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Kansas fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 339 deaths in 314 fatal crashes in Kansas in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 11.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Kansas and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.07 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Kansas and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Kansas was number 28 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Kansas fell by 12.4% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 63.3% of the fatal crashes in Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Allen County: 14.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAnderson County: 25.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAtchison County: 17.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBarber County: 25.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBarton County: 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBourbon County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBrown County: 43.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearButler County: 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChase County: 96.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChautauqua County: 32.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCherokee County: 22.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCheyenne County: 34.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClark County: 75.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClay County: 29.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCloud County: 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCoffey County: 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearComanche County: 34.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCowley County: 15.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCrawford County: 13.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDecatur County: 21.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDickinson County: 23.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDoniphan County: 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDouglas County: 7.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEdwards County: 35.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearElk County: 24.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEllis County: 8.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEllsworth County: 47.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFinney County: 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFord County: 15.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 25.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGeary County: 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGove County: 93.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGraham County: 20.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrant County: 25.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGray County: 44.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreeley County: 64.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreenwood County: 56.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHamilton County: 43.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarper County: 36.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarvey County: 16.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHaskell County: 31.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHodgeman County: 51.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJackson County: 24.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson County: 27.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJewell County: 38.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJohnson County: 4.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKearny County: 23.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKingman County: 27.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKiowa County: 77.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLabette County: 21.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLane County: 45.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLeavenworth County: 13.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownLinn County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLogan County: 25.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLyon County: 15.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMcPherson County: 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarion County: 38.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarshall County: 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMeade County: 61.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMiami County: 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMitchell County: 10.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMontgomery County: 24.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorris County: 33.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorton County: 18.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNemaha County: 14.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNeosho County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNess County: 32.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNorton County: 29.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOsage County: 20.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOsborne County: 22.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOttawa County: 24.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPawnee County: 28.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPhillips County: 25.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPottawatomie County: 14.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPratt County: 35.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRawlins County: 32.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearReno County: 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRepublic County: 49.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRice County: 20.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRiley County: 6.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRooks County: 18.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRush County: 40.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRussell County: 35.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSaline County: 13.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearScott County: 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSedgwick County: 11.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSeward County: 16.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearShawnee County: 11.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSheridan County: 60.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSherman County: 27.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSmith County: 13.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStafford County: 41.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStanton County: 44.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStevens County: 27.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSumner County: 26.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearThomas County: 38.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTrego County: 35.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWabaunsee County: 37.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWallace County: 66.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 25.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWichita County: 52.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWilson County: 40.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWoodson County: 35.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWyandotte County: 14.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 104 counties
  • 10 to 14.917 counties
  • 15 to 19.916 counties
  • 20 to 29.929 counties
  • 30 or more38 counties
  • Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown1 county

