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Traffic deaths in Kimball County, Nebraska

County in Nebraska · United States

Deaths, 2024
5
Fatal crashes
4
Population
3.3K

In 2024, 5 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Kimball County, Nebraska. That was 150.0% more than in 2023 (2). The death rate was 151.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Nebraska and 11.5 in the United States. Kimball County had the 11th most traffic deaths among Nebraska's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 13 people died, an average of 2.6 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 25% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

151.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 12 times the rate in Nebraska: 12.5
  • About 13 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

97.3

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

  • About 8 times the average in Nebraska: 12.0
  • About 8 times the average in the United States: 12.1

+150%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 5 in 2024

  • Nebraska: +11%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 4 3
2022 2 2
2023 2 2
2024 5 4

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 117.3
2022 59.8
2023 60.4
2024 151.6

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 5
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Kimball County Share in Nebraska
Pedestrians 0 0% 8%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 20% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 2 40% 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

25%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in Nebraska: 25%
  • About 90 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About three-quarters of the share in Nebraska: 34%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Kimball County Nebraska United States
Speeding-related 25.0% 33.6% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 25.0% 24.7% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 41.7% 53.6%
At weekends 25.0% 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%

25%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 80 percent of the share in Nebraska: 30%
  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 0
2am 0
3am 1
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 1
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 1
3pm 1
4pm 3
5pm 0
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 2
Mar 0
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 2
Jul 2
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 1
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 9
Severe Crosswinds 1
Snow 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 7
Dark - Not Lighted 2
Dark - Lighted 1
Dusk 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. I-806
  2. SR-713
  3. CR-CO RD 521
  4. 41 E1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Medium and heavy trucks 8
Pickup trucks 4
SUVs 3
Motorcycles 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Freightliner Cascadia3
  2. Volvo Truck VNL2
  3. Chevrolet Colorado1
  4. Chevrolet Express1
  5. Chevrolet Trailblazer1
  6. Ford Expedition1
  7. Ford Explorer1
  8. Ford F-3501
  9. Honda GL1500SE (GOLD WING SE)1
  10. Kenworth T6801

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 27, 2024 — 1
Jul 26, 2024 — 1
Apr 5, 2024 — 1
Feb 10, 2024 — 2
Oct 5, 2023 — 1
Jul 10, 2023 — 1
May 26, 2022 — 1
Feb 3, 2022 — 1
Aug 10, 2020 — 1
Jun 8, 2020 — 2
Jun 6, 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.