Hampshire County, Massachusetts: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Hampshire County in 2024.

FARS records 84 deaths in 81 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.2 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, Hampshire County was number 11 of 14 counties of Massachusetts.

Deaths in Hampshire County fell by 6.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (90) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (84).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.7% of the fatal crashes in Hampshire County with a known setting were rural, against 6.6% 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 Hampshire 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.Hampshire County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	3
2023	9	9	3
2022	10	9	1 or 2
2021	5	5	3
2020	6	5	1 or 2
2019	6	6	3
2018	12	11	4
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	11	11	0
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	84	81	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (1978)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Hampshire County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	9	9
2022	10	9
2021	5	5
2020	6	5
2019	6	6
2018	12	11
2017	6	6
2016	11	11
2015	6	6
2014	10	9
2013	7	6
2012	9	9
2011	8	6
2010	6	6
2009	11	10
2008	8	8
2007	10	10
2006	9	9
2005	12	12
2004	6	6
2003	10	10
2002	16	16
2001	9	9
2000	11	10
1999	10	9
1998	10	10
1997	13	13
1996	15	14
1995	19	18
1994	16	15
1993	13	12
1992	22	20
1991	16	15
1990	10	10
1989	25	24
1988	12	11
1987	33	29
1986	22	20
1985	26	22
1984	13	12
1983	13	12
1982	19	17
1981	34	32
1980	25	24
1979	31	28
1978	35	30
1977	17	16
1976	17	16
1975	22	22

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.Hampshire County beside Massachusetts and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hampshire County	Massachusetts	United States
2024	7.9	5.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.2	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. Hampshire County had 164,679 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hampshire County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Massachusetts
A driver recorded as drinkingof 81 fatal crashes	23	81 fatal crashes	28.4%	29.7%
A speeding-related driverof 81 fatal crashes	24	81 fatal crashes	29.6%	29.2%
No restraint usedof 43 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	43 occupant deathswith restraint use known	69.8%	61.7%
Pedestriansof 84 deaths	20	84 deaths	23.8%	20.4%
Bicyclistsof 84 deaths	1 or 2	84 deaths	2.4%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 84 deaths	14	84 deaths	16.7%	15.6%
On a rural roadof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.7%	6.6%
In the darkof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.3%	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.Hampshire 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	1 or 2	3	5	5	15
Monday	0	0	8	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	12
Wednesday	0	5	1 or 2	4	10
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	1 or 2	3	3	5	12
Saturday	4	1 or 2	5	3	13
All days	9	16	28	27	80

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.Hampshire County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Massachusetts
Interstate	4	5.0%	15.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.3%	4.3%
Other principal arterial	38	47.5%	30.6%
Minor arterial	12	15.0%	26.7%
Major collector	10	12.5%	10.0%
Minor collector	3	3.8%	0.9%
Local	12	15.0%	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.Hampshire County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	43
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	14
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hampshire County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	18
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hampshire County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hampshire	In all of Massachusetts
Interstate 91	Interstate	4	32
State Route 9	State highway	13	48
State Route 116	State highway	8	23
US Route 20	US highway	1 or 2	74
US Route 202	US highway	8	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.Hampshire 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
Hampshire County: 5.2

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 Massachusetts

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Hampshire County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berkshire County	Massachusetts	13	122	9.5
Franklin County	Massachusetts	8	71	10.0
Hampden County	Massachusetts	35	418	9.0
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 Hampshire 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Hampshire County, Massachusetts: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ma/hampshire/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 90 deaths in Hampshire County from 2005 to 2014. It records 84 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hampshire in 2024?

The rate of Hampshire County in 2024 was 7.9 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 Hampshire had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 81 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 Hampshire?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 34 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.