Kittitas County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Kittitas County in 2024.

FARS records 106 deaths in 93 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.8 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, Kittitas County was number 16 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Kittitas County rose by 15.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (92) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (106).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.7% of the fatal crashes in Kittitas 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 Kittitas 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.Kittitas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	1 or 2
2023	16	11	1 or 2
2022	14	13	3
2021	3	3	0
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	9	7	1 or 2
2017	12	11	3
2016	19	17	4
2015	8	8	4
2015 to 2024	106	93	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1991)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Kittitas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	16	11
2022	14	13
2021	3	3
2020	8	7
2019	8	8
2018	9	7
2017	12	11
2016	19	17
2015	8	8
2014	3	3
2013	3	3
2012	9	9
2011	18	14
2010	9	9
2009	5	5
2008	9	8
2007	12	10
2006	11	7
2005	13	10
2004	13	12
2003	14	13
2002	6	6
2001	16	15
2000	15	12
1999	11	10
1998	14	13
1997	8	8
1996	20	17
1995	12	11
1994	12	11
1993	12	11
1992	21	16
1991	28	24
1990	11	11
1989	19	13
1988	18	16
1987	15	13
1986	12	12
1985	11	9
1984	13	11
1983	16	15
1982	10	9
1981	12	12
1980	19	18
1979	20	16
1978	9	8
1977	11	10
1976	9	9
1975	11	9

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.Kittitas County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kittitas County	Washington	United States
2024	18.7	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.8	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. Kittitas County had 48,107 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kittitas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 93 fatal crashes	20	93 fatal crashes	21.5%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 93 fatal crashes	26	93 fatal crashes	28.0%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 80 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	80 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.0%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 106 deaths	7	106 deaths	6.6%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 106 deaths	1 or 2	106 deaths	0.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 106 deaths	8	106 deaths	7.5%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.7%	41.9%
In the darkof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.4%	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.Kittitas 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	5	0	5	9	19
Monday	1 or 2	3	6	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	3	3	4	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	5	3	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	11
Friday	3	3	3	1 or 2	11
Saturday	6	1 or 2	9	3	19
All days	21	14	37	21	93

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.Kittitas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	60	66.7%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	11	12.2%	30.8%
Minor arterial	0	0.0%	19.2%
Major collector	10	11.1%	18.2%
Minor collector	6	6.7%	3.8%
Local	3	3.3%	9.5%
Not reported	3	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.Kittitas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	50
Dark, not lighted	30
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kittitas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	7
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	8
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kittitas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kittitas	In all of Washington
Interstate 82	Interstate	8	79
Interstate 90	Interstate	52	161
US Route 97	US highway	6	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.Kittitas 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
Kittitas County: 22.8

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 Kittitas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chelan County	Washington	7	71	9.1
Douglas County	Washington	4	41	9.5
Grant County	Washington	26	208	21.1
King County	Washington	152	1,260	5.6
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 Kittitas 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 Kittitas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 92 deaths in Kittitas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 106 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kittitas in 2024?

The rate of Kittitas County in 2024 was 18.7 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 Kittitas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 93 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 Kittitas?

FARS records 8 fatal crashes on Interstate 82 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on Interstate 90 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 97 in the county from 2015 to 2024.