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Traffic deaths in Missouri

State in United States

Deaths, 2024
955
Fatal crashes
882
Population
6.2M

In 2024, 955 people died in 882 fatal crashes in Missouri, about 3 a day. That was 3.6% fewer than in 2023 (991) and the fewest since 2019. The death rate was 15.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Missouri had the 15th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 14th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 14% of deaths, and 33% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

15.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-4%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

991 deaths in 2023, 955 in 2024

  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
1975 1,045 896
1976 1,187 1,021
1977 1,181 1,011
1978 1,190 1,042
1979 1,147 989
1980 1,175 1,025
1981 1,034 909
1982 890 785
1983 911 810
1984 967 841
1985 931 827
1986 1,129 970
1987 1,045 928
1988 1,103 978
1989 1,052 936
1990 1,097 943
1991 1,011 906
1992 985 874
1993 947 841
1994 1,089 947
1995 1,109 985
1996 1,148 1,006
1997 1,192 1,029
1998 1,169 1,017
1999 1,094 964
2000 1,157 991
2001 1,098 973
2002 1,208 1,082
2003 1,232 1,095
2004 1,130 1,006
2005 1,257 1,117
2006 1,096 971
2007 992 900
2008 960 845
2009 878 786
2010 821 778
2011 786 716
2012 826 762
2013 757 683
2014 766 696
2015 870 803
2016 947 872
2017 932 865
2018 921 848
2019 881 819
2020 987 914
2021 1,016 931
2022 1,057 962
2023 991 905
2024 955 882

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, 2000–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2000 20.6
2001 19.5
2002 21.3
2003 21.6
2004 19.7
2005 21.7
2006 18.8
2007 16.9
2008 16.2
2009 14.7
2010 13.7
2011 13.1
2012 13.7
2013 12.5
2014 12.7
2015 14.3
2016 15.6
2017 15.3
2018 15.1
2019 14.4
2020 16.0
2021 16.5
2022 17.1
2023 16.0
2024 15.3

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

14%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 655
Pedestrians 137
Motorcyclists 145
Cyclists 18
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Missouri Share in the US
Pedestrians 137 14% 18%
Motorcyclists 145 15% 16%
Cyclists 18 2% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 263 28% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 311 33% 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

33%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 28%

27%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Missouri United States
Speeding-related 26.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 32.7% 28.1%
At night 50.9% 53.6%
At weekends 30.3% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

51%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

30%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 182
1am 189
2am 131
3am 122
4am 77
5am 101
6am 130
7am 131
8am 120
9am 112
10am 159
11am 160
12pm 192
1pm 192
2pm 236
3pm 282
4pm 257
5pm 287
6pm 298
7pm 252
8pm 251
9pm 285
10pm 209
11pm 198

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 674
Mon 594
Tue 612
Wed 594
Thu 606
Fri 724
Sat 790

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 259
Feb 286
Mar 291
Apr 343
May 395
Jun 452
Jul 459
Aug 451
Sep 466
Oct 438
Nov 367
Dec 387

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 3,216
Cloudy 910
Rain 292
Fog, Smog, Smoke 72
Snow 42
Sleet or Hail 5

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 2,442
Dark - Not Lighted 1,255
Dark - Lighted 825
Dusk 13
Dark - Unknown Lighting 12
Dawn 9

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. I-70157
  2. I-44135
  3. US-6187
  4. I-5577
  5. US-6076
  6. US-6375
  7. US-6765
  8. US-5454
  9. US-5054
  10. US-6550

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 2,573
SUVs 1,340
Pickup trucks 1,186
Motorcycles 779
Medium and heavy trucks 676
Vans 264
Other vehicles 221
Other light trucks 17
Buses 17

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado263
  2. Ford F-150218
  3. GMC Sierra125
  4. Dodge Ram121
  5. Freightliner Cascadia115
  6. Chevrolet Impala110
  7. Chevrolet Malibu108
  8. Toyota Camry95
  9. Ford Fusion95
  10. Ford F-25093

