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Oregon fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 538 deaths in 491 fatal crashes in Oregon in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Oregon and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.44 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Oregon and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Oregon was number 20 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Oregon fell by 8.3% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 35.0% of the occupants killed in Oregon with restraint use known had no restraint, against 49.0% 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 Oregon 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 Oregon by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Baker County: 35.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBenton County: 9.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClackamas County: 8.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClatsop County: 27.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearColumbia County: 12.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCoos County: 18.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCrook County: 13.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCurry County: 16.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDeschutes County: 10.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDouglas County: 26.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGilliam County: 77.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrant County: 30.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarney County: 66.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHood River County: 10.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJackson County: 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJefferson County: 30.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJosephine County: 22.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKlamath County: 28.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLake County: 43.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLane County: 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: 22.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLinn County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMalheur County: 26.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMarion County: 12.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMorrow County: 25.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMultnomah County: 8.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPolk County: 13.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSherman County: 98.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTillamook County: 31.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUmatilla County: 15.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWallowa County: 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWasco County: 32.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 4.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWheeler County: 107.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearYamhill County: 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 104 counties
  • 10 to 14.910 counties
  • 15 to 19.95 counties
  • 20 to 29.97 counties
  • 30 or more10 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: 4 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 10 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 5 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 7 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 10 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Oregon: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baker County16,75765835.3
Benton County97,59010879.3
Clackamas County425,245383588.6
Clatsop County41,206711027.3
Columbia County53,96566712.8
Coos County64,2421511818.4
Crook County27,3201 or 23413.8
Curry County22,82083716.1
Deschutes County211,2021720910.7
Douglas County112,3513729726.8
Gilliam County1,9841 or 21577.2
Grant County7,10452230.6
Harney County7,4231 or 24966.3
Hood River County23,73342410.2
Jackson County221,3472827612.6
Jefferson County25,68577530.7
Josephine County88,1431419422.2
Klamath County70,3712619328.1
Lake County8,16733543.4
Lane County382,0814945712.1
Lincoln County50,7531211322.7
Linn County132,5842524218.9
Malheur County32,37148226.3
Marion County353,2183942812.4
Morrow County12,45453025.4
Multnomah County794,472786898.6
Polk County90,2051011313.1
Sherman County2,0151 or 21898.0
Tillamook County27,42258631.9
Umatilla County80,9581112515.9
Union County25,94553714.1
Wallowa County7,5981 or 21419.2
Wasco County26,46198632.7
Washington County608,613352874.8
Wheeler County1,4541 or 215107.5
Yamhill County110,0651213112.3

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 Oregon by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 708 (1978)2024: 538

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

Table 2.Oregon: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202453849112.61.44
202358753413.81.59
202260255314.21.65
202159955214.11.63
202050746011.91.57
201949345511.71.38
201850244612.01.36
201743940310.61.19
201649844812.21.36
201544641111.11.24
20143573229.0n/a
20133132928.0n/a
20123373068.6n/a
20113313108.5n/a
20103172928.3n/a
20093773319.9n/a
200841636911.0n/a
200745541112.2n/a
200647841813.0n/a
200548744313.5n/a
200445638812.8n/a
200351242914.4n/a
200243638812.4n/a
200148842814.1n/a
200045140713.1n/a
1999414367n/an/a
1998538485n/an/a
1997524462n/an/a
1996526462n/an/a
1995574500n/an/a
1994494443n/an/a
1993523456n/an/a
1992471416n/an/a
1991482423n/an/a
1990579500n/an/a
1989626546n/an/a
1988677569n/an/a
1987619553n/an/a
1986619544n/an/a
1985559510n/an/a
1984572512n/an/a
1983550485n/an/a
1982518464n/an/a
1981645566n/an/a
1980646585n/an/a
1979676601n/an/a
1978708626n/an/a
1977657575n/an/a
1976630558n/an/a
1975562502n/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.Oregon beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodOregonUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202412.611.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year12.411.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.441.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.441.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Oregon had 4,265,324 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Oregon had 37,399 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oregon: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 4,753 fatal crashes1,4754,753 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 4,753 fatal crashes1,4324,753 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 2,883 occupant deaths with restraint use known1,0102,883 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 5,211 deaths8465,211 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 5,211 deaths1215,211 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 5,211 deaths7235,211 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 4,752 fatal crashes with the condition reported2,6224,752 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 4,578 fatal crashes with the condition reported2,0594,578 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.Oregon: 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
Sunday16994191189643
Monday97145197215654
Tuesday79122231156588
Wednesday78134204185601
Thursday93147216218674
Friday102124258248732
Saturday157121225263766
All days7758871,5221,4744,658

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.Oregon: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate3978.4%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways380.8%4.4%
Other principal arterial1,88139.6%29.8%
Minor arterial1,05122.1%22.1%
Major collector90018.9%15.5%
Minor collector1843.9%3.4%
Local3016.3%12.2%
Not reported1n/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

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

All routes in Oregon

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 Oregon in ten years?

FARS records 5,211 deaths in 4,753 fatal crashes in Oregon from 2015 to 2024. It records 3,868 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

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

Oregon had 538 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 1.4 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 1,475 of 4,753 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 1,432 of them.

How many pages does Oregon have?

Oregon has 36 county pages, 29 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.