Jackson County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 60 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of West Virginia in the same years is 15.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Jackson County was number 17 of 55 counties of West Virginia.

Deaths in Jackson County fell by 36.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (95) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (60).

In the counties of West Virginia the deaths fell by 23.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 100.0% of the fatal crashes in Jackson County with a known setting were rural, against 64.4% in West Virginia.

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 Jackson County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	4	4	3
2020	10	10	3
2019	3	3	0
2018	10	9	1 or 2
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	6	6	3
2015 to 2024	60	57	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1994)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	5	5
2022	8	8
2021	4	4
2020	10	10
2019	3	3
2018	10	9
2017	8	7
2016	4	4
2015	6	6
2014	10	6
2013	12	11
2012	6	6
2011	7	7
2010	8	6
2009	8	8
2008	10	8
2007	13	13
2006	8	6
2005	13	12
2004	7	6
2003	13	13
2002	7	7
2001	7	7
2000	6	4
1999	16	15
1998	16	16
1997	7	6
1996	11	10
1995	8	8
1994	21	16
1993	8	7
1992	8	8
1991	9	9
1990	11	10
1989	13	8
1988	9	8
1987	3	3
1986	6	5
1985	6	6
1984	6	6
1983	7	7
1982	5	5
1981	4	4
1980	9	7
1979	11	10
1978	3	3
1977	12	10
1976	6	6
1975	5	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.Jackson County beside West Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	West Virginia	United States
2024	n/a	14.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.2	15.2	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Jackson County had 27,496 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in West Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 57 fatal crashes	16	57 fatal crashes	28.1%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 57 fatal crashes	10	57 fatal crashes	17.5%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 45 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	45 occupant deathswith restraint use known	75.6%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 60 deaths	1 or 2	60 deaths	3.3%	8.7%
Bicyclistsof 60 deaths	0	60 deaths	0.0%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 60 deaths	4	60 deaths	6.7%	12.4%
On a rural roadof 57 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	57 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	100.0%	64.4%
In the darkof 56 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	56 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.9%	38.3%

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.Jackson 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	3	1 or 2	7
Monday	0	8	3	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	0	0	0	3	3
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	0	7
Thursday	0	3	3	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	0	3	9	12
All days	3	19	17	18	57

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in West Virginia
Interstate	13	22.8%	11.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	7	12.3%	25.0%
Minor arterial	10	17.5%	22.3%
Major collector	19	33.3%	22.8%
Minor collector	3	5.3%	6.1%
Local	5	8.8%	11.5%
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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	32
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	6
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of West Virginia
Interstate 77	Interstate	14	94
State Route 2	State highway	4	77
State Route 62	State highway	6	25
US Route 33	US highway	4	57

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 West Virginia

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Jackson County on the county map of West Virginia

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.918 counties
15 to 19.915 counties
20 to 29.916 counties
30 or more1 county
Jackson County: 21.2

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 West Virginia

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Meigs County	Ohio	4	51	22.7
Kanawha County	West Virginia	28	268	14.9
Mason County	West Virginia	3	46	17.7
Putnam County	West Virginia	4	62	10.9
Roane County	West Virginia	1 or 2	33	23.7
Wirt County	West Virginia	0	8	14.8
Wood County	West Virginia	14	100	11.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of West Virginia have a population nearest to that of Jackson 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Jackson County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wv/jackson/. 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 95 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 60 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

How many fatal crashes in Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 57 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 Jackson?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 28 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.