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Traffic deaths in Montana

Deaths, 2024: 206
Fatal crashes: 193
Population: 1.1M

In 2024, 206 people died in 193 fatal crashes in Montana. That was 1.0% fewer than in 2023 (208) and the fewest since 2019. The death rate was 18.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Montana had the 40th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 7th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 5% of deaths, and 43% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

18.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-1%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

208 deaths in 2023, 206 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
1975	291	241
1976	299	248
1977	316	258
1978	270	233
1979	332	275
1980	325	276
1981	338	289
1982	254	215
1983	286	253
1984	238	204
1985	223	194
1986	222	193
1987	234	198
1988	198	183
1989	181	163
1990	212	190
1991	200	172
1992	192	172
1993	195	167
1994	202	182
1995	215	186
1996	200	179
1997	265	223
1998	237	208
1999	220	194
2000	237	203
2001	230	201
2002	269	232
2003	262	239
2004	229	209
2005	251	224
2006	264	227
2007	277	250
2008	229	208
2009	221	198
2010	189	161
2011	209	187
2012	205	192
2013	229	203
2014	192	176
2015	224	204
2016	190	171
2017	186	169
2018	181	167
2019	184	166
2020	213	190
2021	239	222
2022	215	186
2023	208	196
2024	206	193

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	26.2
2001	25.4
2002	29.5
2003	28.5
2004	24.6
2005	26.7
2006	27.7
2007	28.7
2008	23.5
2009	22.5
2010	19.1
2011	21.0
2012	20.4
2013	22.6
2014	18.8
2015	21.7
2016	18.3
2017	17.7
2018	17.1
2019	17.2
2020	19.6
2021	21.6
2022	19.2
2023	18.4
2024	18.1

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Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About one-quarter of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	156
Pedestrians	10
Motorcyclists	38
Cyclists	2

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Montana	Share in the US
Pedestrians	10	5%	18%
Motorcyclists	38	18%	16%
Cyclists	2	1%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	75	36%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	89	43%	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

43%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 28%

44%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.8 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Montana	United States
Speeding-related	43.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	43.0%	28.1%
At night	44.0%	53.6%
At weekends	38.3%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

44%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

38%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	50
1am	31
2am	37
3am	25
4am	20
5am	22
6am	19
7am	26
8am	34
9am	33
10am	33
11am	36
12pm	29
1pm	41
2pm	54
3pm	61
4pm	59
5pm	53
6pm	67
7pm	45
8pm	69
9pm	49
10pm	51
11pm	37

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	159
Mon	126
Tue	123
Wed	105
Thu	121
Fri	175
Sat	178

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	58
Feb	40
Mar	65
Apr	57
May	64
Jun	101
Jul	133
Aug	110
Sep	106
Oct	100
Nov	76
Dec	77

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	558
Cloudy	296
Snow	43
Rain	35
Fog, Smog, Smoke	15
Blowing Snow	7

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	520
Dark - Not Lighted	351
Dark - Lighted	63
Dusk	33
Dawn	13
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2

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

I-9079
US-9363
US-251
I-1529
US-21225
SR-20019
US-8718
US-8917
I-9412
I- 9010

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Pickup trucks	346
Cars	307
SUVs	273
Medium and heavy trucks	170
Motorcycles	166
Vans	40
Other vehicles	38
Buses	7
Other light trucks	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	Location	Road	Deaths
Aug 21, 2024	Big Horn County	CROW CUT ACROSS	1
Aug 21, 2024	Billings, Yellowstone County	28TH ST	1
Aug 18, 2024	Meagher County	US-12	1
Aug 18, 2024	Beaverhead County	I-15	1
Aug 15, 2024	Stillwater County	SSR-419 NYE RD	1
Aug 14, 2024	Gallatin County	GOOCH HILL RD	1
Aug 14, 2024	Missoula County	US-93 SR200	1
Aug 12, 2024	Deer Lodge County	SSR-273 GALEN RD	1
Aug 12, 2024	Big Horn County	2ND BRIDGE RD	3
Aug 11, 2024	Pondera County	I-15	1
Aug 11, 2024	Pondera County	BIA-1 HEART BUTTE RD	1
Aug 11, 2024	Beaverhead County	LITTLE SHEEP CREEK RD	1
Aug 9, 2024	Flathead County	SR-83	1
Aug 7, 2024	Custer County	RD 421	1
Aug 5, 2024	Gallatin County	SR-84 NORRIS RD	1
Jul 31, 2024	Park County	I-90	1
Jul 31, 2024	Broadwater County	I-90	2
Jul 29, 2024	Flathead County	US-2	1
Jul 29, 2024	Glacier County	GOING TO THE SUN RD	1
Jul 27, 2024	Rosebud County	OLD HWY 10	1
Jul 27, 2024	Lewis and Clark County	SSR-430 CANYON FERRY RD	1
Jul 26, 2024	Big Horn County	US-212	1
Jul 26, 2024	Musselshell County	US-87	1
Jul 24, 2024	Kalispell, Flathead County	US-2	1
Jul 20, 2024	Butte, Silver Bow County	I-90	1

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Counties in Montana

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Beaverhead County	6	60.1
Big Horn County	10	77.8
Blaine County	2	29.1
Broadwater County	4	48.3
Carbon County	4	34.8
Carter County	0	—
Cascade County	11	13.0
Chouteau County	3	51.3
Custer County	3	25.0
Daniels County	0	—
Dawson County	0	—
Deer Lodge County	5	51.2
Fergus County	0	—
Flathead County	23	20.1
Gallatin County	21	16.5
Garfield County	1	85.1
Glacier County	5	37.0
Golden Valley County	1	118.5
Granite County	1	27.5
Hill County	1	6.2
Jefferson County	7	52.9
Judith Basin County	0	—
Lake County	9	27.0
Lewis and Clark County	6	8.0
Liberty County	0	—
Lincoln County	3	13.5
Madison County	1	10.2
McCone County	0	—
Meagher County	2	95.5
Mineral County	1	19.3
Missoula County	15	12.2
Musselshell County	3	55.0
Park County	4	22.0
Phillips County	2	47.7
Pondera County	3	49.5
Powder River County	0	—
Powell County	0	—
Prairie County	0	—
Ravalli County	4	8.3
Richland County	0	—
Roosevelt County	1	9.8
Rosebud County	3	36.5
Sanders County	3	21.6
Sheridan County	0	—
Silver Bow County	3	8.3
Stillwater County	7	74.2
Sweet Grass County	2	52.4
Teton County	1	15.5
Toole County	0	—
Treasure County	1	136.1
Valley County	0	—
Wheatland County	0	—
Yellowstone County	24	14.0

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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.

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	58
Feb	40
Mar	65
Apr	57
May	64
Jun	101
Jul	133
Aug	110
Sep	106
Oct	100
Nov	76
Dec	77

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	58
Feb	40
Mar	65
Apr	57
May	64
Jun	101
Jul	133
Aug	110
Sep	106
Oct	100
Nov	76
Dec	77

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	58
Feb	40
Mar	65
Apr	57
May	64
Jun	101
Jul	133
Aug	110
Sep	106
Oct	100
Nov	76
Dec	77