Fatal Road Accidents in Iowa
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Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - U.S. Dept. of Transportation (Published February 2021)
Summary by County
| County | Fatal Accidents | Fatalities | Males | Females | Gender Unknown | Top Month | Deaths | Not Using Seat Belt | Ejected | Pedestrians Killed | Motorcyclists Killed | Bicyclists Killed | Vehicles Involved | Hit and Run | Caught Fire | Drinking Drivers | Drivers on Drugs | Speed Related |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polk | 34 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 0 | November | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
| Linn | 14 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | August | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Woodbury | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | June | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Pottawattamie | 12 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | May | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Black Hawk | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | July | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Webster | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | March | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Story | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | August | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | August | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clinton | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | August | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Dubuque | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | August | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Johnson | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | May | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Henry | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | February | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cerro Gordo | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | December | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Adair | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | December | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jasper | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | April | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelby | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Winneshiek | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | December | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wapello | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | October | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Van Buren | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | July | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lee | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | June | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hardin | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | July | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyon | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | July | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | May | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Muscatine | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bremer | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | February | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Benton | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | November | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fayette | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | July | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Fremont | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crawford | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | January | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dallas | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | March | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Clay | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | April | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Des Moines | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | February | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Buchanan | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | February | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Buena Vista | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| O Brien | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | October | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Poweshiek | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | May | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Iowa | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | November | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | May | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kossuth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | November | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jackson | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Humboldt | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Harrison | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Monona | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | July | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Monroe | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plymouth | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | December | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Osceola | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | July | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Page | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mills | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Allamakee | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Clarke | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cass | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Clayton | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | February | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Franklin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | November | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grundy | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | February | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marion | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Sioux | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | March | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | March | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Worth | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wright | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | December | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tama | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | July | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | February | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greene | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Emmet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | December | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Decatur | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cedar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | December | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Appanoose | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Audubon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | November | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carroll | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mitchell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mahaska | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | July | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Palo Alto | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pocahontas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sac | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | March | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ida | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | March | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | November | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keokuk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 313 | 336 | 243 | 93 | 0 | 104 | 57 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 479 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 47 | 77 |
