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State Route 135

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 38Deaths 44Counties 6Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

State Route 135 in Indiana was the trafficway in 38 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 44 people died.

That is 0.5% of the 8,116 fatal crashes in Indiana over the same years. The ten-year crash count fell 24% from 50 in 2005–2014 to 38 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Harrison County (17), Johnson County (6) and Marion County (5) and 3 other counties.

10.5% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Indiana: 19.6%) and 18.4% had a speeding-related driver (25.7%); pedestrians were 6.8% and motorcyclists 25.0% of those killed.

38fatal crashes, 2015–2024-24% vs 2005–2014
44people killed1.2 per fatal crash
11%with a drinking driverIndiana: 20%
18%speeding-relatedIndiana: 26%

Fatal crashes per year

0592000200520102015202020242000: 6 crashes2001: 8 crashes2002: 7 crashes2003: 4 crashes2004: 8 crashes2005: 5 crashes2006: 3 crashes2007: 6 crashes2008: 7 crashes2009: 3 crashes2010: 4 crashes2011: 7 crashes2012: 1–2 crashes2013: 9 crashes2014: 5 crashes2015: 1–2 crashes2016: 5 crashes2017: 3 crashes2018: 1–2 crashes2019: 3 crashes2020: 5 crashes2021: 1–2 crashes2022: 6 crashes2023: 6 crashes2024: 5 crashes
Fatal crashes on State Route 135 (IN) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 5 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Indiana

MeasureState Route 135Indiana
Fatal crashes, 2015–2024388,116
Deaths, 2015–2024448,773
Deaths per fatal crash1.21.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.5%100%
Change vs previous ten years-24%+10%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking10.5%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver18.4%
Pedestriansshare of people killed6.8%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed25%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes36.8%

tick marks the Indiana share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on SR-135Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Harrison County1745%97
2Johnson County616%101
3Marion County513%1,152
4Washington County513%58
5Brown County411%28
6Morgan County13%91

Hour of day

12am2.6%
1am0%
2am2.6%
3am2.6%
4am0%
5am0%
6am5.3%
7am2.6%
8am0%
9am2.6%
10am0%
11am10.5%
12pm5.3%
1pm0%
2pm5.3%
3pm18.4%
4pm10.5%
5pm2.6%
6pm2.6%
7pm10.5%
8pm2.6%
9pm7.9%
10pm2.6%
11pm2.6%

Share of fatal crashes on State Route 135 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Indiana share for all roads.

Other routes in Indiana

All routes and counties in Indiana

Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on State Route 135 in Indiana?

38 fatal crashes with 44 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along State Route 135 had the most fatal crashes?

Harrison County (17), Johnson County (6), Marion County (5), Washington County (5) and Brown County (4).

What share of crashes on State Route 135 involved alcohol or speeding?

10.5% had a driver reported as drinking and 18.4% a speeding-related driver, against 19.6% and 25.7% for all fatal crashes in Indiana.

When do fatal crashes happen on State Route 135?

36.8% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.