Anchorage Municipality, Alaska: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Anchorage Municipality in 2024.

FARS records 211 deaths in 203 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Alaska in the same years is 9.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Anchorage Municipality was number 1 of 29 counties of Alaska.

Deaths in Anchorage Municipality rose by 10.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (191) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (211).

In the counties of Alaska the deaths rose by 8.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 11.9% of the fatal crashes in Anchorage Municipality with a known setting were rural, against 53.1% in Alaska.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Anchorage Municipality by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Anchorage Municipality: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	27	6
2023	15	15	5
2022	22	20	3
2021	21	21	9
2020	20	17	6
2019	17	16	4
2018	24	24	6
2017	18	18	4
2016	21	20	5
2015	26	25	8
2015 to 2024	211	203	56

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Anchorage Municipality by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 55 (1984)2024: 27

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Anchorage Municipality: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	27
2023	15	15
2022	22	20
2021	21	21
2020	20	17
2019	17	16
2018	24	24
2017	18	18
2016	21	20
2015	26	25
2014	25	25
2013	17	16
2012	12	12
2011	16	15
2010	12	12
2009	25	21
2008	18	16
2007	25	25
2006	22	20
2005	19	18
2004	29	28
2003	26	24
2002	34	32
2001	28	25
2000	31	29
1999	22	21
1998	20	20
1997	22	21
1996	15	12
1995	24	23
1994	22	17
1993	31	27
1992	28	22
1991	42	37
1990	36	34
1989	27	27
1988	28	26
1987	18	17
1986	26	26
1985	41	36
1984	55	50
1983	49	44
1982	30	26
1981	37	34
1980	29	28
1979	28	25
1978	44	40
1977	46	43
1976	40	35
1975	41	34

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Anchorage Municipality beside Alaska and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Anchorage Municipality	Alaska	United States
2024	9.4	9.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.2	9.8	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Anchorage Municipality had 287,369 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Anchorage Municipality: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alaska
A driver recorded as drinkingof 203 fatal crashes	56	203 fatal crashes	27.6%	33.6%
A speeding-related driverof 203 fatal crashes	52	203 fatal crashes	25.6%	38.7%
No restraint usedof 61 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	61 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.3%	47.7%
Pedestriansof 211 deaths	81	211 deaths	38.4%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 211 deaths	4	211 deaths	1.9%	1.5%
Motorcyclistsof 211 deaths	29	211 deaths	13.7%	10.8%
On a rural roadof 201 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	201 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	11.9%	53.1%
In the darkof 202 fatal crashes with the condition reported	115	202 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.9%	44.8%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Anchorage Municipality: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	17	1 or 2	6	8	33
Monday	5	5	8	4	22
Tuesday	3	3	10	7	23
Wednesday	9	1 or 2	6	9	26
Thursday	4	5	7	8	24
Friday	5	4	11	18	38
Saturday	13	3	6	12	34
All days	56	24	54	66	200

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Anchorage Municipality: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alaska
Interstate	68	33.8%	33.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.0%
Other principal arterial	82	40.8%	26.7%
Minor arterial	25	12.4%	12.7%
Major collector	10	5.0%	11.6%
Minor collector	5	2.5%	7.4%
Local	11	5.5%	8.3%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Anchorage Municipality: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	92
Dawn	3
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Anchorage Municipality: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	93
Cloudy	65
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	13
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	3
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Anchorage Municipality that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Anchorage	In all of Alaska
State Route 1	State highway	49	109
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	64

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Alaska

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Anchorage Municipality on the county map of Alaska

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1011 counties
10 to 14.94 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more2 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown6 counties
Anchorage Municipality: 7.2

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Alaska

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Anchorage Municipality
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chugach Census Area	Alaska	0	18	26.9
Kenai Peninsula Borough	Alaska	8	88	14.8
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Alaska	18	186	17.0

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Alaska have a population nearest to that of Anchorage Municipality. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Alaska Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Alaska.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Anchorage in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 191 deaths in Anchorage Municipality from 2005 to 2014. It records 211 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Anchorage in 2024?

The rate of Anchorage Municipality in 2024 was 9.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Alaska was 9.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Anchorage had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 56 of 203 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Anchorage?

FARS records 49 fatal crashes on State Route 1 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 3 in the county from 2015 to 2024.