Edition of October 2026
Made from the update of 28 Oct 2026. The data run through 31 Dec 2024. This is the first edition of the site.
National figures
| Figure | This edition |
|---|---|
| Deaths in fatal crashes, United States, 2024 | 39,254 |
| Fatal crashes, United States, 2024 | 36,297 |
| Deaths for each 100,000 residents, 2024 | 11.5 |
| Deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles, 2024 | 1.19 |
| Deaths in fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024 | 389,190 |
| Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024 | 11.8 |
Search engines list 1,167 pages of states, state years, counties and routes in this edition.
Updates in this month
The log of changes has no entry dated in October 2026. Changes in the FARS data.
Fatal crash deaths for each 100,000 residents, by state, 2024
In 2024, the rate of deaths for each 100,000 residents was largest in Mississippi (25.5) and smallest in Rhode Island (4.7).
| Row | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 25.5 |
| 2 | Arkansas | 19.5 |
| 3 | New Mexico | 19.2 |
| 4 | South Carolina | 18.9 |
| 5 | Alabama | 18.6 |
| 6 | Wyoming | 18.2 |
| 7 | Montana | 18.1 |
| 8 | Tennessee | 16.5 |
| 9 | Arizona | 16.3 |
| 10 | Louisiana | 16.3 |
The full table of this finding, with the figures of the newest update.
Fatal crash deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles, by state, 2024
In 2024, the rate of deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles was largest in Mississippi (1.81) and smallest in Massachusetts (0.59).
| Row | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 1.81 |
| 2 | Arizona | 1.74 |
| 3 | South Carolina | 1.67 |
| 4 | Arkansas | 1.53 |
| 5 | Tennessee | 1.52 |
| 6 | Montana | 1.49 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 1.49 |
| 8 | Nevada | 1.47 |
| 9 | Kentucky | 1.44 |
| 10 | Oregon | 1.44 |
The full table of this finding, with the figures of the newest update.
Change in fatal crash deaths by state, 2023 to 2024
Deaths in fatal crashes rose in 18 of 51 areas from 2023 to 2024.
| Row | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maine | +31.1% |
| 2 | Minnesota | +18.7% |
| 3 | Alaska | +14.8% |
| 4 | New Jersey | +10.7% |
| 5 | Nebraska | +10.6% |
| 6 | Hawaii | +9.7% |
| 7 | District of Columbia | +6.8% |
| 8 | Massachusetts | +6.1% |
| 9 | New Hampshire | +4.7% |
| 10 | South Dakota | +4.3% |
The full table of this finding, with the figures of the newest update.
The 50 counties with the most fatal crash deaths, 2015 to 2024
The county with the most deaths in fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024 was Los Angeles County, California, with 7,783.
| Row | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles County, CA | 7,783 |
| 2 | Maricopa County, AZ | 5,330 |
| 3 | Harris County, TX | 4,851 |
| 4 | San Bernardino County, CA | 3,509 |
| 5 | Cook County, IL | 3,325 |
| 6 | Dallas County, TX | 3,126 |
| 7 | Miami-Dade County, FL | 3,086 |
| 8 | Riverside County, CA | 3,065 |
| 9 | San Diego County, CA | 2,735 |
| 10 | Broward County, FL | 2,444 |
The full table of this finding, with the figures of the newest update.
County rates of fatal crash deaths, 2015 to 2024
422 counties had 200 deaths or more in fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.
| Row | Name | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colleton County, SC | 56.2 |
| 2 | Apache County, AZ | 46.5 |
| 3 | Orangeburg County, SC | 45.3 |
| 4 | Robeson County, NC | 42.5 |
| 5 | Gila County, AZ | 40.8 |
| 6 | McKinley County, NM | 39.0 |
| 7 | Columbus County, NC | 38.4 |
| 8 | Navajo County, AZ | 37.7 |
| 9 | Putnam County, FL | 36.7 |
| 10 | Coconino County, AZ | 36.4 |
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How an edition is made
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