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Traffic deaths in Brown County, Minnesota

County in Minnesota · United States

Deaths, 2024
4
Fatal crashes
4
Population
25.6K

In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Brown County, Minnesota. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 15.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.2 in Minnesota and 11.5 in the United States. Brown County had the 36th most traffic deaths among Minnesota's counties. Between 2023 and 2024, 8 people died, an average of 4.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

15.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.9 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.2
  • About 1.4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

15.6

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2023–2024

  • About double the average in Minnesota: 7.6
  • About 1.3 times the average in the United States: 11.9

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

4 deaths in 2023, 4 in 2024

  • Minnesota: +19%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2023–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2023 4 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, 2023–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2023 15.6
2024 15.6

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 Minnesota: 12%
  • 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 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Brown County Share in Minnesota
Pedestrians 0 0% 12%
Motorcyclists 1 25% 16%
Cyclists 0 0% 1%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 25% 23%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 29%

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 Minnesota: 29%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 90 percent of the share in Minnesota: 29%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Brown County Minnesota United States
Speeding-related 25.0% 28.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 29.0% 28.1%
At night 50.0% 41.8% 53.6%
At weekends 25.0% 32.9% 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 1.2 times the share in Minnesota: 42%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

25%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

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

All crashes 2023–2024.

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

All crashes 2023–2024.

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

All crashes 2023–2024.

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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 2023–2024. 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 4
Daylight 3

All crashes 2023–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2023–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. SR-152
  2. CR-201
  3. CR-221
  4. CR-251
  5. CR-61
  6. US-141

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 5
Cars 4
Medium and heavy trucks 1
Motorcycles 1

All crashes 2023–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Jeep Grand Cherokee2
  2. Toyota Highlander1
  3. Nissan Rogue1
  4. Mitsubishi Outlander1
  5. International 92001
  6. Harley-Davidson FLSTFI / Fat Boy1
  7. Ford Escape1
  8. Dodge Dart1
  9. Chevrolet Equinox1
  10. BMW 435i1

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 13, 2024 — 1
Sep 4, 2024 — 1
Jul 8, 2024 — 1
Jan 11, 2024 — 1
Dec 16, 2023 — 2
Aug 17, 2023 New Ulm 1
Jul 9, 2023 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2023–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.