Fatal crash profile · County

Traffic deaths in Cuming County, Nebraska

County in Nebraska · United States

Deaths, 2024
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
8.9K

In 2024, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Cuming County, Nebraska. That was 66.7% fewer than in 2023 (3) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 11.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Nebraska and 11.5 in the United States. Cuming County had the 40th most traffic deaths among Nebraska's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 12 people died, an average of 2.4 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

11.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 90 percent of the rate in Nebraska: 12.5
  • About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

26.8

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

  • About double the average in Nebraska: 11.9
  • About double the average in the United States: 12.3

-67%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3 deaths in 2023, 1 in 2024

  • Nebraska: +11%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2021 3 2
2022 4 4
2023 3 2
2024 1 1

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 11.1
2021 33.4
2022 44.6
2023 33.6
2024 11.2

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 Nebraska: 8%
  • 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 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Cuming County Share in Nebraska
Pedestrians 0 0% 8%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 27%

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 Nebraska: 25%
  • 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 Nebraska: 34%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Cuming County Nebraska United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 33.6% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 24.7% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 41.7% 53.6%
At weekends 100.0% 30.5% 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 Nebraska: 42%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

100%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 0
Mon 2
Tue 0
Wed 2
Thu 0
Fri 3
Sat 3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 1
May 3
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 2
Sep 1
Oct 2
Nov 0
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 10

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 6
Dark - Not Lighted 2
Dark - Lighted 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

  1. US-2754
  2. SR-513
  3. CR-N RD1
  4. CR-A RD1
  5. CR-131

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 5
Pickup trucks 4
SUVs 3
Medium and heavy trucks 2
Vans 2
Other vehicles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Buick LaCrosse1
  2. Buick Regal1
  3. Chevrolet GMT-4001
  4. Chevrolet Impala1
  5. Chevrolet Silverado1
  6. Chevrolet Suburban1
  7. Chrysler 2001
  8. Dodge Grand Caravan1
  9. Dodge Ram1
  10. Ford Escape1

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
May 4, 2024 — 1
Aug 16, 2023 — 2
Aug 12, 2023 — 1
Sep 26, 2022 — 1
Jul 29, 2022 — 1
May 14, 2022 — 1
Apr 18, 2022 — 1
Oct 6, 2021 — 2
May 7, 2021 — 1
Oct 2, 2020 West Point 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.