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Fatal crashes in Iowa

Every fatal crash in Iowa 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 Iowa, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 657 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 324 356
2023 330 379
2022 305 336
2021 329 356
2020 310 343
2019 313 336
2018 291 319
2017 301 330
2016 355 402
2015 282 320
2014 288 322
2013 290 317
2012 330 365
2011 329 360
2010 348 390
2009 338 371
2008 368 412
2007 393 446
2006 386 439
2005 398 450
2004 354 388
2003 383 443
2002 372 405
2001 384 446
2000 394 445
1999 428 490
1998 386 449
1997 411 468
1996 411 465
1995 446 527
1994 415 478
1993 401 459
1992 388 437
1991 423 488
1990 404 465
1989 451 514
1988 494 557
1987 443 491
1986 388 441
1985 416 474
1984 376 420
1983 437 514
1982 431 480
1981 530 613
1980 541 626
1979 566 655
1978 552 638
1977 549 628
1976 657 779
1975 575 670

The fifteen Iowa counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Polk 19153 40 47
Scott 19163 22 23
Linn 19113 16 18
Black Hawk 19013 15 15
Dubuque 19061 10 11
Woodbury 19193 10 11
Muscatine 19139 9 9
Pottawattamie 19155 9 9
Johnson 19103 8 8
Cerro Gordo 19033 7 7
Iowa 19095 6 6
Jones 19105 5 5
Plymouth 19149 5 6
Washington 19183 5 8
Benton 19011 4 4

Which roads, in Iowa2024

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
County 82 89 25%
U.S. Highway 73 81 23%
Municipal 62 66 19%
State Highway 45 51 14%
Township 36 38 11%
Interstate 23 27 7%
Other 2 3 1%
Not Signed 1 1 0%

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