Anne Arundel County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 52 deaths in 51 fatal crashes in Anne Arundel County in 2024.

FARS records 454 deaths in 428 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.8 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, Anne Arundel County was number 4 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Anne Arundel County fell by 2.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (466) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (454).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 6.7% of the fatal crashes in Anne Arundel County with a known setting were rural, against 18.6% 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 Anne Arundel 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.Anne Arundel County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	52	51	15
2023	44	41	13
2022	48	46	11
2021	39	34	11
2020	50	50	11
2019	41	40	8
2018	55	52	16
2017	44	41	18
2016	44	41	9
2015	37	32	12
2015 to 2024	454	428	124

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 89 (1986)2024: 52

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

Table 2.Anne Arundel County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	52	51
2023	44	41
2022	48	46
2021	39	34
2020	50	50
2019	41	40
2018	55	52
2017	44	41
2016	44	41
2015	37	32
2014	37	35
2013	34	30
2012	56	45
2011	42	41
2010	34	32
2009	50	49
2008	49	47
2007	48	43
2006	62	59
2005	54	50
2004	52	50
2003	66	59
2002	57	53
2001	46	45
2000	50	50
1999	55	52
1998	58	46
1997	49	48
1996	56	53
1995	54	49
1994	58	53
1993	62	56
1992	58	51
1991	57	52
1990	64	59
1989	59	54
1988	71	61
1987	81	74
1986	89	82
1985	63	59
1984	57	54
1983	71	65
1982	73	67
1981	74	63
1980	71	61
1979	68	56
1978	67	61
1977	66	58
1976	59	52
1975	72	64

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.Anne Arundel County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Anne Arundel County	Maryland	United States
2024	8.7	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.8	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. Anne Arundel County had 601,141 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Anne Arundel County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 428 fatal crashes	124	428 fatal crashes	29.0%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 428 fatal crashes	119	428 fatal crashes	27.8%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 242 occupant deaths with restraint use known	108	242 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.6%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 454 deaths	100	454 deaths	22.0%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 454 deaths	10	454 deaths	2.2%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 454 deaths	71	454 deaths	15.6%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 421 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	421 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	6.7%	18.6%
In the darkof 427 fatal crashes with the condition reported	241	427 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.4%	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.Anne Arundel 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	22	6	24	22	74
Monday	12	14	10	16	52
Tuesday	10	7	12	20	49
Wednesday	15	5	15	16	51
Thursday	13	10	23	21	67
Friday	8	10	13	21	52
Saturday	25	10	19	28	82
All days	105	62	116	144	427

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.Anne Arundel County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	48	11.4%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	59	14.0%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	118	28.0%	34.3%
Minor arterial	93	22.1%	21.2%
Major collector	59	14.0%	13.2%
Minor collector	8	1.9%	2.4%
Local	36	8.6%	9.0%
Not reported	7	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.Anne Arundel County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	173
Dark, not lighted	116
Dark, lighted	119
Dawn	6
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Anne Arundel County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	327
Cloudy	34
Rain	37
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	25

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Anne Arundel County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Anne Arundel	In all of Maryland
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	234
Interstate 97	Interstate	27	28
Interstate 595	Interstate	9	24
Interstate 695	Interstate	5	79
State Route 2	State highway	47	80
State Route 3	State highway	22	26
State Route 4	State highway	10	72
State Route 32	State highway	3	28
State Route 100	State highway	14	21
State Route 175	State highway	9	22
State Route 198	State highway	9	21
State Route 214	State highway	4	53
State Route 295	State highway	32	86
State Route 450	State highway	9	34
US Route 50	US highway	9	110

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.Anne Arundel 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
Anne Arundel County: 7.8

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 Anne Arundel County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baltimore city	Maryland	61	491	8.3
Baltimore County	Maryland	74	714	8.5
Calvert County	Maryland	14	97	10.4
Howard County	Maryland	21	236	7.2
Kent County	Maryland	0	30	15.4
Prince George's County	Maryland	101	1,090	11.7
Queen Anne's County	Maryland	7	73	14.4
Talbot County	Maryland	3	51	13.6

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 Anne Arundel 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

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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 Anne Arundel in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 466 deaths in Anne Arundel County from 2005 to 2014. It records 454 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Anne Arundel in 2024?

The rate of Anne Arundel County in 2024 was 8.7 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 Anne Arundel had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 124 of 428 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 Anne Arundel?

15 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 210 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.