Johnson County, Kansas Car Accident Statistics
23 people died in 22 fatal crashes in Johnson County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 3.6 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 11.4 for Kansas and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 151 traffic deaths in 146 crashes, and 15% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in Johnson County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23 | 22 |
| 2023 | 24 | 23 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 |
| 2021 | 23 | 21 |
| 2020 | 21 | 21 |
| 2019 | 29 | 28 |
Who died
People killed in Johnson County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| I-35 | 20 | 21 |
| I-435 | 18 | 18 |
| US-69 | 7 | 8 |
| Antioch Rd | 5 | 5 |
| SR-7 | 3 | 3 |
| Mission Rd | 3 | 4 |
| College Blvd | 3 | 3 |
| W 135th St | 2 | 2 |
| Quivira Rd | 2 | 2 |
| W 95th St | 2 | 2 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Overland Park | 42 | 44 |
| Olathe | 26 | 26 |
| Lenexa | 21 | 21 |
| Shawnee | 11 | 11 |
| Merriam | 10 | 10 |
| Mission | 5 | 6 |
| Leawood | 5 | 6 |
| Gardner | 4 | 4 |
| Edgerton | 3 | 3 |
| De Soto | 2 | 2 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Wednesday)
43% of fatal crashes in Johnson County happened in the dark, and 11% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Kansas
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See Kansas's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Car accident lawyers in Overland Park
Lawbamba lists 3 car accident lawyers with an office in Overland Park, Kansas, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 3 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
Matched by practice area and office location only. These lawyers are not connected to the records on this page and have not reviewed or endorsed it.
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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