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Indiana

Residents 6,924,275Deaths 2024 832Deaths 2015–2024 8,773Counties 92Routes with pages 48

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.

In 2024, 832 people died in 785 fatal crashes in Indiana; the ten years 2015–2024 total 8,773 deaths in 8,116 crashes.

That is 13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, close to the national rate of 11.8. The ten-year total rose 9% from 8,066 in 2005–2014 to 8,773 in 2015–2024.

Relative to the national shares, motorcyclists stands out most: 14.9% of people killed against 14.5% nationally. 57.5% of the state's fatal crashes were on rural roads and 44.6% happened after dark.

Among counties with at least 50 deaths in the ten years, the highest rates per 100,000 residents were in Newton County (38.0), Spencer County (29.7) and White County (27.0).

832deaths in 2024785 fatal crashes
13.0per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–2024US 11.8
+9%ten-year change in deaths8,066 → 8,773
20%crashes with a drinking driverUS 26%

Trend since 1975

06501,299197519801985199019952000200520102015202020241975: 1,128 deaths1976: 1,258 deaths1977: 1,210 deaths1978: 1,266 deaths1979: 1,299 deaths1980: 1,166 deaths1981: 1,146 deaths1982: 961 deaths1983: 1,016 deaths1984: 925 deaths1985: 974 deaths1986: 1,038 deaths1987: 1,055 deaths1988: 1,099 deaths1989: 971 deaths1990: 1,049 deaths1991: 1,022 deaths1992: 901 deaths1993: 901 deaths1994: 971 deaths1995: 960 deaths1996: 984 deaths1997: 935 deaths1998: 982 deaths1999: 1,020 deaths2000: 886 deaths2001: 909 deaths2002: 792 deaths2003: 833 deaths2004: 947 deaths2005: 938 deaths2006: 902 deaths2007: 898 deaths2008: 820 deaths2009: 693 deaths2010: 754 deaths2011: 751 deaths2012: 781 deaths2013: 784 deaths2014: 745 deaths2015: 817 deaths2016: 829 deaths2017: 916 deaths2018: 860 deaths2019: 810 deaths2020: 897 deaths2021: 932 deaths2022: 976 deaths2023: 904 deaths2024: 832 deaths
People killed in crashes in Indiana by year, 1975–2024. Latest point: 2024, 832 deaths.

Rate per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024

08152000200520102015202020242000: 14.52001: 14.82002: 12.92003: 13.42004: 15.22005: 14.92006: 14.22007: 14.12008: 12.82009: 10.72010: 11.62011: 11.52012: 11.92013: 11.92014: 11.32015: 12.42016: 12.52017: 13.72018: 12.82019: 122020: 13.22021: 13.72022: 14.32023: 13.12024: 12
Deaths per 100,000 residents in Indiana and nationally, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 12. this page United States

Year pages: 20242023202220212020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008200720062005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993199219911990198919881987198619851984198319821981198019791978197719761975

Compared with the nation

MeasureIndianaUnited States
Deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2015–202413.011.8
Deaths per 100,000 residents, 202412.011.5
Deaths, 2015–20248,773389,190
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Change vs previous ten years+9%+7%
Share of the national toll2.3%100%

Factors

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking19.6%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver25.7%
Pedestriansshare of people killed11.3%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed14.9%
Unrestrainedoccupant deaths with no restraint used45.9%
In darknesscrashes after dark44.6%
Rural roadscrashes on rural roads57.5%

tick marks the US 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 ranked by rate

Deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024. Small counties on through routes can rank high on few deaths; the deaths column gives the scale. Counties with fewer than 10 fatal crashes in the ten years show no factor shares.

