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Interstate 235

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 23Deaths 24Counties 1Latest 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.

Interstate 235 in Kansas was the trafficway in 23 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 24 people died.

That is 0.6% of the 3,631 fatal crashes in Kansas over the same years. The ten-year crash count rose 35% from 17 in 2005–2014 to 23 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Sedgwick County (23).

26.1% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Kansas: 22.5%) and 43.5% had a speeding-related driver (24.2%); pedestrians were 4.2% and motorcyclists 20.8% of those killed.

23fatal crashes, 2015–2024+35% vs 2005–2014
24people killed1.0 per fatal crash
26%with a drinking driverKansas: 23%
44%speeding-relatedKansas: 24%

Fatal crashes per year

0482000200520102015202020242000: 0 crashes2001: 1–2 crashes2002: 3 crashes2003: 1–2 crashes2004: 1–2 crashes2005: 8 crashes2006: 1–2 crashes2007: 0 crashes2008: 0 crashes2009: 1–2 crashes2010: 1–2 crashes2011: 1–2 crashes2012: 0 crashes2013: 1–2 crashes2014: 1–2 crashes2015: 1–2 crashes2016: 0 crashes2017: 1–2 crashes2018: 4 crashes2019: 5 crashes2020: 1–2 crashes2021: 1–2 crashes2022: 1–2 crashes2023: 5 crashes2024: 1–2 crashes
Fatal crashes on Interstate 235 (KS) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 1–2 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 Kansas

MeasureInterstate 235Kansas
Fatal crashes, 2015–2024233,631
Deaths, 2015–2024244,045
Deaths per fatal crash1.01.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.6%100%
Change vs previous ten years+35%0%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking26.1%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver43.5%
Pedestriansshare of people killed4.2%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed20.8%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes54.5%

tick marks the Kansas 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 I-235Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Sedgwick County23100%565

Hour of day

12am9.1%
1am9.1%
2am9.1%
3am0%
4am0%
5am9.1%
6am4.5%
7am0%
8am0%
9am4.5%
10am0%
11am4.5%
12pm0%
1pm9.1%
2pm4.5%
3pm0%
4pm4.5%
5pm13.6%
6pm4.5%
7pm0%
8pm0%
9pm9.1%
10pm4.5%
11pm0%

Share of fatal crashes on Interstate 235 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Kansas share for all roads.

Where along the route

Mile marker rangeFatal crashesShare
Mile 0–51043%
Mile 10–15522%
Mile 5–10313%
Mile 15–2029%

Five-mile bins by FARS milepoint, the six with the most fatal crashes; 87% of crashes on the route have a milepoint. Milepoints are as recorded by the state and can restart at county or district lines.

Other routes in Kansas

All routes and counties in Kansas

Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on Interstate 235 in Kansas?

23 fatal crashes with 24 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 Interstate 235 had the most fatal crashes?

Sedgwick County (23).

What share of crashes on Interstate 235 involved alcohol or speeding?

26.1% had a driver reported as drinking and 43.5% a speeding-related driver, against 22.5% and 24.2% for all fatal crashes in Kansas.

When do fatal crashes happen on Interstate 235?

54.5% 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.