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Traffic deaths in Mitchell County, Kansas

Deaths, 2023: 1
Fatal crashes: 1
Population: 5.8K

In 2023, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Mitchell County, Kansas. That was the same as in 2022. The death rate was 17.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.1 in Kansas and 12.2 in the United States. Mitchell County had the 63rd most traffic deaths among Kansas's counties. Between 2022 and 2023, 2 people died, an average of 1.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

17.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2023

About 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4
About 1.5 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

17.4

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2022–2023

About 1.3 times the average in Kansas: 13.5
About 1.4 times the average in the United States: 12.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2022 to 2023

1 death in 2022, 1 in 2023

Kansas: -12%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2022–2023

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2022	1	1
2023	1	1

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, 2022–2023

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2022	17.3
2023	17.4

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Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 5 percent of the share in Kansas: 10%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2023

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	1
Pedestrians	0
Motorcyclists	0
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2023
Type	Share in Mitchell County	Share in Kansas
Pedestrians	0%	10%
Motorcyclists	0%	11%
Cyclists	0%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	0%	28%
Speeding-related crashes	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

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 5 percent of the share in Kansas: 20%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 5 percent of the share in Kansas: 35%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2023

Category	Mitchell County	Kansas	United States
Speeding-related	0.0%	35.4%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	0.0%	20.1%	28.1%
At night	100.0%	51.0%	53.6%
At weekends	0.0%	32.5%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About double the share in Kansas: 51%
About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 5 percent of the share in Kansas: 32%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	0
1am	0
2am	1
3am	0
4am	0
5am	0
6am	0
7am	0
8am	0
9am	0
10am	0
11am	0
12pm	1
1pm	0
2pm	0
3pm	0
4pm	0
5pm	0
6pm	0
7pm	0
8pm	0
9pm	0
10pm	0
11pm	0

All crashes 2022–2023.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	0
Mon	1
Tue	0
Wed	0
Thu	1
Fri	0
Sat	0

All crashes 2022–2023.

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Fatal crashes by month

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

All crashes 2022–2023.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Cloudy	1
Rain	1

All crashes 2022–2023. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted	1
Daylight	1

All crashes 2022–2023. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2022–2023

Roads with the most fatal crashes

SR-141
SR-91

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	2
Medium and heavy trucks	1

All crashes 2022–2023.

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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 2023. 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
May 15, 2023	Beloit	SR-14	1
Feb 24, 2022	—	SR-9	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2022–2023. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.