Carbon County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Carbon County in 2024.

FARS records 98 deaths in 78 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 66.0 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, Carbon County was number 5 of 23 counties of Wyoming.

Deaths in Carbon County fell by 4.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (103) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (98).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.6% of the fatal crashes in Carbon County with known light were in the dark, against 36.3% 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 Carbon 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.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	12	7	1 or 2
2022	7	6	1 or 2
2021	4	4	0
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	19	14	3
2018	14	11	3
2017	12	8	1 or 2
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	7	6	4
2015 to 2024	98	78	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (1981)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	12	7
2022	7	6
2021	4	4
2020	8	8
2019	19	14
2018	14	11
2017	12	8
2016	7	7
2015	7	6
2014	10	9
2013	5	5
2012	7	7
2011	11	8
2010	20	15
2009	8	7
2008	6	6
2007	10	8
2006	19	13
2005	7	5
2004	13	11
2003	10	9
2002	18	13
2001	11	8
2000	6	6
1999	17	12
1998	10	8
1997	9	9
1996	7	7
1995	14	10
1994	9	8
1993	16	10
1992	9	8
1991	6	4
1990	13	11
1989	8	8
1988	7	7
1987	4	4
1986	10	9
1985	11	10
1984	10	9
1983	18	16
1982	20	16
1981	29	24
1980	18	15
1979	27	23
1978	19	15
1977	14	13
1976	16	15
1975	10	9

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.Carbon County beside Wyoming and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Carbon County	Wyoming	United States
2024	56.8	18.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	66.0	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. Carbon County had 14,084 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Carbon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wyoming
A driver recorded as drinkingof 78 fatal crashes	19	78 fatal crashes	24.4%	32.5%
A speeding-related driverof 78 fatal crashes	30	78 fatal crashes	38.5%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 69 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	69 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.6%	60.6%
Pedestriansof 98 deaths	5	98 deaths	5.1%	5.6%
Bicyclistsof 98 deaths	0	98 deaths	0.0%	0.5%
Motorcyclistsof 98 deaths	7	98 deaths	7.1%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 78 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	78 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.7%	80.5%
In the darkof 78 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	78 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.6%	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.Carbon 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	3	9	5	19
Monday	0	0	5	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	3	5	1 or 2	0	9
Thursday	1 or 2	3	4	3	11
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	5	15
Saturday	1 or 2	5	5	1 or 2	13
All days	10	22	30	16	78

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.Carbon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wyoming
Interstate	35	45.5%	26.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other principal arterial	16	20.8%	33.1%
Minor arterial	16	20.8%	9.9%
Major collector	3	3.9%	14.8%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.8%
Local	7	9.1%	11.9%
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.Carbon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	54
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Carbon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	56
Cloudy	5
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	10
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	4
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Carbon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Carbon	In all of Wyoming
Interstate 80	Interstate	35	171
US Route 30	US highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 287	US highway	12	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.Carbon 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
Carbon County: 66.0

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 Carbon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jackson County	Colorado	4	21	155.3
Moffat County	Colorado	5	23	17.4
Routt County	Colorado	4	41	16.3
Albany County	Wyoming	7	79	20.7
Converse County	Wyoming	9	58	41.9
Fremont County	Wyoming	8	123	31.0
Natrona County	Wyoming	11	99	12.4
Sweetwater County	Wyoming	5	121	28.4

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 Carbon 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. Carbon County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wy/carbon/. 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 Carbon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 103 deaths in Carbon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 98 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Carbon in 2024?

The rate of Carbon County in 2024 was 56.8 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 Carbon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 78 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 Carbon?

FARS records 35 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 30 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 287 in the county from 2015 to 2024.