Fatal crash profile · County

Traffic deaths in Eddy County, North Dakota

County in North Dakota · United States

Deaths, 2020
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
2.3K

In 2020, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Eddy County, North Dakota. The death rate was 43.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.8 in North Dakota and 11.8 in the United States. Eddy County had the 16th most traffic deaths among North Dakota's counties. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

43.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

  • About 4 times the rate in North Dakota: 11.3
  • About 4 times the rate in the United States: 11.5
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2020
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

Embed
Download CSV

Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in North Dakota: 6%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2020
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
Embed
Download CSV
Deaths by type, 2020
Type Deaths Share in Eddy County Share in North Dakota
Pedestrians 0 0% 8%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 17%
Cyclists 0 0% 1%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 100% 36%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 24%

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 North Dakota: 21%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

100%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 3 times the share in North Dakota: 31%
  • About 4 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2020
Category Eddy County North Dakota United States
Speeding-related 100.0% 31.0% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 21.4% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 39.3% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 28.6% 32.6%

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

Embed
Download CSV

Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 3 times the share in North Dakota: 39%
  • 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 North Dakota: 29%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 0
2am 0
3am 0
4am 0
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 0
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 0
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 1
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2020.

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

All crashes 2020–2020.

Embed
Download CSV
Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 0
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2020.

Embed
Download CSV

Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 1

All crashes 2020–2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

Embed
Download CSV
Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted 1

All crashes 2020–2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

Embed
Download CSV

Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. CR-66TH AVE NE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 1

All crashes 2020–2020.

Embed
Download CSV

Vehicles most often involved

  1. Jeep Grand Cherokee1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

The map loads when you scroll to it. It needs JavaScript.

Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

Filter crashes
Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Oct 19, 2020 — 1

Download these crashes as CSV

Explore

Nearby and related

Get updates for Eddy County, North Dakota

We'll email you when NHTSA publishes new data for Eddy County, North Dakota, usually about once a year. We'll send a link to confirm your address first. No tracking and no sharing, and every email has a link to unsubscribe.

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.