Albany County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Albany County in 2024.

FARS records 79 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Wyoming in the same years is 21.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Albany County was number 6 of 23 counties of Wyoming.

Deaths in Albany County rose by 1.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (78) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (79).

In the counties of Wyoming the deaths fell by 13.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 50.8% of the occupants killed in Albany County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 60.6% in Wyoming.

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 Albany 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.Albany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	5	1 or 2
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	9	8	3
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	12	10	3
2019	10	10	1 or 2
2018	3	3	0
2017	6	6	4
2016	8	7	1 or 2
2015	8	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	79	71	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1979)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Albany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	5
2023	10	9
2022	9	8
2021	6	6
2020	12	10
2019	10	10
2018	3	3
2017	6	6
2016	8	7
2015	8	7
2014	7	7
2013	10	9
2012	6	6
2011	9	9
2010	8	8
2009	7	6
2008	9	7
2007	5	4
2006	8	7
2005	9	8
2004	16	9
2003	17	14
2002	16	13
2001	17	9
2000	12	11
1999	11	10
1998	8	7
1997	9	9
1996	6	6
1995	14	8
1994	11	9
1993	13	12
1992	6	5
1991	10	9
1990	5	5
1989	6	4
1988	14	10
1987	8	7
1986	8	7
1985	11	8
1984	7	7
1983	10	10
1982	15	14
1981	7	6
1980	13	10
1979	21	11
1978	13	10
1977	20	17
1976	18	14
1975	15	13

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.Albany County beside Wyoming and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Albany County	Wyoming	United States
2024	18.2	18.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.7	21.6	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. Albany County had 38,545 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Albany County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wyoming
A driver recorded as drinkingof 71 fatal crashes	20	71 fatal crashes	28.2%	32.5%
A speeding-related driverof 71 fatal crashes	30	71 fatal crashes	42.3%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 65 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	65 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.8%	60.6%
Pedestriansof 79 deaths	1 or 2	79 deaths	2.5%	5.6%
Bicyclistsof 79 deaths	0	79 deaths	0.0%	0.5%
Motorcyclistsof 79 deaths	8	79 deaths	10.1%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.9%	80.5%
In the darkof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	36.3%

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.Albany 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	4	3	5	14
Monday	3	3	1 or 2	4	12
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Saturday	0	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	12
All days	11	16	23	21	71

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.Albany County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wyoming
Interstate	26	38.2%	26.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other principal arterial	13	19.1%	33.1%
Minor arterial	17	25.0%	9.9%
Major collector	5	7.4%	14.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	3.8%
Local	6	8.8%	11.9%
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.Albany County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Albany County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	64
Cloudy	0
Rain	0
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Albany County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Albany	In all of Wyoming
Interstate 80	Interstate	26	171
US Route 30	US highway	5	31
US Route 287	US highway	11	30

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 Wyoming

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Albany County on the county map of Wyoming

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

Fewer than 100 counties
10 to 14.95 counties
15 to 19.95 counties
20 to 29.95 counties
30 or more8 counties
Albany County: 20.7

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 Wyoming

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Albany County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jackson County	Colorado	4	21	155.3
Larimer County	Colorado	35	352	9.9
Carbon County	Wyoming	8	98	66.0
Converse County	Wyoming	9	58	41.9
Laramie County	Wyoming	16	138	13.8
Platte County	Wyoming	1 or 2	47	54.5

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Wyoming have a population nearest to that of Albany 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.
Wyoming Highway Safety ProgramThe highway safety office of Wyoming.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Albany County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wy/albany/. 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 Albany in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 78 deaths in Albany County from 2005 to 2014. It records 79 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Albany in 2024?

The rate of Albany County in 2024 was 18.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Wyoming was 18.2. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 71 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 Albany?

FARS records 26 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 30 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on US Route 287 in the county from 2015 to 2024.