COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Jasper County, Missouri
Road fatality data for Jasper County (MO). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 135
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 15
- Latest Year Deaths
- 12.0
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Jasper County ranks #1,546 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #65 of 84 rated counties in MO. Jasper County's fatality rate of 12.0 per 100,000 residents places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure.
- #1,546 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #65 of 84
- in MO by rate
- 66%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
Highway fatality milepost
Milepost JASPER-97 · Jasper 12.0/100k · #1,546 of 2,328
Jasper County · 12.0/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- CAUSE 12.0/100k
- PHOTO #1,546 of 2,328
- VS-ST 135 book
- CRASH Increasing
- FARS 126 crash
- NHTSA -44.9% vs MO
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How does Jasper County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Jasper County is 45% safer than the comparison
2023 road deaths from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System over population from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2023). Rates shown for counties with 10,000+ residents and a 2023 FARS record.
Among the 15 rated counties in Missouri, Jasper County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 21.8 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure. The gap between Jasper County's rate and the state average is 9.8 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Lafayette County, at 30.1 per 100,000 (a difference of 18.1). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Ripley County (74.0), Pemiscot County (54.7), Morgan County (54.6), Barry County (53.9), Lawrence County (51.5), Douglas County (49.1), Ralls County (47.7), Bates County (43.1), New Madrid County (38.9), Bollinger County (37.9), Saline County (34.7), Stone County (33.7), Wright County (30.9), Lafayette County (30.1).
Jasper County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
12 Lower than most a lower per-capita rate than 66% of 2,328 rated counties
rated U.S. counties, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA FARS over U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · 2026-08-09
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) This information is for research and informational purposes only
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Source and method. PlainRoadSafety is rendered directly from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). PlainRoadSafety aggregates published FARS records and does not invent a fatality count the census does not report. County figures are computed directly from NHTSA FARS census data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our Editorial & Corrections Policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or Report a correction. Data current as of October 2024.