Platte County, Wyoming: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 47 deaths in 43 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 54.5 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, Platte County was number 11 of 23 counties of Wyoming.

Deaths in Platte County rose by 11.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (42) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (47).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.3% of the fatal crashes in Platte 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 Platte 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.Platte 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	7	6	0
2022	5	4	1 or 2
2021	0	0	0
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	8	6	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	7	7	1 or 2
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	47	43	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 12 (1977)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Platte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	7	6
2022	5	4
2021	0	0
2020	4	4
2019	8	6
2018	5	5
2017	5	5
2016	7	7
2015	4	4
2014	7	6
2013	5	4
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	5	4
2008	4	4
2007	5	5
2006	5	5
2005	5	5
2004	5	5
2003	1 or 2	1 or 2
2002	4	4
2001	8	6
2000	9	8
1999	9	8
1998	7	7
1997	3	3
1996	5	5
1995	7	7
1994	5	5
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	4	4
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	3	3
1989	5	5
1988	5	1 or 2
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	1 or 2	1 or 2
1985	3	3
1984	3	1 or 2
1983	1 or 2	1 or 2
1982	12	10
1981	10	10
1980	5	5
1979	4	4
1978	5	5
1977	12	11
1976	3	3
1975	7	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.Platte County beside Wyoming and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Platte County	Wyoming	United States
2024	n/a	18.2	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	54.5	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Platte County had 8,563 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Platte County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Wyoming
A driver recorded as drinkingof 43 fatal crashes	10	43 fatal crashes	23.3%	32.5%
A speeding-related driverof 43 fatal crashes	12	43 fatal crashes	27.9%	35.4%
No restraint usedof 39 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	39 occupant deathswith restraint use known	64.1%	60.6%
Pedestriansof 47 deaths	1 or 2	47 deaths	4.3%	5.6%
Bicyclistsof 47 deaths	0	47 deaths	0.0%	0.5%
Motorcyclistsof 47 deaths	6	47 deaths	12.8%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 43 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	43 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.3%	80.5%
In the darkof 43 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	43 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.6%	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.Platte 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	1 or 2	0	6
Monday	0	4	3	0	7
Tuesday	0	3	0	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	0	0	1 or 2
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Friday	1 or 2	0	3	0	4
Saturday	4	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	10
All days	8	14	14	7	43

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.Platte County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Wyoming
Interstate	30	69.8%	26.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.1%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	4.7%	33.1%
Minor arterial	3	7.0%	9.9%
Major collector	5	11.6%	14.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	4.7%	3.8%
Local	1 or 2	2.3%	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.Platte County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	27
Dark, not lighted	12
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Platte County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	36
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Platte County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Platte	In all of Wyoming
Interstate 25	Interstate	30	84
US Route 26	US highway	1 or 2	43

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.Platte 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
Platte County: 54.5

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 Platte County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Albany County	Wyoming	7	79	20.7
Converse County	Wyoming	9	58	41.9
Goshen County	Wyoming	1 or 2	27	20.8
Laramie County	Wyoming	16	138	13.8
Niobrara County	Wyoming	0	21	87.7

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

FARS records 42 deaths in Platte County from 2005 to 2014. It records 47 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 43 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 Platte?

FARS records 30 fatal crashes on Interstate 25 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 26 in the county from 2015 to 2024.