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Indiana fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 832 deaths in 785 fatal crashes in Indiana in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 12.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Indiana and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 0.94 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Indiana and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Indiana was number 24 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Indiana fell by 8.0% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 57.5% of the fatal crashes in Indiana with a known setting were rural, against 42.7% in the United States.

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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Indiana by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this state has a change on record.

County map

Figure 2.Counties of Indiana by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Adams County: 14.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAllen County: 10.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBartholomew County: 16.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBenton County: 25.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBlackford County: 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBoone County: 11.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBrown County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCarroll County: 17.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCass County: 16.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClark County: 11.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClay County: 19.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClinton County: 20.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCrawford County: 29.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDaviess County: 16.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDearborn County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDecatur County: 18.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDeKalb County: 15.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDelaware County: 13.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDubois County: 10.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearElkhart County: 13.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFayette County: 15.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFloyd County: 10.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFountain County: 13.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 14.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFulton County: 19.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGibson County: 21.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrant County: 16.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreene County: 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHamilton County: 5.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHancock County: 11.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarrison County: 26.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHendricks County: 7.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHenry County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHoward County: 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHuntington County: 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJackson County: 20.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJasper County: 22.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJay County: 22.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson County: 17.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJennings County: 26.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJohnson County: 6.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKnox County: 15.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKosciusko County: 17.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLaGrange County: 17.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLake County: 10.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLaPorte County: 16.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLawrence County: 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMadison County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarion County: 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarshall County: 18.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMartin County: 22.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMiami County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMonroe County: 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMontgomery County: 17.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorgan County: 13.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNewton County: 38.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNoble County: 13.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOhio County: 13.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOrange County: 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOwen County: 16.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearParke County: 17.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPerry County: 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPike County: 18.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPorter County: 11.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPosey County: 11.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPulaski County: 31.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPutnam County: 18.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRandolph County: 22.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRipley County: 17.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRush County: 15.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSt. Joseph County: 9.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearScott County: 26.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearShelby County: 21.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSpencer County: 29.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStarke County: 20.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSteuben County: 21.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSullivan County: 19.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSwitzerland County: 21.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTippecanoe County: 8.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTipton County: 24.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 21.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearVanderburgh County: 10.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearVermillion County: 23.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearVigo County: 13.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWabash County: 18.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarren County: 26.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarrick County: 9.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 22.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWayne County: 10.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWells County: 15.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWhite County: 26.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWhitley County: 17.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 107 counties
  • 10 to 14.926 counties
  • 15 to 19.934 counties
  • 20 to 29.923 counties
  • 30 or more2 counties

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.

In words: 7 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 26 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 34 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 23 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 2 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Indiana: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County36,54245214.5
Allen County399,0944138510.1
Bartholomew County84,942913816.6
Benton County8,8811 or 22225.2
Blackford County11,82242218.4
Boone County78,64068011.4
Brown County15,6211 or 22918.9
Carroll County20,7101 or 23617.7
Cass County37,92936216.4
Clark County127,7631413211.0
Clay County26,3521 or 25019.0
Clinton County33,30766720.5
Crawford County10,56763129.4
Daviess County34,13175516.5
Dearborn County51,71486613.1
Decatur County26,51464918.5
DeKalb County44,33896715.4
Delaware County112,7521815213.4
Dubois County43,94234510.4
Elkhart County208,1963227813.5
Fayette County23,5801 or 23715.9
Floyd County81,79967910.0
Fountain County16,87232313.9
Franklin County23,1361 or 23414.8
Fulton County20,03533919.3
Gibson County32,99877221.6
Grant County66,2361010716.1
Greene County31,19245818.4
Hamilton County379,685181765.1
Hancock County88,87799511.9
Harrison County40,1861010426.0
Hendricks County190,764141307.5
Henry County49,02168417.3
Howard County84,018712615.2
Huntington County36,96577019.1
Jackson County47,43679220.3
Jasper County33,655137622.8
Jay County20,25944622.4
Jefferson County33,0641 or 25817.8
Jennings County27,72497426.8
Johnson County171,02391056.6
Knox County35,75765515.1
Kosciusko County80,7691713717.2
LaGrange County41,11897117.7
Lake County502,4973653910.9
LaPorte County111,3492218516.7
Lawrence County45,23086013.2
Madison County133,5721017113.1
Marion County990,2131281,21812.6
Marshall County46,538108518.3
Martin County9,8881 or 22222.0
Miami County34,46536117.3
Monroe County142,83291017.0
Montgomery County38,91056817.7
Morgan County74,04549713.6
Newton County14,08765338.0
Noble County47,94666313.3
Ohio County6,0010813.5
Orange County19,80132613.2
Owen County21,6581 or 23416.1
Parke County16,45642917.4
Perry County19,38832714.1
Pike County12,0741 or 22218.0
Porter County175,4202319411.3
Posey County25,05842811.1
Pulaski County12,43353931.2
Putnam County37,75866818.2
Randolph County24,3851 or 25522.3
Ripley County29,36035017.4
Rush County16,7521 or 22515.0
Scott County24,85256526.9
Shelby County45,613159821.9
Spencer County20,15776029.7
St. Joseph County272,936232599.5
Starke County23,4061 or 24720.3
Steuben County34,78867321.1
Sullivan County20,69354119.8
Switzerland County10,03502221.3
Tippecanoe County189,910171578.3
Tipton County15,3711 or 23724.3
Union County6,9341 or 21521.2
Vanderburgh County181,1402118010.0
Vermillion County15,53133723.9
Vigo County106,1981114213.3
Wabash County30,72665818.6
Warren County8,46702226.4
Warrick County66,3219639.9
Washington County28,35866422.8
Wayne County66,33647010.5
Wells County28,84054315.3
White County25,16856626.9
Whitley County34,93266017.6