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 15, 2023 Springfield, Greene County 1
Apr 15, 2023 Sullivan, Franklin County 1
Apr 15, 2023 Kansas City, Jackson County 1
Apr 14, 2023 Stone County 1
Apr 13, 2023 Kansas City, Jackson County 1
Apr 13, 2023 Washington County 1
Apr 13, 2023 Cedar County 1
Apr 13, 2023 Laclede County 1
Apr 12, 2023 Knob Noster, Johnson County 1
Apr 12, 2023 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County 1
Apr 12, 2023 Kansas City, Jackson County 1
Apr 10, 2023 New Madrid County 1
Apr 9, 2023 St. Louis, St. Louis city 1
Apr 8, 2023 Jasper County 1
Apr 8, 2023 Ripley County 2
Apr 8, 2023 Joplin, Jasper County 1
Apr 7, 2023 Wright County 1
Apr 6, 2023 St. Louis County 1
Apr 6, 2023 Kansas City, Jackson County 2
Apr 6, 2023 Kahoka, Clark County 1
Apr 6, 2023 Randolph County 1
Apr 6, 2023 Lawrence County 1
Apr 5, 2023 Caldwell County 1
Apr 4, 2023 St. Louis, St. Louis city 1
Apr 4, 2023 Fulton, Callaway County 1

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Counties in Missouri

Area Deaths, 2024 Per 100,000
Adair County 3 11.7
Andrew County 6 33.1
Atchison County 3 58.1
Audrain County 2 8.2
Barry County 4 11.2
Barton County 3 25.5
Bates County 7 42.6
Benton County 7 34.1
Bollinger County 8 75.7
Boone County 20 10.5
Buchanan County 8 9.6
Butler County 14 33.4
Caldwell County 2 22.3
Callaway County 6 13.3
Camden County 12 27.2
Cape Girardeau County 10 12.0
Carroll County 1 11.9
Carter County 0 —
Cass County 11 9.7
Cedar County 1 6.7
Chariton County 1 13.5
Christian County 5 5.2
Clark County 3 45.6
Clay County 29 11.0
Clinton County 1 4.6
Cole County 3 3.9
Cooper County 4 23.3
Crawford County 6 26.3
Dade County 1 13.1
Dallas County 2 11.2
Daviess County 1 11.8
DeKalb County 5 50.6
Dent County 6 40.9
Douglas County 2 16.3
Dunklin County 6 22.2
Franklin County 19 17.7
Gasconade County 1 6.8
Gentry County 0 —
Greene County 38 12.4
Grundy County 1 10.3
Harrison County 1 12.1
Henry County 2 8.9
Hickory County 1 11.2
Holt County 2 47.4
Howard County 2 19.7
Howell County 7 17.1
Iron County 2 21.2
Jackson County 123 16.9
Jasper County 24 19.0
Jefferson County 26 11.2
Johnson County 13 23.3
Knox County 0 —
Laclede County 10 27.3
Lafayette County 8 23.9
Lawrence County 10 25.5
Lewis County 2 20.3
Lincoln County 7 10.6
Linn County 1 8.4
Livingston County 3 20.4
Macon County 5 32.9
Madison County 2 15.6
Maries County 3 35.3
Marion County 4 14.1
McDonald County 12 50.4
Mercer County 1 29.3
Miller County 5 19.5
Mississippi County 3 25.1
Moniteau County 3 19.4
Monroe County 1 11.3
Montgomery County 3 26.0
Morgan County 5 22.4
New Madrid County 9 58.9
Newton County 29 47.1
Nodaway County 0 —
Oregon County 4 46.2
Osage County 3 22.3
Ozark County 4 44.0
Pemiscot County 7 48.3
Perry County 3 15.7
Pettis County 7 15.9
Phelps County 8 17.7
Pike County 6 33.3
Platte County 11 9.7
Polk County 5 15.1
Pulaski County 7 13.0
Putnam County 0 —
Ralls County 4 38.3
Randolph County 3 12.3
Ray County 2 8.6
Reynolds County 3 50.7
Ripley County 1 9.3
Saline County 0 —
Schuyler County 0 —
Scotland County 1 21.4
Scott County 6 15.8
Shannon County 1 13.7
Shelby County 2 33.4
St. Charles County 25 5.9
St. Clair County 2 20.3
St. Francois County 12 17.8
St. Louis County 112 11.3
St. Louis city 48 17.1
Ste. Genevieve County 3 16.1
Stoddard County 5 17.6
Stone County 10 30.7
Sullivan County 2 34.7
Taney County 13 22.9
Texas County 8 31.1
Vernon County 5 25.3
Warren County 6 15.6
Washington County 8 33.9
Wayne County 5 46.1
Webster County 10 23.8
Worth County 0 —
Wright County 2 10.2

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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.