Idaho Car Accidents Today — Live Reports & Statistics
Quick answer: Idaho recorded 238 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 — about 0.7 a day, 11.9 per 100,000 people (above the US average, rank #26 of 51). 1 Idaho accident report tracked in the last 48 hours are listed below. Emergency number: 911.
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west; the state shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border to the north with the Canadian province of British Columbia. Idaho's state capital and largest city is Boise.
- Capital
- Boise
- Population
- 1,839,106 (2020)
- Area
- 216,699 km²
- Crash deaths 2024
- 238
- Deaths / 100k
- 11.9
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Idaho Accident News — Last 48 Hours
Live traffic cameras in Idaho
Public traffic-camera snapshots nearest to the latest geocoded reports on this page, straight from the transport authority. Images refresh on their own schedule (seconds to minutes); a camera is picked by distance and is not necessarily pointed at the incident.
Camera data: Idaho 511 / Idaho Transportation Department (all 439 cameras). Snapshots are served by the authority and are not stored by this site. Cameras marked Live video play inline; the rest are still images refreshed by the authority.
Road Safety in Idaho
With a population of 2,001,619 and 20,046 million vehicle miles travelled, Idaho recorded 238 crash deaths in 2024: 11.9 per 100,000 people and 1.19 per 100 million miles. Speeding was a factor in 24% of those deaths.
By road user: pedestrians 6%, motorcyclists 20%, bicyclists 1%.
About 72 deaths (30%) were in crashes involving a driver at or over the 0.08% alcohol limit, and 25 of those killed were teenagers aged 15–19. Compare: drunk driving deaths by state · teen deaths by state.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 via IIHS state-by-state tables. National context: US road deaths by year.
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States With a Similar Death Rate
| State | Rank | Deaths 2024 | Per 100k | Per 100M miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #26 | 238 | 11.9 | 1.19 |
| Nebraska | #23 | 251 | 12.5 | 1.15 |
| Delaware | #24 | 126 | 12 | 1.27 |
| Indiana | #25 | 832 | 12 | 0.94 |
| Colorado | #27 | 689 | 11.6 | 1.25 |
| Kansas | #28 | 339 | 11.4 | 1.07 |
| North Dakota | #29 | 90 | 11.3 | 0.9 |