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Fatal crashes in Indiana

Every fatal crash in Indiana is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in Indiana, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,147 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 785 832
2023 848 904
2022 911 976
2021 863 932
2020 815 897
2019 752 810
2018 776 860
2017 838 916
2016 776 829
2015 752 817
2014 704 745
2013 710 784
2012 720 781
2011 676 751
2010 701 754
2009 632 693
2008 727 820
2007 804 898
2006 820 902
2005 855 938
2004 857 947
2003 753 833
2002 714 792
2001 825 909
2000 793 886
1999 892 1,020
1998 884 982
1997 846 935
1996 872 984
1995 860 960
1994 869 971
1993 791 901
1992 797 901
1991 903 1,022
1990 928 1,049
1989 882 971
1988 957 1,099
1987 956 1,055
1986 931 1,038
1985 880 974
1984 838 925
1983 876 1,016
1982 846 961
1981 1,000 1,146
1980 1,029 1,166
1979 1,147 1,299
1978 1,108 1,266
1977 1,061 1,210
1976 1,080 1,258
1975 976 1,128

The fifteen Indiana counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Marion 18097 125 128
Allen 18003 37 41
Lake 18089 35 36
Elkhart 18039 29 32
St Joseph 18141 23 23
Porter 18127 22 23
Vanderburgh 18163 20 21
LaPorte 18091 19 22
Hamilton 18057 18 18
Delaware 18035 17 18
Tippecanoe 18157 16 17
Kosciusko 18085 15 17
Shelby 18145 15 15
Clark 18019 13 14
Hendricks 18063 12 14

Which roads, in Indiana2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 192 206 24%
County 192 204 24%
Municipal 153 157 19%
U.S. Highway 134 142 17%
Interstate 91 99 12%
Township 19 20 2%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 4 4 1%

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