Skagit County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Skagit County in 2024.

FARS records 150 deaths in 144 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.7 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, Skagit County was number 11 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Skagit County rose by 16.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (129) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (150).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 63.4% of the fatal crashes in Skagit 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 Skagit 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.Skagit County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	17	4
2023	17	17	5
2022	16	16	5
2021	13	13	4
2020	18	17	6
2019	16	16	4
2018	20	16	7
2017	11	11	3
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	14	13	4
2015 to 2024	150	144	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1979)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Skagit County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	17
2023	17	17
2022	16	16
2021	13	13
2020	18	17
2019	16	16
2018	20	16
2017	11	11
2016	8	8
2015	14	13
2014	11	9
2013	10	9
2012	7	7
2011	4	4
2010	10	10
2009	14	14
2008	20	19
2007	10	10
2006	21	18
2005	22	20
2004	24	21
2003	21	20
2002	13	13
2001	26	20
2000	13	13
1999	19	19
1998	16	14
1997	21	16
1996	11	10
1995	23	15
1994	19	15
1993	16	15
1992	11	11
1991	16	16
1990	24	20
1989	16	16
1988	27	25
1987	21	17
1986	19	17
1985	14	12
1984	19	19
1983	17	17
1982	25	21
1981	22	20
1980	23	19
1979	34	28
1978	16	14
1977	16	16
1976	22	21
1975	23	18

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.Skagit County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Skagit County	Washington	United States
2024	12.9	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.7	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. Skagit County had 132,250 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Skagit County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 144 fatal crashes	43	144 fatal crashes	29.9%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 144 fatal crashes	38	144 fatal crashes	26.4%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 83 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	83 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.9%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 150 deaths	25	150 deaths	16.7%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 150 deaths	1 or 2	150 deaths	1.3%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 150 deaths	29	150 deaths	19.3%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 142 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	142 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.4%	41.9%
In the darkof 143 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	143 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.0%	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.Skagit 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	1 or 2	7	3	17
Monday	4	3	8	4	19
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	9	8	21
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	5	17
Thursday	4	3	8	3	18
Friday	3	1 or 2	7	10	22
Saturday	8	4	7	11	30
All days	29	17	54	44	144

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.Skagit County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	18	12.7%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	7	4.9%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	23	16.2%	30.8%
Minor arterial	38	26.8%	19.2%
Major collector	36	25.4%	18.2%
Minor collector	7	4.9%	3.8%
Local	13	9.2%	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.Skagit County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	66
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Skagit County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	82
Cloudy	31
Rain	19
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Skagit County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Skagit	In all of Washington
Interstate 5	Interstate	18	390
State Route 9	State highway	10	37
State Route 20	State highway	38	84

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.Skagit 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
Skagit County: 11.7

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 Skagit County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chelan County	Washington	7	71	9.1
Island County	Washington	14	66	7.8
Okanogan County	Washington	11	86	20.2
San Juan County	Washington	1 or 2	11	6.3
Snohomish County	Washington	64	474	5.8
Whatcom County	Washington	12	150	6.6

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 Skagit 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 Skagit in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 129 deaths in Skagit County from 2005 to 2014. It records 150 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Skagit in 2024?

The rate of Skagit County in 2024 was 12.9 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 Skagit had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 144 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 Skagit?

FARS records 18 fatal crashes on Interstate 5 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on State Route 9 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 38 fatal crashes on State Route 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024.