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: 4 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 17 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 16 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 29 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 38 counties have a rate of 30 or more; 1 county has a count of 1 or 2 and no rate. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Kansas: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allen County12,36131814.4
Anderson County7,93302025.5
Atchison County16,16952817.2
Barber County4,08501125.2
Barton County24,9131 or 23413.2
Bourbon County14,4401 or 21913.1
Brown County9,13344143.2
Butler County69,12679514.1
Chase County2,59302596.0
Chautauqua County3,37301132.9
Cherokee County19,16744422.4
Cheyenne County2,6181 or 2934.1
Clark County1,89001575.8
Clay County8,01472429.7
Cloud County8,7301 or 21719.1
Coffey County8,3291 or 21518.1
Comanche County1,6730634.8
Cowley County34,25175415.5
Crawford County38,96065413.8
Decatur County2,7130621.5
Dickinson County18,6381 or 24323.1
Doniphan County7,5941 or 21418.4
Douglas County120,9398867.2
Edwards County2,7211 or 21035.5
Elk County2,4500624.1
Ellis County29,0264258.7
Ellsworth County6,30203047.7
Finney County37,7941 or 24612.3
Ford County34,2871 or 25415.8
Franklin County26,24546525.1
Geary County35,46554412.6
Gove County2,6691 or 22593.2
Graham County2,3511 or 2520.5
Grant County7,06401925.9
Gray County5,69042644.3
Greeley County1,1910864.4
Greenwood County5,84603456.7
Hamilton County2,50901143.5
Harper County5,4071 or 22036.4
Harvey County33,62055716.7
Haskell County3,55801231.4
Hodgeman County1,6650951.0
Jackson County13,42443324.8
Jefferson County18,30745227.9
Jewell County2,86401138.0
Johnson County630,832232614.3
Kearny County3,8690923.1
Kingman County7,0251 or 22027.6
Kiowa County2,41631977.2
Labette County19,6941 or 24221.0
Lane County1,5010745.0
Leavenworth County84,344711113.5
Lincoln County2,89801 or 2n/a
Linn County9,86402424.7
Logan County2,6870725.4
Lyon County32,35144915.0
Marion County11,67934638.8
Marshall County9,9101 or 21515.2
McPherson County30,09545619.1
Meade County3,8921 or 22561.5
Miami County35,80145215.2
Mitchell County5,7400610.1
Montgomery County30,406107624.0
Morris County5,30731833.0
Morton County2,4981 or 2518.7
Nemaha County10,0861 or 21514.8
Neosho County15,63163018.9
Ness County2,6291 or 2932.5
Norton County5,3051 or 21629.6
Osage County15,7461 or 23320.9
Osborne County3,3410822.9
Ottawa County5,80801424.1
Pawnee County6,05101828.2
Phillips County4,7511 or 21325.6
Pottawatomie County26,8581 or 23614.4
Pratt County9,10643335.6
Rawlins County2,4251 or 2832.0
Reno County61,37058213.2
Republic County4,62532349.5
Rice County9,2771 or 21920.0
Riley County72,0724506.8
Rooks County4,7170918.3
Rush County2,8311 or 21240.4
Russell County6,65402435.2
Saline County53,31477213.3
Scott County4,9080918.1
Sedgwick County534,3866161111.7
Seward County21,13743516.0
Shawnee County178,2222419711.1
Sheridan County2,4331 or 21560.7
Sherman County5,7921 or 21627.1
Smith County3,5901 or 2513.9
Stafford County3,91901741.7
Stanton County2,0090944.3
Stevens County5,0471 or 21527.9
Sumner County22,37246026.4
Thomas County7,75253038.3
Trego County2,73601035.7
Wabaunsee County7,07932637.5
Wallace County1,48001066.6
Washington County5,5611 or 21425.3
Wichita County2,03901152.2
Wilson County8,30133540.8
Woodson County3,1161 or 21135.2
Wyandotte County169,8702124514.7

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 Kansas by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 595 (1980)2024: 339

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

Table 2.Kansas: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202433931411.41.07
202338735313.11.22
202241036414.01.31
202142338014.41.33
202042638214.51.53
201941036114.11.29
201840536713.91.26
201746140715.81.43
201642938114.71.34
201535532212.21.13
201438534113.3n/a
201335032712.1n/a
201240536814.0n/a
201138635013.5n/a
201043137615.1n/a
200938634813.6n/a
200838434713.7n/a
200741637914.9n/a
200646842716.9n/a
200542838415.6n/a
200445939016.8n/a
200346941917.2n/a
200250744518.7n/a
200149443218.3n/a
200046140517.1n/a
1999540457n/an/a
1998492440n/an/a
1997482420n/an/a
1996490442n/an/a
1995442394n/an/a
1994442381n/an/a
1993428375n/an/a
1992387337n/an/a
1991409350n/an/a
1990444391n/an/a
1989428371n/an/a
1988483406n/an/a
1987491415n/an/a
1986500413n/an/a
1985486429n/an/a
1984510451n/an/a
1983411361n/an/a
1982498436n/an/a
1981580510n/an/a
1980595506n/an/a
1979519451n/an/a
1978572498n/an/a
1977552483n/an/a
1976549463n/an/a
1975509433n/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.Kansas beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodKansasUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202411.411.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year13.811.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.071.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.291.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Kansas had 2,965,252 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Kansas had 31,670 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kansas: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 3,631 fatal crashes8173,631 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 3,631 fatal crashes8803,631 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 2,826 occupant deaths with restraint use known1,4812,826 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 4,045 deaths3354,045 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 4,045 deaths554,045 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 4,045 deaths5214,045 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 3,618 fatal crashes with the condition reported2,2903,618 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 3,604 fatal crashes with the condition reported1,4763,604 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.Kansas: 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
Sunday15274159133518
Monday63123159134479
Tuesday41115171121448
Wednesday51121177138487
Thursday72106143149470
Friday75116194178563
Saturday12286180195583
All days5767411,1831,0483,548

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.Kansas: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate45412.5%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways1985.5%4.4%
Other principal arterial87224.1%29.8%
Minor arterial74820.7%22.1%
Major collector69119.1%15.5%
Minor collector862.4%3.4%
Local56915.7%12.2%
Not reported13n/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

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

All routes in Kansas

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 Kansas in ten years?

FARS records 4,045 deaths in 3,631 fatal crashes in Kansas from 2015 to 2024. It records 4,039 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

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

Kansas had 339 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 0.9 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 817 of 3,631 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 880 of them.

How many pages does Kansas have?

Kansas has 105 county pages, 32 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.