Laramie County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Laramie County in 2024.

FARS records 138 deaths in 127 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.8 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, Laramie County was number 1 of 23 counties of Wyoming.

Deaths in Laramie County rose by 12.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (123) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (138).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 49.6% of the fatal crashes in Laramie County with a known setting were rural, against 80.5% 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 Laramie 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.Laramie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	16	0
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	20	17	1 or 2
2021	15	14	5
2020	12	12	3
2019	15	11	6
2018	13	13	1 or 2
2017	11	11	3
2016	15	14	3
2015	13	11	4
2015 to 2024	138	127	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (2002)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Laramie County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	16
2023	8	8
2022	20	17
2021	15	14
2020	12	12
2019	15	11
2018	13	13
2017	11	11
2016	15	14
2015	13	11
2014	21	17
2013	10	10
2012	9	9
2011	15	15
2010	12	12
2009	14	12
2008	3	3
2007	7	7
2006	16	16
2005	16	13
2004	24	22
2003	7	6
2002	27	23
2001	18	15
2000	10	8
1999	22	20
1998	18	15
1997	13	10
1996	14	13
1995	10	7
1994	13	12
1993	12	10
1992	15	12
1991	13	10
1990	14	10
1989	12	12
1988	12	12
1987	11	11
1986	9	9
1985	11	10
1984	13	13
1983	18	15
1982	13	13
1981	21	21
1980	18	15
1979	19	18
1978	18	13
1977	26	23
1976	18	17
1975	12	11

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.Laramie County beside Wyoming and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Laramie County	Wyoming	United States
2024	15.7	18.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.8	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. Laramie County had 101,687 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Laramie County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wyoming
A driver recorded as drinkingof 127 fatal crashes	29	127 fatal crashes	22.8%	32.5%
A speeding-related driverof 127 fatal crashes	37	127 fatal crashes	29.1%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 89 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	89 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.3%	60.6%
Pedestriansof 138 deaths	15	138 deaths	10.9%	5.6%
Bicyclistsof 138 deaths	3	138 deaths	2.2%	0.5%
Motorcyclistsof 138 deaths	24	138 deaths	17.4%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.6%	80.5%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.2%	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.Laramie 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	6	5	3	6	20
Monday	3	4	8	4	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	8	6	19
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	6	15
Friday	4	3	7	4	18
Saturday	5	4	6	7	22
All days	25	24	40	37	126

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.Laramie County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wyoming
Interstate	37	29.1%	26.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other principal arterial	39	30.7%	33.1%
Minor arterial	9	7.1%	9.9%
Major collector	16	12.6%	14.8%
Minor collector	6	4.7%	3.8%
Local	20	15.7%	11.9%
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.Laramie County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	63
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Laramie County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	101
Cloudy	5
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	11
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	4
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Laramie County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Laramie	In all of Wyoming
Interstate 25	Interstate	15	84
Interstate 80	Interstate	21	171
US Route 30	US highway	13	31
US Route 85	US highway	15	35

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.Laramie 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
Laramie County: 13.8

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 Laramie County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Larimer County	Colorado	35	352	9.9
Weld County	Colorado	67	569	17.3
Banner County	Nebraska	1 or 2	3	42.8
Kimball County	Nebraska	5	25	71.7
Albany County	Wyoming	7	79	20.7
Goshen County	Wyoming	1 or 2	27	20.8
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 Laramie 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.

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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 Laramie in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 123 deaths in Laramie County from 2005 to 2014. It records 138 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Laramie in 2024?

The rate of Laramie County in 2024 was 15.7 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 Laramie had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 127 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 Laramie?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 64 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.