Lewis County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Lewis County in 2024.

FARS records 113 deaths in 105 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.8 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, Lewis County was number 15 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Lewis County rose by 5.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (107) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (113).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.9% of the fatal crashes in Lewis 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 Lewis 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.Lewis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	16	16	8
2022	9	9	5
2021	8	7	3
2020	12	12	1 or 2
2019	14	13	6
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	14	13	4
2016	13	11	1 or 2
2015	14	11	4
2015 to 2024	113	105	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2002)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Lewis County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	16	16
2022	9	9
2021	8	7
2020	12	12
2019	14	13
2018	5	5
2017	14	13
2016	13	11
2015	14	11
2014	6	6
2013	5	4
2012	9	8
2011	12	10
2010	7	7
2009	18	17
2008	11	10
2007	14	13
2006	11	11
2005	14	11
2004	19	15
2003	21	14
2002	31	25
2001	14	13
2000	11	10
1999	14	10
1998	20	18
1997	16	13
1996	11	10
1995	16	13
1994	18	17
1993	17	14
1992	19	19
1991	17	11
1990	26	19
1989	23	21
1988	16	15
1987	24	20
1986	17	16
1985	19	14
1984	26	21
1983	11	11
1982	14	11
1981	18	16
1980	15	14
1979	20	17
1978	15	14
1977	24	20
1976	17	13
1975	11	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.Lewis County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lewis County	Washington	United States
2024	9.2	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.8	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. Lewis County had 87,131 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lewis County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 105 fatal crashes	36	105 fatal crashes	34.3%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 105 fatal crashes	21	105 fatal crashes	20.0%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.8%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 113 deaths	15	113 deaths	13.3%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 113 deaths	1 or 2	113 deaths	0.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 113 deaths	22	113 deaths	19.5%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.9%	41.9%
In the darkof 104 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	104 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.5%	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.Lewis 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	9
Monday	3	4	8	7	22
Tuesday	4	3	6	3	16
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	4	5	11
Thursday	1 or 2	0	4	3	8
Friday	1 or 2	6	6	5	18
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	12	21
All days	12	18	35	40	105

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.Lewis County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	15	14.6%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	23	22.3%	30.8%
Minor arterial	20	19.4%	19.2%
Major collector	22	21.4%	18.2%
Minor collector	7	6.8%	3.8%
Local	15	14.6%	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.Lewis County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	3
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lewis County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	12
Rain	21
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 Lewis County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lewis	In all of Washington
Interstate 5	Interstate	15	390
State Route 7	State highway	4	79
US Route 12	US highway	17	83

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.Lewis 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
Lewis County: 13.8

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 Lewis County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cowlitz County	Washington	23	125	11.4
Grays Harbor County	Washington	10	92	12.3
Pacific County	Washington	1 or 2	28	12.3
Pierce County	Washington	102	794	8.8
Skamania County	Washington	1 or 2	37	30.6
Thurston County	Washington	26	219	7.6
Wahkiakum County	Washington	1 or 2	6	13.5
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 Lewis 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 Lewis in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 107 deaths in Lewis County from 2005 to 2014. It records 113 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lewis in 2024?

The rate of Lewis County in 2024 was 9.2 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 Lewis had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 105 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 Lewis?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on Interstate 5 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on State Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 17 fatal crashes on US Route 12 in the county from 2015 to 2024.