Walla Walla County, Washington: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Walla Walla County in 2024.

FARS records 51 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.3 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, Walla Walla County was number 26 of 39 counties of Washington.

Deaths in Walla Walla County fell by 17.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (62) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (51).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.8% of the fatal crashes in Walla Walla 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 Walla Walla County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Walla Walla County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	1 or 2
2023	7	7	3
2022	10	9	1 or 2
2021	4	4	0
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	7	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	51	48	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1985)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Walla Walla County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	7	7
2022	10	9
2021	4	4
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	4	4
2018	5	5
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	5	5
2015	7	5
2014	11	9
2013	4	4
2012	4	3
2011	5	5
2010	5	4
2009	4	4
2008	6	5
2007	12	8
2006	6	6
2005	5	5
2004	4	4
2003	8	8
2002	16	9
2001	8	7
2000	9	7
1999	12	12
1998	8	7
1997	6	6
1996	11	10
1995	11	9
1994	12	9
1993	15	12
1992	8	8
1991	14	12
1990	7	6
1989	8	7
1988	14	12
1987	10	10
1986	13	11
1985	18	15
1984	7	5
1983	10	10
1982	9	9
1981	13	13
1980	13	12
1979	15	12
1978	11	10
1977	13	12
1976	14	8
1975	4	4

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.Walla Walla County beside Washington and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Walla Walla County	Washington	United States
2024	9.7	9.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.3	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. Walla Walla County had 62,109 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Walla Walla County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Washington
A driver recorded as drinkingof 48 fatal crashes	11	48 fatal crashes	22.9%	31.1%
A speeding-related driverof 48 fatal crashes	10	48 fatal crashes	20.8%	31.1%
No restraint usedof 35 occupant deaths with restraint use known	17	35 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.6%	40.8%
Pedestriansof 51 deaths	4	51 deaths	7.8%	18.4%
Bicyclistsof 51 deaths	1 or 2	51 deaths	3.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 51 deaths	5	51 deaths	9.8%	15.7%
On a rural roadof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.8%	41.9%
In the darkof 48 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	48 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Walla Walla 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	0	1 or 2	4
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Friday	3	1 or 2	4	4	13
Saturday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	10
All days	15	9	11	13	48

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.Walla Walla 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	6	12.5%	6.1%
Other principal arterial	18	37.5%	30.8%
Minor arterial	9	18.8%	19.2%
Major collector	6	12.5%	18.2%
Minor collector	5	10.4%	3.8%
Local	4	8.3%	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.Walla Walla County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	21
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Walla Walla County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	5
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Walla Walla County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Walla Walla	In all of Washington
US Route 12	US highway	15	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.Walla Walla 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
Walla Walla County: 8.3

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 Walla Walla County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Umatilla County	Oregon	11	125	15.9
Benton County	Washington	17	177	8.6
Columbia County	Washington	0	5	12.5
Franklin County	Washington	11	81	8.5

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 Walla Walla 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

Fatal Roads. Walla Walla County, Washington: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wa/walla-walla/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Walla Walla in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 62 deaths in Walla Walla County from 2005 to 2014. It records 51 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Walla Walla in 2024?

The rate of Walla Walla County in 2024 was 9.7 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 Walla Walla had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 48 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 Walla Walla?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 12 in the county from 2015 to 2024.