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in Indiana by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 1,299 (1979)2024: 832

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

Table 2.Indiana: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202483278512.00.94
202390484813.11.06
202297691114.31.02
202193286313.71.19
202089781513.21.17
201981075212.00.98
201886077612.81.05
201791683813.71.12
201682977612.51.00
201581775212.41.04
201474570411.3n/a
201378471011.9n/a
201278172011.9n/a
201175167611.5n/a
201075470111.6n/a
200969363210.7n/a
200882072712.8n/a
200789880414.1n/a
200690282014.2n/a
200593885514.9n/a
200494785715.2n/a
200383375313.4n/a
200279271412.9n/a
200190982514.8n/a
200088679314.5n/a
19991,020892n/an/a
1998982884n/an/a
1997935846n/an/a
1996984872n/an/a
1995960860n/an/a
1994971869n/an/a
1993901791n/an/a
1992901797n/an/a
19911,022903n/an/a
19901,049928n/an/a
1989971882n/an/a
19881,099957n/an/a
19871,055956n/an/a
19861,038931n/an/a
1985974880n/an/a
1984925838n/an/a
19831,016876n/an/a
1982961846n/an/a
19811,1461,000n/an/a
19801,1661,029n/an/a
19791,2991,147n/an/a
19781,2661,108n/an/a
19771,2101,061n/an/a
19761,2581,080n/an/a
19751,128976n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.Indiana beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodIndianaUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202412.011.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year13.011.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20240.941.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.051.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Indiana had 6,934,754 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Indiana had 88,231 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Indiana: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 8,116 fatal crashes1,5918,116 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 8,116 fatal crashes2,0838,116 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 5,152 occupant deaths with restraint use known2,3675,152 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 8,773 deaths9908,773 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 8,773 deaths1918,773 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 8,773 deaths1,3068,773 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 8,102 fatal crashes with the condition reported4,6558,102 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 8,083 fatal crashes with the condition reported3,6028,083 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Indiana: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday3651613143351,175
Monday1732463363311,086
Tuesday1252693443071,045
Wednesday149232334278993
Thursday1802733463261,125
Friday2092614014121,283
Saturday3362443734471,400
All days1,5371,6862,4482,4368,107

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.Indiana: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate90211.1%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways1281.6%4.4%
Other principal arterial2,22227.4%29.8%
Minor arterial1,67820.7%22.1%
Major collector1,63920.2%15.5%
Minor collector3284.0%3.4%
Local1,20514.9%12.2%
Not reported14n/an/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Routes

52 signed routes in Indiana have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Indiana

Interstate routes

Official channels

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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. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Indiana in ten years?

FARS records 8,773 deaths in 8,116 fatal crashes in Indiana from 2015 to 2024. It records 8,066 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Indiana?

Indiana had 832 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 2.1 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 1,591 of 8,116 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 2,083 of them.

How many pages does Indiana have?

Indiana has 92 county pages, 52 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.