# Traffic fatalities in Kentucky

Traffic fatalities in Kentucky was 707 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-21`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/kentucky
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-21

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 707 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 814 |
| 2022 | 744 |
| 2021 | 806 |
| 2020 | 780 |
| 2019 | 732 |
| 2018 | 724 |
| 2017 | 782 |
| 2016 | 834 |
| 2015 | 761 |
| 2014 | 672 |
| 2013 | 638 |
| 2012 | 746 |
| 2011 | 720 |
| 2010 | 760 |
| 2009 | 791 |
| 2008 | 825 |
| 2007 | 864 |
| 2006 | 913 |
| 2005 | 985 |
| 2004 | 964 |
| 2003 | 928 |
| 2002 | 915 |
| 2001 | 845 |
| 2000 | 820 |
| 1999 | 814 |
| 1998 | 858 |
| 1997 | 857 |
| 1996 | 842 |
| 1995 | 849 |
| 1994 | 778 |
| 1993 | 871 |
| 1992 | 815 |
| 1991 | 826 |
| 1990 | 849 |
| 1989 | 772 |
| 1988 | 838 |
| 1987 | 844 |
| 1986 | 805 |
| 1985 | 712 |
| 1984 | 754 |
| 1983 | 778 |
| 1982 | 822 |
| 1981 | 812 |
| 1980 | 820 |
| 1979 | 896 |
| 1978 | 878 |
| 1977 | 940 |
| 1976 | 854 |
| 1975 | 863 |