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Traffic deaths in Knox County, Nebraska

County in Nebraska · United States

Deaths, 2024
3
Fatal crashes
3
Population
8.4K

In 2024, 3 people died in 3 fatal crashes in Knox County, Nebraska. The death rate was 35.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.5 in Nebraska and 11.5 in the United States. Knox County had the 19th most traffic deaths among Nebraska's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 6 people died, an average of 1.2 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

35.8

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 3 times the rate in Nebraska: 12.5
  • About 3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

17.9

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

  • About 1.5 times the average in Nebraska: 12.0
  • About 1.5 times the average in the United States: 12.3
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2021 1 1
2022 1 1
2024 3 3

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 11.9
2021 11.9
2022 12.0
2024 35.8

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 3
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Knox County Share in Nebraska
Pedestrians 0 0% 8%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 13%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 33% 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%

33%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in Nebraska: 34%
  • About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Knox County Nebraska United States
Speeding-related 33.3% 33.6% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 24.7% 28.1%
At night 33.3% 41.7% 53.6%
At weekends 66.7% 30.5% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

33%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 80 percent of the share in Nebraska: 42%
  • About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 54%

67%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About double the share in Nebraska: 30%
  • About double 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 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 1
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 0
12pm 1
1pm 1
2pm 1
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 3
Mon 0
Tue 0
Wed 1
Thu 1
Fri 0
Sat 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 1
Mar 0
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 2
Sep 0
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 4
Fog, Smog, Smoke 1
Severe Crosswinds 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 4
Dark - Not Lighted 1
Dawn 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. SR-841
  2. SR-54D-SPUR1
  3. SR-141
  4. SR-121
  5. CR-54C RECREATION RD1
  6. CR-546 AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado2
  2. Kawasaki Ninja 4001
  3. Jeep Grand Cherokee1
  4. GMC Acadia1
  5. Ford Fusion1
  6. Chevrolet Equinox1

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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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Aug 11, 2024 — 1
Apr 21, 2024 Crofton 1
Feb 1, 2024 — 1
May 28, 2022 — 1
Oct 13, 2021 — 1
Aug 16, 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.