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Fatal car crashes in Kansas, county by county

From 2020 through 2024, 1,985 people died in 1,793 crashes on Kansas roads. That is 13.4 deaths a year for every 100,000 residents, above the US rate of 12.1, and the 20th highest rate of the 50 states and DC.

Sedgwick County had the most deaths (318). The road stretch with the most fatal crashes was I-35 in Johnson County (19). In 2024, 339 people were killed, 20% fewer than in 2020.

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020-2024 · checked October 2, 2026

1,985

people killed in crashes, 2020-2024

13.4

deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 20th highest of 51 (US 12.1)

193

pedestrians killed, 10% of deaths (US 18%)

22%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related (US 28%)

Death rate by county

Deaths a year per 100,000 residents, 2020-2024. Rural counties often rank highest: fewer people, faster roads and longer waits for an ambulance.

Atchison County: 14.8 per 100,000 a year, 12 deathsBarton County: 11.3 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsBourbon County: 15.3 per 100,000 a year, 11 deathsBrown County: 43.8 per 100,000 a year, 20 deathsButler County: 12.7 per 100,000 a year, 44 deathsCherokee County: 22 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsClark County: 106.8 per 100,000 a year, 10 deathsClay County: 40.2 per 100,000 a year, 16 deathsCowley County: 17 per 100,000 a year, 29 deathsCrawford County: 12.3 per 100,000 a year, 24 deathsDickinson County: 22.6 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsDouglas County: 7.5 per 100,000 a year, 46 deathsEllis County: 8.3 per 100,000 a year, 12 deathsEllsworth County: 41.2 per 100,000 a year, 13 deathsFinney County: 11.5 per 100,000 a year, 22 deathsFord County: 14.7 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsFranklin County: 20.6 per 100,000 a year, 27 deathsGeary County: 10.2 per 100,000 a year, 18 deathsGove County: 90.3 per 100,000 a year, 12 deathsGray County: 52.4 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsGreenwood County: 47.7 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsHarvey County: 21.4 per 100,000 a year, 36 deathsJackson County: 25.1 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsJefferson County: 22.9 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsJohnson County: 3.9 per 100,000 a year, 122 deathsKingman County: 40.3 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsLabette County: 22.3 per 100,000 a year, 22 deathsLeavenworth County: 10.6 per 100,000 a year, 45 deathsLinn County: 32.5 per 100,000 a year, 16 deathsLyon County: 20.3 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsMcPherson County: 15.2 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsMarion County: 42.8 per 100,000 a year, 25 deathsMiami County: 12.9 per 100,000 a year, 23 deathsMontgomery County: 21.7 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsNeosho County: 25.7 per 100,000 a year, 20 deathsOsage County: 19.1 per 100,000 a year, 15 deathsPottawatomie County: 12.7 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsPratt County: 46 per 100,000 a year, 21 deathsReno County: 11.1 per 100,000 a year, 34 deathsRepublic County: 56.4 per 100,000 a year, 13 deathsRiley County: 8 per 100,000 a year, 29 deathsSaline County: 13.5 per 100,000 a year, 36 deathsSedgwick County: 11.9 per 100,000 a year, 318 deathsSeward County: 13.2 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsShawnee County: 11.8 per 100,000 a year, 105 deathsSumner County: 29.5 per 100,000 a year, 33 deathsThomas County: 35.9 per 100,000 a year, 14 deathsWilson County: 40.5 per 100,000 a year, 17 deathsWyandotte County: 14.5 per 100,000 a year, 123 deaths
under 1010-1515-2020-3030+ too few crashes

The most dangerous roads in Kansas

Fatal crashes by road within each county, 2020-2024. A long interstate shows up once per county it crosses.

#RoadWhereFatal crashesDeaths
1 I-35 Johnson County, KS 19 20
2 I-70 Ks Tpke Wyandotte County, KS 19 19
3 US-54 E Kellogg Dr Sedgwick County, KS 18 19
4 I-435 Johnson County, KS 18 18
5 I-135 Sedgwick County, KS 13 14
6 US-75 Arizona Ave Jackson County, KS 11 12
7 I-235 Fwy Sedgwick County, KS 11 12
8 US-50 Finney County, KS 9 9
9 I-70 Blue Star Mem Hwy Shawnee County, KS 9 9
10 I-70 Geary County, KS 8 10
11 I-135 Harvey County, KS 8 10
12 SR-42 Sedgwick County, KS 8 10
13 I-35 Franklin County, KS 8 9
14 I-70 Gove County, KS 8 9
15 US-73 N 4Th St Leavenworth County, KS 8 9

Deaths by year

Every Kansas county

49 counties with 10 or more fatal crashes in five years, by deaths. 55 more had fewer than 10 and are listed after the table.

CountyDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Sedgwick County 318 11.9 54 536,081
Wyandotte County 123 14.5 28 169,418
Johnson County 122 3.9 20 632,276
Shawnee County 105 11.8 16 177,942
Douglas County 46 7.5 5 121,989
Leavenworth County 45 10.6 3 84,670
Butler County 44 12.7 4 69,158
Harvey County 36 21.4 3 33,642
Saline County 36 13.5 2 53,459
Reno County 34 11.1 2 61,417
Lyon County 33 20.3 2 32,520
Montgomery County 33 21.7 3 30,459
Sumner County 33 29.5 4 22,336
Cowley County 29 17.0 1 34,186
Riley County 29 8.0 6 72,557
Franklin County 27 20.6 4 26,273
Ford County 25 14.7 1 34,072
Marion County 25 42.8 0 11,670
Crawford County 24 12.3 0 38,904
McPherson County 23 15.2 1 30,334
Miami County 23 12.9 1 35,737
Finney County 22 11.5 2 38,354
Labette County 22 22.3 1 19,692
Cherokee County 21 22.0 1 19,133
Dickinson County 21 22.6 4 18,621
Jefferson County 21 22.9 0 18,332
Pratt County 21 46.0 1 9,137
Brown County 20 43.8 1 9,142
Neosho County 20 25.7 1 15,552
Geary County 18 10.2 4 35,459
Jackson County 17 25.1 1 13,525
Pottawatomie County 17 12.7 0 26,876
Wilson County 17 40.5 0 8,398
Clay County 16 40.2 1 7,969
Linn County 16 32.5 0 9,841
Gray County 15 52.4 1 5,730
Osage County 15 19.1 0 15,737
Barton County 14 11.3 1 24,835
Greenwood County 14 47.7 0 5,871
Kingman County 14 40.3 1 6,946
Seward County 14 13.2 1 21,276
Thomas County 14 35.9 0 7,802
Ellsworth County 13 41.2 0 6,316
Republic County 13 56.4 0 4,613
Atchison County 12 14.8 0 16,249
Ellis County 12 8.3 0 29,007
Gove County 12 90.3 0 2,658
Bourbon County 11 15.3 1 14,424
Clark County 10 106.8 0 1,873

Fewer than 10 fatal crashes, 2020-2024: Allen County (5 deaths), Anderson County (4 deaths), Barber County (3 deaths), Chase County (8 deaths), Chautauqua County (4 deaths), Cheyenne County (5 deaths), Cloud County (10 deaths), Coffey County (7 deaths), Comanche County (2 deaths), Decatur County (2 deaths), Doniphan County (5 deaths), Edwards County (4 deaths), Elk County (2 deaths), Graham County (5 deaths), Grant County (10 deaths), Greeley County (6 deaths), Hamilton County (6 deaths), Harper County (9 deaths), Haskell County (6 deaths), Hodgeman County (3 deaths), Jewell County (8 deaths), Kearny County (4 deaths), Kiowa County (11 deaths), Lane County (3 deaths), Logan County (4 deaths), Marshall County (5 deaths), Meade County (6 deaths), Mitchell County (2 deaths), Morris County (7 deaths), Morton County (2 deaths), Nemaha County (6 deaths), Ness County (2 deaths), Norton County (9 deaths), Osborne County (5 deaths), Ottawa County (6 deaths), Pawnee County (11 deaths), Phillips County (8 deaths), Rawlins County (3 deaths), Rice County (8 deaths), Rooks County (5 deaths), Rush County (7 deaths), Russell County (9 deaths), Scott County (6 deaths), Sheridan County (7 deaths), Sherman County (3 deaths), Smith County (2 deaths), Stafford County (11 deaths), Stanton County (4 deaths), Stevens County (7 deaths), Trego County (2 deaths), Wabaunsee County (12 deaths), Wallace County (8 deaths), Washington County (9 deaths), Wichita County (5 deaths), Woodson County (7 deaths).

Cities

CityDeaths 2020-24Per 100K a yearPedestriansPopulation
Wichita 232 11.6 48 400,991

What was involved

FactorKansasShareUS
Speeding was a factor
a driver coded by police as speeding, racing or too fast for conditions		 394 22% 28%
A driver had been drinking
police reported alcohol involvement for at least one driver		 453 25% 26%
A large truck was involved
a truck over 10,000 lbs		 338 19% 13%
Hit-and-run
a driver left the scene		 82 5% 7%
Pedestrians killed
share of all deaths		 193 10% 18%
Motorcyclists killed
share of all deaths		 263 13% 15%
Bicyclists killed
share of all deaths		 29 1% 3%
Teens (15-19) killed
share of all deaths		 162 8% 7%

After a crash in Kansas

  1. Get the crash report

    Statewide copies come from Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) Records Department, General Headquarters, Topeka, cost $5.00 per crash report; $2.00 per witness statement.

    How to get a Kansas crash report

  2. Know your deadline

    Kansas gives you two years to file a personal injury lawsuit (Kan. Stat. Ann. § 60-513(a)(4)). If a city, county or state vehicle was involved: Before suing a city, county or other municipality (or its employee) under the Kansas Tort Claims Act you must file a written notice of claim with its clerk or governing body, and you cannot sue until the claim is denied or 120 days pass (the 120 days is a waiting period; there is no separate short filing deadline in this subsection beyond the two-year limitation).

    Work out your date

  3. Who pays

    Kansas is a no-fault state: your own personal injury protection (PIP) pays first, with at least $4,500 in medical benefits (plus other PIP benefits at statutory limits) required, and you can sue the other driver only past the state's threshold.

    Kansas car accident laws

  4. If you were partly at fault

    If you were partly at fault, your damages are reduced by your percentage of fault, but you recover nothing unless your negligence was less than the other party's, so a 50% share bars recovery.

    The rule and its statute

  5. The other driver’s minimum coverage

    The legal minimum liability coverage in Kansas is $25,000 per injured person, $50,000 per crash and $25,000 for property (25/50/25).

    Every state’s minimums

Check your deadline and a rough claim range

A filing date and a rough value range for Kansas. Both take under a minute.

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