Counties with the most motor vehicle accident fatalities in Idaho
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Counties with the most motor vehicle accident fatalities in Idaho
Media outlets were quick during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdowns that defined the summer and fall of 2020 to note just how little traffic there was as a result. Simple logic would suggest that less traffic equals a lower likelihood of accidents and thus fewer injuries and fatalities. Sadly, this was not the case.
Nationwide, traffic fatalities rose 7.2% in 2020 to nearly 39,000. That number was the highest recorded since 2007. Qualifying this disturbing fact is a sticky wicket—common denominators behind traffic deaths such as impaired driving, failure to use a seat belt, and excessive speed were certainly contributing factors, but they alone do not account for a rise in deaths commensurate with a 430-million-mile drop in the number of miles people traveled across the course of the year. What can be qualified, however, is where fatal crashes took place.
Citing data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Stacker identified the counties in Idaho that had the most fatalities from motor vehicle crashes in 2020. The number of accident fatalities are ranked by the number of deaths per 100,000 people, with the raw number functioning as a tiebreaker. The analysis only looked at counties with at least five deaths during 2020. Additional data is included on pedestrian, bicyclist, and drunk-driving-related deaths. In counties where at least five fatalities happened on the same street or interstate, the road with the most deaths is also included.
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#15. Ada County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 4.1 per 100K people (#1,681 nationally, 20 deaths)
– 1 pedestrian death
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 10 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#14. Kootenai County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 7.7 per 100K people (#1,518 nationally, 13 deaths)
– 2 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 6 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#13. Bannock County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 10.4 per 100K people (#1,359 nationally, 9 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 1 bicyclist death
– 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#12. Canyon County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 10.6 per 100K people (#1,341 nationally, 24 deaths)
– 3 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 10 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#11. Bonneville County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 10.7 per 100K people (#1,332 nationally, 13 deaths)
– 2 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 6 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#10. Twin Falls County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 13.5 per 100K people (#1,149 nationally, 12 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#9. Bonner County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 15.1 per 100K people (#1,038 nationally, 7 deaths)
– 1 pedestrian death
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 5 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#8. Nez Perce County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 16.7 per 100K people (#925 nationally, 7 deaths)
– 1 pedestrian death
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#7. Payette County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 24.1 per 100K people (#612 nationally, 6 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 4 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#6. Elmore County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 28.2 per 100K people (#464 nationally, 8 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#5. Idaho County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 36.4 per 100K people (#278 nationally, 6 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 1 bicyclist death
– 2 deaths involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#4. Boundary County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 41.8 per 100K people (#223 nationally, 5 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 0 deaths involving drunk drivers
– Road with most fatalities: US-95 (5 fatalities)
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#3. Gooding County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 58.4 per 100K people (#93 nationally, 9 deaths)
– 1 pedestrian death
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 1 death involving drunk drivers
– No roads with at least five fatalities
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#2. Fremont County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 67.3 per 100K people (#71 nationally, 9 deaths)
– 0 pedestrian deaths
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 3 deaths involving drunk drivers
– Road with most fatalities: US-20 (7 fatalities)
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#1. Boise County, Idaho
– Motor vehicle crash fatalities: 106.0 per 100K people (#19 nationally, 8 deaths)
– 1 pedestrian death
– 0 bicyclist deaths
– 4 deaths involving drunk drivers
– Road with most fatalities: SR-55 (5 fatalities)
