Snohomish County saw increase in traffic deaths in 2024
EVERETT — Traffic deaths in Snohomish County last year rose to their highest level in nearly a decade, a Washington State Traffic Commission report found, even as deaths fell statewide.
Traffic fatalities dropped across Washington between 2023 and 2024 after years of increases post-COVID, the commission found. In 2024, 731 people were killed in traffic incidents compared to 809 in 2023.
Snohomish County’s numbers went in the opposite direction. In 2023, traffic deaths in the county had dropped to 43 after a spike in 2022. But in 2024, a total of 64 people died in traffic incidents countywide, the traffic safety commission found, the highest number since 2015.
What are the reasons for the increase? Data shows there was a rise in deaths involving drivers who were impaired by alcohol or drugs. A total of 43 fatalities — nearly two thirds of Snohomish County’s traffic deaths in 2024 — involved drivers impaired by drugs or alcohol, traffic commission data showed, the highest number since 2015.
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