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Traffic deaths in Indiana in 2022

State in United States

Deaths, 2022
976
Fatal crashes
911
Population
6.8M

In 2022, 976 people died in 911 fatal crashes in Indiana, about 3 a day. That was 4.7% more than in 2021 (932) and the most since 1999. The death rate was 14.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in the United States. Indiana had the 17th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 21st-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 12% of deaths, and 30% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

14.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2022

  • About 1.1 times the rate in the United States: 12.8

+5%

change in deaths from 2021 to 2022

932 deaths in 2021, 976 in 2022

  • The United States: -1%

Indiana traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

12%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2022
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 710
Pedestrians 114
Motorcyclists 134
Cyclists 18
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Deaths by type, 2022
Type Deaths Share in Indiana Share in the US
Pedestrians 114 12% 18%
Motorcyclists 134 14% 15%
Cyclists 18 2% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 285 29% 32%
Speeding-related crashes 295 30% 28%

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

30%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 28%

18%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 26%
Crash factors in 2022
Category Indiana United States
Speeding-related 17.8% 26.2%
Alcohol-involved 29.7% 27.7%
At night 49.1% 53.9%
At weekends 31.4% 33.3%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

49%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

31%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 36
1am 27
2am 18
3am 31
4am 31
5am 37
6am 34
7am 34
8am 36
9am 40
10am 23
11am 30
12pm 32
1pm 29
2pm 49
3pm 56
4pm 46
5pm 54
6pm 46
7pm 42
8pm 51
9pm 53
10pm 35
11pm 40

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 132
Mon 132
Tue 100
Wed 114
Thu 125
Fri 154
Sat 154

All crashes 2022.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 73
Feb 47
Mar 86
Apr 58
May 79
Jun 87
Jul 97
Aug 103
Sep 75
Oct 85
Nov 54
Dec 67

All crashes 2022.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 672
Cloudy 139
Rain 63
Snow 20
Fog, Smog, Smoke 4
Sleet or Hail 3

All crashes 2022. 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 450
Dark - Not Lighted 274
Dark - Lighted 139
Dusk 23
Dawn 21
Dark - Unknown Lighting 2

All crashes 2022. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-6528
  2. I-8016
  3. US-4114
  4. I-7014
  5. SR-3714
  6. US-23113
  7. US-3113
  8. SR-6712
  9. SR-6412
  10. I-46512

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 523
SUVs 287
Pickup trucks 215
Medium and heavy trucks 175
Motorcycles 137
Vans 65
Other vehicles 37
Buses 6

All crashes 2022.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado43
  2. Freightliner Cascadia33
  3. Ford F-15033
  4. Ford Fusion23
  5. Dodge Ram22
  6. Honda Accord20
  7. Ford Escape20
  8. Chevrolet Equinox20
  9. Volvo Truck VNL19
  10. Toyota Camry18

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 2022. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 31, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County 1
Dec 31, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County 1
Dec 30, 2022 Evansville, Vanderburgh County 1
Dec 29, 2022 Clarksville, Clark County 1
Dec 28, 2022 Madison County 2
Dec 27, 2022 Marshall County 1
Dec 27, 2022 Chesterton, Porter County 1
Dec 26, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County 1
Dec 24, 2022 Gary, Lake County 1
Dec 24, 2022 Henry County 1
Dec 24, 2022 Rush County 1
Dec 23, 2022 Evansville, Vanderburgh County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Cass County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Whitley County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Muncie, Delaware County 1
Dec 22, 2022 Elkhart County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Washington County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Harrison County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Whiteland, Johnson County 1
Dec 21, 2022 Allen County 1
Dec 20, 2022 Logansport, Cass County 1
Dec 20, 2022 Indianapolis, Marion County 1
Dec 19, 2022 Knox County 2
Dec 19, 2022 Pulaski County 1

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Counties in Indiana in 2022

Area Deaths, 2022 Per 100,000
Adams County 3 8.3
Allen County 45 11.5
Bartholomew County 8 9.6
Benton County 3 34.6
Blackford County 3 25.2
Boone County 10 13.4
Brown County 1 6.4
Carroll County 9 43.9
Cass County 10 26.5
Clark County 16 12.9
Clay County 5 19.0
Clinton County 6 18.3
Crawford County 3 28.5
Daviess County 6 17.9
DeKalb County 3 6.9
Dearborn County 5 9.8
Decatur County 6 22.7
Delaware County 15 13.4
Dubois County 6 13.8
Elkhart County 46 22.2
Fayette County 3 12.8
Floyd County 11 13.7
Fountain County 5 30.1
Franklin County 3 13.0
Fulton County 3 14.7
Gibson County 7 21.2
Grant County 11 16.7
Greene County 9 29.0
Hamilton County 18 4.9
Hancock County 13 15.7
Harrison County 18 45.2
Hendricks County 16 8.7
Henry County 9 18.5
Howard County 8 9.6
Huntington County 11 29.9
Jackson County 10 21.6
Jasper County 6 18.0
Jay County 7 34.8
Jefferson County 2 6.1
Jennings County 9 32.8
Johnson County 16 9.6
Knox County 7 19.5
Kosciusko County 9 11.2
LaGrange County 8 19.6
LaPorte County 20 17.9
Lake County 61 12.2
Lawrence County 3 6.6
Madison County 14 10.7
Marion County 144 14.8
Marshall County 11 23.7
Martin County 3 30.6
Miami County 3 8.8
Monroe County 13 9.0
Montgomery County 7 18.3
Morgan County 9 12.4
Newton County 4 28.9
Noble County 6 12.7
Ohio County 0 —
Orange County 2 10.2
Owen County 2 9.4
Parke County 1 6.2
Perry County 3 15.9
Pike County 2 16.5
Porter County 24 13.7
Posey County 2 8.0
Pulaski County 4 32.2
Putnam County 9 24.3
Randolph County 4 16.4
Ripley County 8 27.6
Rush County 7 42.0
Scott County 9 36.8
Shelby County 12 26.6
Spencer County 5 25.1
St. Joseph County 26 9.5
Starke County 3 12.9
Steuben County 5 14.4
Sullivan County 4 19.4
Switzerland County 1 10.0
Tippecanoe County 15 7.9
Tipton County 5 32.7
Union County 2 28.6
Vanderburgh County 19 10.6
Vermillion County 3 19.5
Vigo County 24 22.6
Wabash County 3 9.7
Warren County 2 23.6
Warrick County 5 7.7
Washington County 11 39.1
Wayne County 8 12.1
Wells County 2 7.1
White County 9 36.2
Whitley County 9 26.0

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.