COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Kittitas County, Washington
Road fatality data for Kittitas County (WA). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 89
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 16
- Latest Year Deaths
- 35.2
- Per 100k Residents
- Stable
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Kittitas County ranks #265 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #3 of 35 rated counties in WA. Kittitas County's fatality rate of 35.2 per 100,000 residents leaves it more dangerous than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #265 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #3 of 35
- in WA by rate
- 11%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Stable
- fatality trend
Highway fatality milepost
Milepost KITTITAS-37 · Kittitas 35.2/100k · #265 of 2,328
Kittitas County · 35.2/100k · stable · cause n/a
- RATE 35.2/100k
- RANK #265 of 2,328
- BOOK 89 book
- TREND Stable
- CAUSE 77 crash
- PHOTO +113.2% vs WA
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How does Kittitas County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Kittitas County is 2.1× deadlier 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 Washington, Kittitas County ranks 3 for per-capita risk, above the state's own per-capita average of 16.5 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate leaves it more dangerous than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Kittitas County's rate and the state average is 18.7 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Mason County, at 29.2 per 100,000 (a difference of 6.0). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Lincoln County (59.6), Adams County (48.0), Mason County (29.2), Jefferson County (23.7), Grant County (23.4), Pend Oreille County (20.9), Pacific County (20.7), Lewis County (19.7), Stevens County (18.4), Yakima County (18.3), Klickitat County (17.0), Skamania County (15.8), Cowlitz County (14.2), Benton County (13.9).
Kittitas County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
35 Higher than most a lower per-capita rate than 11% 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.