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Traffic deaths in Pendleton County, Kentucky

County in Kentucky · United States

Deaths, 2024
2
Fatal crashes
2
Population
14.8K

In 2024, 2 people died in 2 fatal crashes in Pendleton County, Kentucky. That was 100.0% more than in 2023 (1) and the most since 2020. The death rate was 13.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 15.4 in Kentucky and 11.5 in the United States. Pendleton County had the 81st most traffic deaths among Kentucky's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 7 people died, an average of 1.4 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

13.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 90 percent of the rate in Kentucky: 15.4
  • About 1.2 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

15.8

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

  • About the same as the average in Kentucky: 16.9
  • About 1.3 times the average in the United States: 11.8

+100%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1 death in 2023, 2 in 2024

  • Kentucky: -13%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 4
2023 1 1
2024 2 2

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 27.3
2023 6.8
2024 13.5

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 Kentucky: 13%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 2
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Pendleton County Share in Kentucky
Pedestrians 0 0% 13%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 17%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 24%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 13%

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 Kentucky: 13%
  • 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 Kentucky: 26%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Pendleton County Kentucky United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 25.8% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 13.0% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 48.1% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 32.0% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

0%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 5 percent of the share in Kentucky: 48%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Kentucky: 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 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 1
7am 0
8am 0
9am 2
10am 0
11am 0
12pm 1
1pm 1
2pm 1
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 0
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 1
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 1
Mar 0
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 2
Oct 0
Nov 0
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 5
Cloudy 1
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 5
Dark - Lighted 1
Dawn 1

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. US-273
  2. Us-271
  3. SR-9 AA HWY1
  4. SR-60091
  5. SR-221

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 3
Cars 2
Pickup trucks 2
Medium and heavy trucks 1
Motorcycles 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Ford Ranger2
  2. Jeep Wrangler1
  3. Indian Motorcycle Scout Bobber ABS1
  4. Honda CR-V1
  5. Freightliner Cascadia1
  6. Ford Transit1
  7. Ford Focus1
  8. Chevrolet Monte Carlo1
  9. Chevrolet Blazer1

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
Apr 11, 2024 — 1
Jan 5, 2024 — 1
Sep 3, 2023 — 1
Sep 9, 2020 — 1
Jul 25, 2020 Falmouth 1
May 9, 2020 — 1
Feb 16, 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.