Fatal crash profile · County

Traffic deaths in Fayette County, Iowa

County in Iowa · United States

Deaths, 2024
3
Fatal crashes
3
Population
19.1K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Fayette County, Iowa. That was 50.0% more than in 2023 (2) and the most since 2021. The death rate was 15.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.0 in Iowa and 11.5 in the United States. Fayette County had the 31st most traffic deaths among Iowa's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 14 people died, an average of 2.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

15.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 11.0
  • About 1.4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

14.5

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.3 times the average in Iowa: 11.0
  • About 1.2 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+50%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 3 in 2024

  • Iowa: -6%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 4
2021 4 2
2022 1 1
2023 2 2
2024 3 3

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 20.6
2021 20.7
2022 5.2
2023 10.4
2024 15.7

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Iowa: 8%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 3
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Fayette County Share in Iowa
Pedestrians 0 0% 8%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 18%
Cyclists 0 0% 1%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 33%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 20%

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

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Iowa: 19%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Iowa: 23%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Fayette County Iowa United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 23.1% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 19.4% 28.1%
At night 33.3% 47.8% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 31.8% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

33%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About two-thirds of the share in Iowa: 48%
  • About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Iowa: 32%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 1
8am 0
9am 2
10am 2
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 2
3pm 1
4pm 0
5pm 1
6pm 2
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 0
Mon 4
Tue 0
Wed 1
Thu 2
Fri 3
Sat 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 2
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 3
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 6
Cloudy 6

All crashes 2020–2024. 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 9
Dark - Not Lighted 3

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. SR-150/LINCOLN RD1
  2. CR-B044/SCENIC RD1
  3. CR-B40/GREAT RIVER RD1
  4. CR-C33/100TH ST1
  5. CR-W14/R AVE1
  6. CR-W51/D AVE1
  7. J AVE1
  8. SR-1501
  9. SR-3/60TH ST1
  10. SR-93/150TH ST1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 6
Pickup trucks 6
Medium and heavy trucks 5
Motorcycles 2
Other vehicles 1
SUVs 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Impala2
  2. Chevrolet Silverado2
  3. American LaFrance American LaFrance Condor1
  4. Chevrolet S-10 Pickup1
  5. Dodge Avenger1
  6. Dodge Ram1
  7. Ford Edge1
  8. Ford F-1501
  9. Ford F-2501
  10. Ford F-3501

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 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Oct 2, 2024 — 1
Aug 9, 2024 — 1
Jul 1, 2024 — 1
Nov 10, 2023 — 1
Mar 30, 2023 — 1
Nov 21, 2022 — 1
May 28, 2021 — 3
Apr 3, 2021 — 1
Nov 12, 2020 — 1
Jul 27, 2020 — 1
May 18, 2020 — 1
Jan 4, 2020 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.