Allegany County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Allegany County in 2024.

FARS records 79 deaths in 72 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Maryland in the same years is 9.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Allegany County was number 17 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Allegany County fell by 3.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (82) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (79).

In the counties of Maryland the deaths rose by 2.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 40.8% of the fatal crashes in Allegany County with known light were in the dark, against 54.2% in Maryland.

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 Allegany 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.Allegany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	3
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	9	9	0
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	5	4	3
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	3	3	0
2016	13	10	7
2015	9	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	79	72	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1984)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Allegany County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	10	9
2022	8	8
2021	9	9
2020	6	6
2019	5	4
2018	6	6
2017	3	3
2016	13	10
2015	9	8
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	12	11
2011	5	5
2010	13	11
2009	13	10
2008	8	8
2007	8	7
2006	10	7
2005	11	10
2004	10	9
2003	8	8
2002	10	9
2001	11	11
2000	9	9
1999	11	10
1998	6	6
1997	7	7
1996	12	12
1995	7	7
1994	11	10
1993	10	7
1992	4	4
1991	19	17
1990	12	12
1989	12	12
1988	17	14
1987	10	9
1986	16	12
1985	17	17
1984	21	17
1983	9	9
1982	13	12
1981	18	14
1980	18	15
1979	19	16
1978	14	14
1977	18	15
1976	16	12
1975	12	10

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.Allegany County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Allegany County	Maryland	United States
2024	14.9	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.4	9.1	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. Allegany County had 66,984 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Allegany County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 72 fatal crashes	20	72 fatal crashes	27.8%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 72 fatal crashes	14	72 fatal crashes	19.4%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	30	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.6%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 79 deaths	8	79 deaths	10.1%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 79 deaths	0	79 deaths	0.0%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 79 deaths	8	79 deaths	10.1%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 72 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	72 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	27.8%	18.6%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.8%	54.2%

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.Allegany 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	3	3	4	1 or 2	12
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	5	1 or 2	7
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	3	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	5	11
Saturday	4	1 or 2	4	4	13
All days	14	11	30	17	72

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.Allegany County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	14	19.4%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	2.8%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	14	19.4%	34.3%
Minor arterial	18	25.0%	21.2%
Major collector	14	19.4%	13.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.4%	2.4%
Local	9	12.5%	9.0%
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.Allegany County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	17
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Allegany County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	55
Cloudy	4
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Allegany County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Allegany	In all of Maryland
Interstate 68	Interstate	15	32

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 Maryland

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Allegany County on the county map of Maryland

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

Fewer than 108 counties
10 to 14.910 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.94 counties
30 or more0 counties
Allegany County: 11.4

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 Maryland

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Allegany County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Garrett County	Maryland	3	64	22.1
Washington County	Maryland	14	166	10.9
Bedford County	Pennsylvania	9	90	18.8
Fulton County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	44	30.3
Somerset County	Pennsylvania	9	112	15.2
Hampshire County	West Virginia	5	65	27.8
Mineral County	West Virginia	4	32	11.8
Morgan County	West Virginia	1 or 2	23	13.1

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Maryland have a population nearest to that of Allegany 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.
Maryland Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Maryland.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Allegany County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/md/allegany/. 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 Allegany in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 82 deaths in Allegany County from 2005 to 2014. It records 79 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Allegany in 2024?

The rate of Allegany County in 2024 was 14.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Maryland was 9.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 72 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 Allegany?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on Interstate 68 in the county from 2015 to 2024.