#CountyResidentsDeaths 2015–2024Per 100k / yrDeaths 2024AlcoholSpeeding
1Newton County14,1315338.0620%20%
2Pulaski County12,4213931.258%19%
3Spencer County20,1926029.7710%6%
4Crawford County10,5233129.4612%12%
5White County24,8336627.0510%31%
6Scott County24,7516526.9513%38%
7Jennings County27,6347426.8921%29%
8Warren County8,4512226.4030%15%
9Harrison County39,97810426.11011%24%
10Benton County8,8532225.31–25%20%
11Tipton County15,3243724.31–219%31%
12Vermillion County15,5163723.9316%31%
13Jasper County33,3877622.81317%34%
14Washington County28,3456422.8616%21%
15Jay County20,1644622.4416%7%
16Randolph County24,3375522.31–211%15%
17Martin County9,8642222.01–214%19%
18Shelby County45,6549821.81513%23%
19Gibson County33,0387221.6715%23%
20Switzerland County9,9882221.3018%23%
21Union County6,8841521.21–28%42%
22Steuben County34,8627321.1620%30%
23Clinton County32,8956720.6621%34%
24Jackson County47,4209220.3710%30%
25Starke County23,4634720.31–221%33%
26Sullivan County20,7684119.8519%17%
27Fulton County20,0043919.3317%33%
28Huntington County36,9447019.1723%28%
29Clay County26,4245019.01–29%20%
30Brown County15,6502918.91–211%25%
31Wabash County30,7775818.6622%20%
32Decatur County26,4214918.5617%19%
33Blackford County11,8162218.4447%5%
34Marshall County46,4648518.31015%13%
35Greene County31,2195818.3420%14%
36Putnam County37,8046818.2616%36%
37Pike County12,1162217.91–25%21%
38Montgomery County38,6336817.8510%15%
39Jefferson County32,9215817.81–27%22%
40LaGrange County41,1227117.799%33%
41Carroll County20,7473617.71–229%29%
42Whitley County34,8856017.6617%19%
43Ripley County29,2145017.4325%25%
44Parke County16,5082917.4419%37%
45Henry County49,0818417.3619%30%
46Kosciusko County80,66913717.21724%13%
47Miami County35,6136117.1324%27%
48LaPorte County111,34818516.72224%27%
49Bartholomew County84,74113816.6914%22%
50Daviess County34,0975516.5717%19%
51Cass County37,5596216.4319%15%
52Grant County66,45810716.11013%20%
53Owen County21,8513416.01–219%22%
54Fayette County23,3353715.91–211%23%
55DeKalb County44,3306715.4920%46%
56Wells County28,7984315.3515%15%
57Howard County84,08212615.2729%12%
58Knox County35,8725515.0620%26%
59Rush County16,7592515.01–221%29%
60Franklin County23,1363414.81–215%30%
61Adams County36,5845214.5418%16%
62Perry County19,3202714.1344%37%
63Fountain County16,8332313.9317%22%
64Morgan County73,8259713.6422%25%
65Elkhart County207,43627813.53222%33%
66Ohio County5,996813.50——
67Delaware County112,95115213.41812%25%
68Vigo County106,16614213.31117%24%
69Noble County47,8116313.3618%19%
70Lawrence County45,1926013.2812%22%
71Orange County19,8242613.2316%24%
72Madison County134,22217113.11017%21%
73Dearborn County51,4356613.1820%23%
74Marion County981,6281,21812.612824%26%
75Hancock County88,8109511.9924%19%
76Boone County78,7738011.4613%15%
77Porter County175,86019411.32318%24%
78Posey County25,0672811.1415%23%
79Clark County127,47913211.01410%32%
80Lake County502,95553910.93624%39%
81Wayne County66,4107010.5419%33%
82Dubois County43,6294510.5313%25%
83Allen County399,29538510.14131%33%
84Vanderburgh County180,38718010.02120%17%
85Floyd County81,9317910.0623%27%
86Warrick County66,339639.9918%18%
87St. Joseph County273,7442599.52319%32%
88Tippecanoe County191,6501578.31722%25%
89Hendricks County190,6291307.51414%19%
90Monroe County140,7021017.0919%32%
91Johnson County170,6141056.6912%20%
92Hamilton County379,7041765.11823%22%

Routes with the most fatal crashes

#RouteTypeFatal crashesDeathsAlcoholSpeeding
1Interstate 65Interstate16918813%41%
2Interstate 80Interstate11212521%41%
3US Route 31US highway10110516%21%
4Interstate 70Interstate9611112%32%
5US Route 20US highway9110326%32%
6US Route 41US highway889714%23%
7Interstate 69Interstate8810115%22%
8State Route 37State highway738915%16%
9Interstate 465Interstate657012%46%
10US Route 231US highway61728%25%
11US Route 30US highway576714%16%
12US Route 50US highway57639%16%
13US Route 40US highway566018%16%
14US Route 421US highway525729%23%
15US Route 35US highway515612%16%
16State Route 62State highway474813%23%
17State Route 67State highway475319%9%
18Interstate 74Interstate47499%30%
19State Route 3State highway46527%17%
20US Route 6US highway454618%24%
21State Route 9State highway454816%16%
22US Route 24US highway404613%15%
23State Route 135State highway384411%18%
24US Route 52US highway353620%26%
25US Route 36US highway353617%26%
26State Route 32State highway344012%15%
27State Route 1State highway343815%12%
28US Route 33US highway343521%27%
29State Route 46State highway33336%12%
30State Route 56State highway323413%25%

Signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024; 48 routes in Indiana qualify. Local streets and county roads are not listed. Long routes carry more traffic and so more crashes; this is a count, not a rate.

Time of day and day of week

12am3am6am9am12pm3pm6pm9pm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat

Fatal crashes in Indiana by weekday and hour, 2015–2024: darker cells are busier. 8,107 crashes with a known hour and weekday.

By weekday

Saturday17%
Friday16%
Sunday15%
Thursday14%
Monday13%
Tuesday13%
Wednesday12%

Light condition

Daylight51%
Dark, not lighted30%
Dark, lighted14%
Dusk3%
Dawn2%
Dark, lighting unknown0%

Road type

Other principal arterial27%
Minor arterial21%
Major collector20%
Local15%
Interstate11%
Minor collector4%
Other freeways and expressways2%

FHWA functional classes (FARS FUNC_SYS), share of fatal crashes with a reported class; tick marks the national share. What the classes mean.

Questions and answers

How many people died in crashes in Indiana in 2024?

832 people in 785 fatal crashes, per NHTSA's FARS annual file. Over 2015–2024 the total is 8,773.

How does Indiana compare with the national rate?

13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year over 2015–2024, against 11.8 nationally; in 2024 alone, 12.0 against 11.5.

Which counties in Indiana have the most fatal crashes?

By deaths over 2015–2024: Marion County (1,218), Lake County (539) and Allen County (385). The county table ranks by rate per 100,000 residents instead, which is a fairer comparison across sizes.

What share of fatal crashes in Indiana involved alcohol or speeding?

19.6% of fatal crashes in 2015–2024 had a driver reported as drinking (US: 26.3%) and 25.7% had a speeding-related driver (US: 27.2%).

Which routes in Indiana have the most fatal crashes?

Interstate 65 (169 fatal crashes, 2015–2024), Interstate 80 (112 fatal crashes, 2015–2024) and US Route 31 (101 fatal crashes, 2015–2024). Route pages exist for signed routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in the ten years.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System annual files 1975–2024; US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology, sources and corrections.