Napa County, California: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Napa County in 2024.

FARS records 152 deaths in 144 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of California in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Napa County was number 39 of 58 counties of California.

Deaths in Napa County rose by 15.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (132) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (152).

In the counties of California the deaths rose by 17.5% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 62.5% of the fatal crashes in Napa County with a known setting were rural, against 29.9% in California.

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 Napa County 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.Napa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	18	15	7
2022	11	10	5
2021	17	16	3
2020	21	21	5
2019	17	16	4
2018	15	15	4
2017	15	14	5
2016	12	12	4
2015	15	14	10
2015 to 2024	152	144	48

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Napa County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 37 (1975)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Napa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	18	15
2022	11	10
2021	17	16
2020	21	21
2019	17	16
2018	15	15
2017	15	14
2016	12	12
2015	15	14
2014	6	6
2013	16	15
2012	7	7
2011	10	10
2010	11	8
2009	12	9
2008	19	16
2007	14	12
2006	14	12
2005	23	19
2004	25	24
2003	20	17
2002	19	15
2001	16	15
2000	24	17
1999	21	19
1998	14	14
1997	17	15
1996	12	12
1995	16	16
1994	13	13
1993	19	17
1992	21	21
1991	24	22
1990	15	14
1989	19	19
1988	29	23
1987	30	26
1986	35	29
1985	25	20
1984	25	22
1983	20	19
1982	32	26
1981	31	27
1980	32	29
1979	34	31
1978	32	28
1977	35	32
1976	24	23
1975	37	26

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.Napa County beside California and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Napa County	California	United States
2024	8.3	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.1	10.1	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. Napa County had 133,115 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Napa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in California
A driver recorded as drinkingof 144 fatal crashes	48	144 fatal crashes	33.3%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 144 fatal crashes	33	144 fatal crashes	22.9%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.9%	38.0%
Pedestriansof 152 deaths	22	152 deaths	14.5%	26.0%
Bicyclistsof 152 deaths	6	152 deaths	3.9%	3.8%
Motorcyclistsof 152 deaths	32	152 deaths	21.1%	14.1%
On a rural roadof 144 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	144 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	62.5%	29.9%
In the darkof 144 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	144 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.8%	57.5%

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.Napa County: 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	8	4	11	6	29
Monday	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	4	15
Tuesday	3	4	11	1 or 2	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	7	15
Thursday	4	3	7	4	18
Friday	3	1 or 2	5	8	18
Saturday	5	5	6	11	27
All days	26	28	46	42	142

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.Napa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in California
Interstate	1 or 2	0.7%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	25	17.4%	12.6%
Other principal arterial	32	22.2%	30.1%
Minor arterial	38	26.4%	21.7%
Major collector	35	24.3%	12.3%
Minor collector	4	2.8%	2.3%
Local	9	6.3%	7.3%
Not reported	0	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.Napa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Napa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	126
Cloudy	7
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Napa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Napa	In all of California
Interstate 80	Interstate	1 or 2	445
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	108
State Route 29	State highway	51	113
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	116
State Route 128	State highway	16	37

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 California

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Napa County on the county map of California

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

Fewer than 1014 counties
10 to 14.99 counties
15 to 19.914 counties
20 to 29.913 counties
30 or more8 counties
Napa County: 11.1

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 California

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Napa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lake County	California	25	175	26.4
Solano County	California	41	465	10.4
Sonoma County	California	29	389	7.9
Yolo County	California	21	278	12.7

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of California have a population nearest to that of Napa County. 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.
California Office of Traffic SafetyThe highway safety office of California.

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 Napa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 132 deaths in Napa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 152 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Napa in 2024?

The rate of Napa County in 2024 was 8.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of California was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 48 of 144 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 Napa?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.