records 24 fatal crashes on State Route 3 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on State Route 16 in the county from 2015 to 2024.