Spokane County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 55 deaths in 52 fatal crashes in Spokane County in 2024.

FARS records 432 deaths in 417 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.2 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, Spokane County was number 4 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Spokane County rose by 42.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (303) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (432).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 30.9% of the fatal crashes in Spokane 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 Spokane 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.Spokane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	55	52	12
2023	60	57	13
2022	41	40	10
2021	57	56	15
2020	52	51	23
2019	29	29	13
2018	35	35	17
2017	41	38	9
2016	26	26	13
2015	36	33	14
2015 to 2024	432	417	139

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 67 (1986)2024: 55

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

Table 2.Spokane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	55	52
2023	60	57
2022	41	40
2021	57	56
2020	52	51
2019	29	29
2018	35	35
2017	41	38
2016	26	26
2015	36	33
2014	29	29
2013	36	32
2012	27	25
2011	30	27
2010	27	24
2009	44	42
2008	22	20
2007	33	29
2006	21	21
2005	34	28
2004	26	23
2003	29	29
2002	31	26
2001	26	24
2000	41	37
1999	42	37
1998	45	42
1997	27	23
1996	40	36
1995	33	29
1994	46	39
1993	39	38
1992	31	30
1991	26	23
1990	39	32
1989	43	38
1988	46	44
1987	47	43
1986	67	63
1985	43	38
1984	43	41
1983	38	36
1982	45	43
1981	56	52
1980	65	55
1979	60	53
1978	61	53
1977	51	48
1976	53	46
1975	56	50

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.Spokane County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Spokane County	Washington	United States
2024	9.9	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.2	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. Spokane County had 555,485 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Spokane County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 417 fatal crashes	139	417 fatal crashes	33.3%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 417 fatal crashes	118	417 fatal crashes	28.3%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 172 occupant deaths with restraint use known	66	172 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.4%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 432 deaths	103	432 deaths	23.8%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 432 deaths	14	432 deaths	3.2%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 432 deaths	91	432 deaths	21.1%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 414 fatal crashes with the condition reported	128	414 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.9%	41.9%
In the darkof 414 fatal crashes with the condition reported	200	414 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.3%	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.Spokane 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	14	6	11	17	48
Monday	6	8	7	24	45
Tuesday	13	15	25	23	76
Wednesday	6	12	17	21	56
Thursday	5	11	14	13	43
Friday	12	6	26	31	75
Saturday	13	12	16	32	73
All days	69	70	116	161	416

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.Spokane County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Washington
Interstate	31	7.5%	12.4%
Other freeways and expressways	22	5.3%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	164	39.6%	30.8%
Minor arterial	70	16.9%	19.2%
Major collector	65	15.7%	18.2%
Minor collector	13	3.1%	3.8%
Local	49	11.8%	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.Spokane County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	192
Dark, not lighted	76
Dark, lighted	115
Dawn	8
Dusk	14
Dark, lighting unknown	9
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Spokane County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	314
Cloudy	48
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	11
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	4
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Spokane County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Spokane	In all of Washington
Interstate 90	Interstate	31	161
US Route 2	US highway	55	117
US Route 12	US highway	1 or 2	83
US Route 395	US highway	15	77

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.Spokane 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
Spokane County: 8.2

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 Spokane County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Benewah County	Idaho	1 or 2	18	18.7
Bonner County	Idaho	6	88	18.6
Kootenai County	Idaho	12	154	9.1
Lincoln County	Washington	7	39	35.4
Pend Oreille County	Washington	1 or 2	28	20.4
Stevens County	Washington	9	68	14.7
Whitman County	Washington	5	43	8.9

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 Spokane 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 Spokane in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 303 deaths in Spokane County from 2005 to 2014. It records 432 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Spokane in 2024?

The rate of Spokane County in 2024 was 9.9 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 Spokane had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 139 of 417 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 Spokane?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 102 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.