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Traffic deaths in Shepherdsville, Kentucky

City in Bullitt County · Kentucky · United States

Deaths, 2024: 4
Fatal crashes: 4
Population: 14.8K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. That was 33.3% more than in 2023 (3) and the most since 2021. The death rate was 27.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.7 in Bullitt County, 15.4 in Kentucky and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 22 people died, an average of 4.4 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 25% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

27.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About double the rate in Bullitt County, Kentucky: 11.7
About 1.8 times the rate in Kentucky: 15.4
About double the rate in the United States: 11.5

+33%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

Bullitt County, Kentucky: -17%
Kentucky: -13%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	8	6
2021	7	7
2023	3	3
2024	4	4

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	56.3
2021	48.8
2023	20.4
2024	27.0

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Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 5 percent of the share in Kentucky: 13%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	4
Pedestrians	0
Motorcyclists	0
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Shepherdsville	Share in Bullitt County
Pedestrians	0	0%	0%
Motorcyclists	0	0%	0%
Cyclists	0	0%	0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	50%	20%
Speeding-related crashes	1	25%	10%

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

25%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About double the share in Bullitt County, Kentucky: 11%
About 1.9 times the share in Kentucky: 13%
About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

50%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.5 times the share in Bullitt County, Kentucky: 33%
About 1.9 times the share in Kentucky: 26%
About double the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Shepherdsville	Bullitt County	Kentucky	United States
Speeding-related	50.0%	33.3%	25.8%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	25.0%	11.1%	13.0%	28.1%
At night	50.0%	44.4%	48.1%	53.6%
At weekends	50.0%	33.3%	32.0%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.1 times the share in Bullitt County, Kentucky: 44%
About the same as the share in Kentucky: 48%
About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.5 times the share in Bullitt County, Kentucky: 33%
About 1.6 times the share in Kentucky: 32%
About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2
Mon	2
Tue	1
Wed	4
Thu	2
Fri	5
Sat	4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	0
Feb	0
Mar	2
Apr	0
May	1
Jun	2
Jul	3
Aug	1
Sep	3
Oct	4
Nov	2
Dec	2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	12
Cloudy	7
Rain	1

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	6
Dark - Lighted	5

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

I-6510
SR-4801
MU- OLD FORD RD1
MU-OHM DR1
SR-10201
SR-3219 OHM RD1
SR-441
SR-44 E 4TH ST1
SR-44 E 4TH STREET1
SR-480 CEDAR GROVE RD1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	12
Medium and heavy trucks	9
SUVs	6
Pickup trucks	5
Vans	3
Motorcycles	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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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 2024. 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	Road	Deaths
Dec 25, 2024	I-65	1
Jul 7, 2024	MU- OLD FORD RD	1
Jun 14, 2024	I-65	1
May 11, 2024	SR-61 PRESTON HWY	1
Nov 20, 2023	MU-OHM DR	1
Nov 11, 2023	I-65	1
Jul 19, 2023	SR-44 E 4TH STREET	1
Dec 3, 2021	SR-3219 OHM RD	1
Oct 29, 2021	SR-480 CEDAR GROVE RD	1
Oct 29, 2021	I-65	1
Sep 28, 2021	I-65	1
Sep 5, 2021	I-65	1
Sep 2, 2021	SR-44 E 4TH ST	1
Mar 22, 2021	I-65	1
Oct 10, 2020	I-65	1
Oct 3, 2020	SR-44	1
Aug 5, 2020	I-65	1
Jul 10, 2020	I-65	1
Jun 18, 2020	SR-480	3
Mar 4, 2020	SR-1020	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.