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Traffic deaths in St. Clair County, Missouri

County in Missouri · United States

Deaths, 2024
2
Fatal crashes
2
Population
9.8K

In 2024, 2 people died in 2 fatal crashes in St. Clair County, Missouri. That was 71.4% fewer than in 2023 (7) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 20.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 15.3 in Missouri and 11.5 in the United States. St. Clair County had the 77th most traffic deaths among Missouri's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 16 people died, an average of 3.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

20.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.3 times the rate in Missouri: 15.3
  • About 1.8 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

41.5

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

  • About 3 times the average in Missouri: 16.1
  • About 3 times the average in the United States: 12.1

-71%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

7 deaths in 2023, 2 in 2024

  • Missouri: -4%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2022 6 6
2023 7 6
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 10.7
2022 62.6
2023 71.8
2024 20.3

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 Missouri: 14%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in St. Clair County Share in Missouri
Pedestrians 0 0% 14%
Motorcyclists 1 50% 15%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 28%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 33%

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 Missouri: 33%
  • 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 Missouri: 27%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category St. Clair County Missouri United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 26.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 32.7% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 50.9% 53.6%
At weekends 50.0% 30.3% 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 Missouri: 51%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.7 times the share in Missouri: 30%
  • About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 1
1am 0
2am 1
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 1
1pm 0
2pm 1
3pm 0
4pm 2
5pm 1
6pm 1
7pm 1
8pm 1
9pm 1
10pm 2
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 5
Mon 1
Tue 1
Wed 1
Thu 0
Fri 3
Sat 4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 0
May 1
Jun 2
Jul 5
Aug 1
Sep 2
Oct 1
Nov 1
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 14
Cloudy 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 8
Dark - Not Lighted 7

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. SR-135
  2. SR-823
  3. SR-H2
  4. US-542
  5. CR-NE 1511
  6. CR-SW 251
  7. SR-J1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 6
Motorcycles 5
Pickup trucks 3
Vans 3
Other vehicles 2
SUVs 1
Medium and heavy trucks 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado2
  2. Chrysler Town and Country2
  3. Toyota Sequoia1
  4. Suzuki VL800/VL800T/VL800Z1
  5. SAAB 9-31
  6. Polaris Sportsman1
  7. Oldsmobile Alero1
  8. Mercedes-Benz 3001
  9. Arctic Cat Arctic Cat1
  10. Chevrolet Malibu1

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
Sep 14, 2024 Collins 1
Jun 24, 2024 — 1
Nov 21, 2023 — 1
Oct 22, 2023 — 1
Aug 27, 2023 Collins 2
Jul 12, 2023 — 1
Jun 4, 2023 — 1
Mar 18, 2023 — 1
Dec 16, 2022 — 1
Sep 10, 2022 — 1
Jul 24, 2022 Osceola 1
Jul 10, 2022 — 1
Jul 8, 2022 — 1
May 28, 2022 Collins 1
Jul 24, 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.