COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Kootenai County, Idaho
Road fatality data for Kootenai County (ID). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 131
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 19
- Latest Year Deaths
- 10.3
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Kootenai County ranks #1,735 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #24 of 30 rated counties in ID. Kootenai County's fatality rate of 10.3 per 100,000 residents leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #1,735 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #24 of 30
- in ID by rate
- 74%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
Highway fatality milepost
Milepost KOOTENAI-55 · Kootenai 10.3/100k · #1,735 of 2,328
Kootenai County · 10.3/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- TREND 10.3/100k
- CAUSE #1,735 of 2,328
- PHOTO 131 book
- VS-ST Increasing
- CRASH 123 crash
- FARS -51.4% vs ID
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How does Kootenai County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Kootenai County is 51% 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 Idaho, Kootenai County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 21.2 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Kootenai County's rate and the state average is 10.9 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Blaine County, at 20.0 per 100,000 (a difference of 9.7). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Jerome County (70.6), Idaho County (44.7), Teton County (39.8), Elmore County (37.0), Payette County (33.0), Cassia County (31.1), Benewah County (28.9), Fremont County (28.2), Washington County (26.3), Gooding County (24.9), Valley County (23.7), Jefferson County (23.4), Minidoka County (22.2), Blaine County (20.0).
Kootenai County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
10 Lower than most a lower per-capita rate than 74% 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.