Hampden County, Massachusetts: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in Hampden County in 2024.

FARS records 418 deaths in 390 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Massachusetts in the same years is 5.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Hampden County was number 4 of 14 counties of Massachusetts.

Deaths in Hampden County rose by 23.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (338) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (418).

In the counties of Massachusetts the deaths fell by 4.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 67.8% of the occupants killed in Hampden County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 61.7% in Massachusetts.

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 Hampden 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.Hampden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	35	10
2023	42	39	14
2022	55	52	18
2021	59	53	19
2020	44	42	13
2019	42	39	17
2018	36	35	9
2017	35	32	10
2016	40	35	14
2015	30	28	4
2015 to 2024	418	390	128

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 75 (1979)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Hampden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	35
2023	42	39
2022	55	52
2021	59	53
2020	44	42
2019	42	39
2018	36	35
2017	35	32
2016	40	35
2015	30	28
2014	34	32
2013	34	33
2012	36	35
2011	30	27
2010	34	30
2009	32	31
2008	29	27
2007	38	35
2006	28	26
2005	43	41
2004	39	38
2003	46	42
2002	33	32
2001	41	39
2000	32	32
1999	37	35
1998	26	24
1997	33	33
1996	39	36
1995	43	39
1994	33	28
1993	41	37
1992	44	42
1991	58	52
1990	53	47
1989	58	54
1988	65	62
1987	51	49
1986	64	59
1985	52	49
1984	53	49
1983	60	54
1982	63	61
1981	61	56
1980	64	62
1979	75	70
1978	46	41
1977	41	36
1976	73	57
1975	54	48

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.Hampden County beside Massachusetts and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hampden County	Massachusetts	United States
2024	7.6	5.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.0	5.3	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. Hampden County had 463,418 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hampden County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Massachusetts
A driver recorded as drinkingof 390 fatal crashes	128	390 fatal crashes	32.8%	29.7%
A speeding-related driverof 390 fatal crashes	131	390 fatal crashes	33.6%	29.2%
No restraint usedof 202 occupant deaths with restraint use known	137	202 occupant deathswith restraint use known	67.8%	61.7%
Pedestriansof 418 deaths	85	418 deaths	20.3%	20.4%
Bicyclistsof 418 deaths	8	418 deaths	1.9%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 418 deaths	67	418 deaths	16.0%	15.6%
On a rural roadof 389 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	389 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	7.7%	6.6%
In the darkof 387 fatal crashes with the condition reported	208	387 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.7%	48.5%

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.Hampden 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	15	5	12	18	50
Monday	7	6	16	20	49
Tuesday	4	9	17	10	40
Wednesday	6	4	14	12	36
Thursday	9	12	20	26	67
Friday	15	15	14	26	70
Saturday	27	10	14	22	73
All days	83	61	107	134	385

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.Hampden County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Massachusetts
Interstate	64	16.5%	15.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	4.3%
Other principal arterial	116	29.8%	30.6%
Minor arterial	115	29.6%	26.7%
Major collector	47	12.1%	10.0%
Minor collector	6	1.5%	0.9%
Local	40	10.3%	11.5%
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.Hampden County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	158
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	169
Dawn	4
Dusk	17
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Hampden County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	287
Cloudy	53
Rain	34
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hampden County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hampden	In all of Massachusetts
Interstate 90	Interstate	24	83
Interstate 91	Interstate	22	32
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	58
State Route 116	State highway	8	23
US Route 20	US highway	26	74
US Route 202	US highway	7	20

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 Massachusetts

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Hampden County on the county map of Massachusetts

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

Fewer than 1013 counties
10 to 14.91 county
15 to 19.90 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Hampden County: 9.0

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 Massachusetts

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Hampden County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hartford County	Connecticut	88	721	8.1
Litchfield County	Connecticut	14	204	11.3
Tolland County	Connecticut	13	143	9.5
Berkshire County	Massachusetts	13	122	9.5
Hampshire County	Massachusetts	13	84	5.2
Worcester County	Massachusetts	49	533	6.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Massachusetts have a population nearest to that of Hampden 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Hampden in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 338 deaths in Hampden County from 2005 to 2014. It records 418 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hampden in 2024?

The rate of Hampden County in 2024 was 7.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Massachusetts was 5.1. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 128 of 390 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 Hampden?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 88 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.