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Traffic deaths in Idaho in 2020

Deaths, 2020: 214
Fatal crashes: 188
Population: 1.8M

In 2020, 214 people died in 188 fatal crashes in Idaho. The death rate was 11.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Idaho had the 39th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 27th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 7% of deaths, and 26% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

11.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.8

Idaho traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 40 percent of the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2020

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	170
Pedestrians	14
Motorcyclists	27
Cyclists	3

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Deaths by type, 2020
Type	Deaths	Share in Idaho	Share in the US
Pedestrians	14	7%	17%
Motorcyclists	27	13%	14%
Cyclists	3	1%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	61	29%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	62	29%	29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

26%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About the same as the share in the United States: 29%

34%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 27%

Crash factors in 2020

Category	Idaho	United States
Speeding-related	33.5%	26.7%
Alcohol-involved	26.1%	28.6%
At night	46.3%	53.4%
At weekends	27.7%	32.9%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

46%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 53%

28%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	11
1am	7
2am	3
3am	2
4am	3
5am	8
6am	7
7am	5
8am	7
9am	7
10am	6
11am	5
12pm	7
1pm	14
2pm	4
3pm	12
4pm	15
5pm	10
6pm	15
7pm	11
8pm	11
9pm	5
10pm	8
11pm	3

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	20
Mon	22
Tue	24
Wed	32
Thu	30
Fri	28
Sat	32

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	6
Feb	15
Mar	8
Apr	9
May	18
Jun	19
Jul	24
Aug	25
Sep	16
Oct	15
Nov	12
Dec	21

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	138
Cloudy	31
Rain	7
Snow	6
Fog, Smog, Smoke	4
Severe Crosswinds	2

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	108
Dark - Not Lighted	47
Dark - Lighted	20
Dusk	9
Dawn	4

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

US-9518
I-8413
SR-5510
US-209
US-266
US-304
I-154
SR-164
SR-334
US-934

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	93
Pickup trucks	64
SUVs	53
Medium and heavy trucks	51
Motorcycles	27
Vans	10
Other vehicles	2

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Aug 15, 2020	Spirit Lake, Kootenai County	THIRD AVE	1
Aug 15, 2020	Washington County	Dobie RD	1
Aug 14, 2020	Bonneville County	US-26	1
Aug 9, 2020	Bonneville County	BEAR CREEK RD	1
Aug 9, 2020	Bonner County	SR-200	3
Aug 7, 2020	Valley County	SR-55	1
Aug 7, 2020	Clark County	I-15	1
Aug 6, 2020	Boise County	SR-21	1
Aug 4, 2020	Twin Falls County	SR-50	1
Aug 4, 2020	Boise County	ARROWROCK- FS 268 RD	1
Aug 3, 2020	Lewiston, Nez Perce County	MAIN ST	1
Aug 3, 2020	Caribou County	SR-34	1
Aug 1, 2020	Payette, Payette County	US-95	1
Aug 1, 2020	Bonneville County	US-20	1
Jul 31, 2020	Bonner County	LAKESHORE DR	1
Jul 30, 2020	Canyon County	CHERRY LN	1
Jul 28, 2020	Canyon County	ROBINSON RD	1
Jul 27, 2020	Ada County	I-84	1
Jul 26, 2020	Shoshone County	LOOP CREEK -NF-326 RD	1
Jul 25, 2020	Fremont County	US-20	1
Jul 25, 2020	Ada County	SR-21	1
Jul 22, 2020	Boise County	SR-55	1
Jul 19, 2020	Bannock County	MINK CREEK RD	1
Jul 19, 2020	Canyon County	SR-55	1
Jul 19, 2020	Fremont County	US-20	1

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Counties in Idaho in 2020

Area	Deaths, 2020	Per 100,000
Ada County	20	4.0
Adams County	3	67.8
Bannock County	9	10.3
Bear Lake County	2	31.4
Benewah County	0	—
Bingham County	4	8.3
Blaine County	2	8.2
Boise County	8	104.4
Bonner County	7	14.8
Bonneville County	13	10.4
Boundary County	5	41.2
Butte County	3	116.2
Camas County	0	—
Canyon County	24	10.3
Caribou County	1	14.3
Cassia County	3	12.1
Clark County	1	126.4
Clearwater County	1	11.4
Custer County	1	23.4
Elmore County	8	27.9
Franklin County	1	7.0
Fremont County	9	67.1
Gem County	4	20.8
Gooding County	9	57.5
Idaho County	6	36.2
Jefferson County	2	6.4
Jerome County	3	12.4
Kootenai County	13	7.5
Latah County	1	2.5
Lemhi County	3	37.7
Lewis County	1	28.3
Lincoln County	4	77.9
Madison County	2	3.8
Minidoka County	1	4.6
Nez Perce County	7	16.6
Oneida County	1	21.9
Owyhee County	2	16.7
Payette County	6	23.5
Power County	2	25.4
Shoshone County	3	22.7
Teton County	1	8.5
Twin Falls County	12	13.3
Valley County	4	33.8
Washington County	2	18.9

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.