Baltimore County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 74 deaths in 73 fatal crashes in Baltimore County in 2024.

FARS records 714 deaths in 675 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.5 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, Baltimore County was number 2 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Baltimore County rose by 4.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (686) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (714).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 6.8% of the fatal crashes in Baltimore 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 Baltimore 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.Baltimore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	74	73	19
2023	92	84	22
2022	66	63	21
2021	78	75	26
2020	63	60	15
2019	60	57	12
2018	85	78	21
2017	73	65	21
2016	54	54	13
2015	69	66	12
2015 to 2024	714	675	182

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 123 (1980)2024: 74

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

Table 2.Baltimore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	74	73
2023	92	84
2022	66	63
2021	78	75
2020	63	60
2019	60	57
2018	85	78
2017	73	65
2016	54	54
2015	69	66
2014	64	59
2013	58	55
2012	68	62
2011	72	67
2010	59	58
2009	84	78
2008	70	66
2007	72	67
2006	66	63
2005	73	70
2004	81	72
2003	86	80
2002	80	76
2001	80	74
2000	71	67
1999	83	76
1998	65	60
1997	78	72
1996	79	75
1995	74	67
1994	66	61
1993	77	74
1992	69	67
1991	87	82
1990	101	93
1989	79	65
1988	107	95
1987	116	103
1986	95	92
1985	97	94
1984	89	84
1983	100	93
1982	72	66
1981	107	100
1980	123	114
1979	91	88
1978	93	85
1977	83	78
1976	99	88
1975	86	82

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.Baltimore County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Baltimore County	Maryland	United States
2024	8.7	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.5	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. Baltimore County had 848,438 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Baltimore County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 675 fatal crashes	182	675 fatal crashes	27.0%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 675 fatal crashes	178	675 fatal crashes	26.4%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 330 occupant deaths with restraint use known	160	330 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.5%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 714 deaths	218	714 deaths	30.5%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 714 deaths	15	714 deaths	2.1%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 714 deaths	112	714 deaths	15.7%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 674 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	674 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	6.8%	18.6%
In the darkof 670 fatal crashes with the condition reported	381	670 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.9%	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.Baltimore 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	33	15	30	34	112
Monday	20	14	17	36	87
Tuesday	11	15	25	27	78
Wednesday	12	18	24	40	94
Thursday	20	14	29	26	89
Friday	17	12	25	45	99
Saturday	28	16	30	42	116
All days	141	104	180	250	675

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.Baltimore County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	158	23.4%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	17	2.5%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	215	31.9%	34.3%
Minor arterial	152	22.6%	21.2%
Major collector	87	12.9%	13.2%
Minor collector	4	0.6%	2.4%
Local	41	6.1%	9.0%
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.Baltimore County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	261
Dark, not lighted	115
Dark, lighted	255
Dawn	15
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	11
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Baltimore County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	509
Cloudy	79
Rain	53
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	25

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Baltimore County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Baltimore	In all of Maryland
Interstate 70	Interstate	7	109
Interstate 83	Interstate	30	43
Interstate 95	Interstate	29	234
Interstate 695	Interstate	73	79
State Route 7	State highway	14	24
State Route 26	State highway	35	59
State Route 140	State highway	20	60
State Route 150	State highway	28	32
State Route 151	State highway	14	21
State Route 295	State highway	3	86
US Route 1	US highway	18	146
US Route 40	US highway	50	166
US Route 50	US highway	1 or 2	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.Baltimore 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
Baltimore County: 8.5

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 Baltimore County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anne Arundel County	Maryland	52	454	7.8
Baltimore city	Maryland	61	491	8.3
Carroll County	Maryland	16	147	8.6
Harford County	Maryland	13	190	7.4
Howard County	Maryland	21	236	7.2
Kent County	Maryland	0	30	15.4
York County	Pennsylvania	41	377	8.3

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 Baltimore 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 Baltimore in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 686 deaths in Baltimore County from 2005 to 2014. It records 714 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Baltimore in 2024?

The rate of Baltimore 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 Baltimore had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 182 of 675 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 Baltimore?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 322 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.