Fatal crash profile · County
Traffic deaths in Gage County, Nebraska
County in Nebraska · United States
- Deaths, 2024
- 2
- Fatal crashes
- 2
- Population
- 21.7K
In 2024, 2 people died in 2 fatal crashes in Gage County, Nebraska. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 9.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Nebraska and 11.5 in the United States. Gage County had the 28th most traffic deaths among Nebraska's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 10 people died, an average of 2.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.
Deaths
Traffic deaths
9.2
deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024
- About three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 12.5
- About 80 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5
11.6
average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024
- About the same as the average in Nebraska: 12.0
- About the same as the average in the United States: 12.1
+0%
change in deaths from 2023 to 2024
2 deaths in 2023, 2 in 2024
- Nebraska: +11%
- The United States: -4%
| Category | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 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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| Category | Deaths per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9.2 |
| 2022 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 9.2 |
| 2024 | 9.2 |
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%
| Category | Deaths |
|---|---|
| Vehicle occupants and others | 2 |
| Pedestrians | 0 |
| Motorcyclists | 0 |
| Cyclists | 0 |
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| Type | Deaths | Share in Gage County | Share in Nebraska |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 0 | 0% | 8% |
| Motorcyclists | 0 | 0% | 13% |
| Cyclists | 0 | 0% | 2% |
| Alcohol-impaired driving crashes | 1 | 50% | 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%
50%
of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver
- About 1.5 times the share in Nebraska: 34%
- About double the share in the United States: 25%
| Category | Gage County | Nebraska | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speeding-related | 50.0% | 33.6% | 24.8% |
| Alcohol-involved | 0.0% | 24.7% | 28.1% |
| At night | 100.0% | 41.7% | 53.6% |
| At weekends | 0.0% | 30.5% | 32.6% |
Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.
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Timing
When crashes happen
100%
of fatal crashes happened at night
- About double the share in Nebraska: 42%
- About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%
0%
of fatal crashes happened at weekends
- About 5 percent of the share in Nebraska: 30%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| 12am | 0 |
| 1am | 0 |
| 2am | 1 |
| 3am | 0 |
| 4am | 0 |
| 5am | 1 |
| 6am | 0 |
| 7am | 0 |
| 8am | 0 |
| 9am | 0 |
| 10am | 0 |
| 11am | 2 |
| 12pm | 0 |
| 1pm | 0 |
| 2pm | 0 |
| 3pm | 0 |
| 4pm | 0 |
| 5pm | 1 |
| 6pm | 1 |
| 7pm | 0 |
| 8pm | 0 |
| 9pm | 0 |
| 10pm | 0 |
| 11pm | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Sun | 1 |
| Mon | 2 |
| Tue | 0 |
| Wed | 0 |
| Thu | 1 |
| Fri | 4 |
| Sat | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Jan | 2 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 1 |
| Apr | 1 |
| May | 1 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 0 |
| Sep | 1 |
| Oct | 2 |
| Nov | 1 |
| Dec | 0 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Conditions
Weather and light
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 8 |
| Freezing Rain or Drizzle | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 5 |
| Dark - Lighted | 2 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 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
- US-773
- US-1361
- SR-41
- CR-LOCUST R1
- CR-E APPLE RD1
- CR-2920 W CHESTNUT RD1
- 176TH RD1
Road names as recorded in police reports.
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Cars | 5 |
| Pickup trucks | 4 |
| Medium and heavy trucks | 1 |
| Other vehicles | 1 |
| Vans | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Vehicles most often involved
- Chevrolet Impala1
- Chevrolet S-10 Pickup1
- Chevrolet Silverado1
- Ford F-1501
- Ford Fusion1
- Ford Mustang1
- Ford Taurus1
- GMC Sierra1
- Honda Odyssey1
- John Deere John Deere Chassis1
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 | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024 | — | SR-4 | 1 |
| Jan 26, 2024 | — | US-77 | 1 |
| Nov 23, 2023 | — | CR-2920 W CHESTNUT RD | 1 |
| Oct 9, 2023 | — | CR-E APPLE RD | 1 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | — | 176TH RD | 1 |
| Sep 2, 2022 | — | US-77 | 2 |
| May 21, 2022 | — | CR-LOCUST R | 1 |
| Apr 10, 2020 | — | US-77 | 1 |
| Jan 12, 2020 | Beatrice | US-136 | 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.