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Traffic deaths in Corbin, Kentucky

City in Whitley County · Kentucky · United States

Deaths, 2024: 4
Fatal crashes: 4
Population: 7.9K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Corbin, Kentucky. That was 100.0% more than in 2023 (2) and the most in any year since 2020. The death rate was 50.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 32.3 in Whitley County, 15.4 in Kentucky and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 11 people died, an average of 2.2 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

50.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.6 times the rate in Whitley County, Kentucky: 32.3
About 3 times the rate in Kentucky: 15.4
About 4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

+100%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

Whitley County, Kentucky: +33%
Kentucky: -13%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	3	3
2021	1	1
2022	1	1
2023	2	2
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	38.3
2021	12.8
2022	12.8
2023	25.6
2024	50.7

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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	2
Pedestrians	0
Motorcyclists	2
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Corbin	Share in Whitley County
Pedestrians	0	0%	0%
Motorcyclists	2	50%	17%
Cyclists	0	0%	0%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	3	75%	42%
Speeding-related crashes	1	25%	42%

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 two-thirds of the share in Whitley County, Kentucky: 36%
About 1.9 times the share in Kentucky: 13%
About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

75%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.4 times the share in Whitley County, Kentucky: 55%
About 3 times the share in Kentucky: 26%
About 3 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Corbin	Whitley County	Kentucky	United States
Speeding-related	75.0%	54.5%	25.8%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	25.0%	36.4%	13.0%	28.1%
At night	100.0%	54.5%	48.1%	53.6%
At weekends	75.0%	27.3%	32.0%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.8 times the share in Whitley County, Kentucky: 55%
About double the share in Kentucky: 48%
About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

75%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 3 times the share in Whitley County, Kentucky: 27%
About double the share in Kentucky: 32%
About double the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	4
Mon	0
Tue	1
Wed	2
Thu	1
Fri	2
Sat	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	8
Cloudy	2
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
Dark - Not Lighted	6
Daylight	3
Dark - Lighted	1
Dark - Unknown Lighting	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

US-25E2
I-751
SR-2384 BARTON MILL RD1
SR-30411
SR-312 GORDON HILL PIKE1
SR-727 5TH STREET RD1
SR-8301
US-25 CUMBERLAND FALLS HWY1
US-2501
US-25W1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	8
Motorcycles	3
Pickup trucks	3
SUVs	1
Vans	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
Aug 4, 2024	I-75	1
May 19, 2024	SR-2384 BARTON MILL RD	1
Mar 17, 2024	SR-312 GORDON HILL PIKE	1
Feb 7, 2024	SR-830	1
Sep 3, 2023	SR-727 5TH STREET RD	1
Jul 20, 2023	SR-3041	1
May 28, 2022	US-25 CUMBERLAND FALLS HWY	1
Aug 13, 2021	US-250	1
Dec 4, 2020	US-25E	1
Sep 8, 2020	US-25W	1
Jul 29, 2020	US-25E	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.