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Traffic deaths in Wyoming in 2024

Deaths, 2024: 107
Fatal crashes: 102
Population: 586.7K

In 2024, 107 people died in 102 fatal crashes in Wyoming. That was 25.7% fewer than in 2023 (144) and the fewest since 2013. The death rate was 18.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Wyoming had the 45th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 6th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 4% of deaths, and 41% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

18.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-26%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

144 deaths in 2023, 107 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Wyoming traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 20 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	78
Pedestrians	4
Motorcyclists	24
Cyclists	1

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Wyoming	Share in the US
Pedestrians	4	4%	18%
Motorcyclists	24	22%	16%
Cyclists	1	1%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	34	32%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	42	39%	29%

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

41%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 28%

28%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Wyoming	United States
Speeding-related	28.4%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	41.2%	28.1%
At night	40.2%	53.6%
At weekends	34.3%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

40%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 54%

34%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	1
1am	3
2am	2
3am	3
4am	2
5am	3
6am	4
7am	0
8am	4
9am	3
10am	4
11am	8
12pm	4
1pm	6
2pm	7
3pm	4
4pm	9
5pm	8
6pm	5
7pm	2
8pm	2
9pm	6
10pm	8
11pm	4

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	14
Mon	13
Tue	5
Wed	17
Thu	11
Fri	21
Sat	21

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	2
Feb	5
Mar	6
Apr	7
May	9
Jun	17
Jul	5
Aug	12
Sep	11
Oct	12
Nov	9
Dec	7

All crashes 2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	88
Snow	6
Cloudy	2
Rain	2
Blowing Snow	1
Severe Crosswinds	1

All crashes 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	59
Dark - Not Lighted	28
Dusk	8
Dark - Lighted	5
Dawn	2

All crashes 2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-25/US-876
SR-595
US-143
US-287/WY-7893
I-803
SR-1203
I-25/US-20/US-26/US-872
SR-222
SR-2302
SR-512

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Pickup trucks	38
Motorcycles	26
Cars	23
Medium and heavy trucks	23
SUVs	20
Vans	6
Other vehicles	1
Other light trucks	1
Buses	1

All crashes 2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Oct 7, 2024	Sheridan County	US-14	2
Oct 5, 2024	Cody, Park County	SR-12/DEPOT DR	1
Oct 4, 2024	Cheyenne, Laramie County	RIDGE RD	1
Sep 24, 2024	Weston County	US-16	1
Sep 18, 2024	Natrona County	OLD SALT CREEK HWY	1
Sep 18, 2024	Sweetwater County	I-80	1
Sep 16, 2024	Park County	US-14A/WY-114	1
Sep 15, 2024	Cheyenne, Laramie County	SR-225/E LINCOLNWAY	1
Sep 15, 2024	Laramie County	I-25/US-87	1
Sep 12, 2024	Park County	SR-120	1
Sep 8, 2024	Fremont County	US-26/WY-789	1
Sep 7, 2024	Carbon County	I-80/US-287/US-30	1
Sep 6, 2024	Rawlins, Carbon County	SR-71	1
Sep 4, 2024	Johnson County	I-25/US-87	1
Aug 31, 2024	Douglas, Converse County	SR-59	1
Aug 29, 2024	Laramie County	CR-214-2/OLD HIGHWAY DURHAM E	1
Aug 28, 2024	Cheyenne, Laramie County	E LINCOLNWAY/W LINCOLNWAY	1
Aug 25, 2024	Park County	SR-120	1
Aug 17, 2024	Park County	SR-120	1
Aug 16, 2024	Albany County	SR-34	1
Aug 14, 2024	Teton County	SR-22	1
Aug 14, 2024	Cheyenne, Laramie County	NATIONWAY	1
Aug 2, 2024	Natrona County	US-20/US-20 BUS/US-26/US-26 BU	1
Aug 2, 2024	Fremont County	US-26/US-287	1
Aug 1, 2024	Crook County	SR-24	1

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Counties in Wyoming in 2024

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Albany County	7	18.2
Big Horn County	2	16.6
Campbell County	12	25.0
Carbon County	8	56.8
Converse County	9	65.3
Crook County	3	38.5
Fremont County	8	20.2
Goshen County	1	7.9
Hot Springs County	0	—
Johnson County	3	34.0
Laramie County	16	15.7
Lincoln County	0	—
Natrona County	11	13.7
Niobrara County	0	—
Park County	7	22.5
Platte County	2	23.4
Sheridan County	3	9.1
Sublette County	0	—
Sweetwater County	5	12.1
Teton County	5	21.4
Uinta County	3	14.5
Washakie County	1	13.1
Weston County	1	14.6

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.