Carroll County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Carroll County in 2024.

FARS records 147 deaths in 134 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.6 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, Carroll County was number 12 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Carroll County fell by 20.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (185) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (147).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 27.1% of the occupants killed in Carroll County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 43.4% 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 Carroll 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.Carroll County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	16	4
2023	12	9	3
2022	9	7	1 or 2
2021	7	5	4
2020	16	15	4
2019	14	14	4
2018	11	11	3
2017	25	21	4
2016	21	20	4
2015	16	16	3
2015 to 2024	147	134	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1995)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Carroll County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	16
2023	12	9
2022	9	7
2021	7	5
2020	16	15
2019	14	14
2018	11	11
2017	25	21
2016	21	20
2015	16	16
2014	11	11
2013	20	19
2012	20	19
2011	13	13
2010	18	18
2009	15	15
2008	21	20
2007	21	18
2006	25	24
2005	21	19
2004	19	16
2003	26	26
2002	21	19
2001	19	17
2000	8	8
1999	18	16
1998	28	25
1997	19	17
1996	28	24
1995	33	28
1994	17	17
1993	24	18
1992	31	23
1991	21	17
1990	23	21
1989	24	18
1988	24	19
1987	21	20
1986	28	26
1985	18	12
1984	19	16
1983	20	19
1982	19	17
1981	28	23
1980	15	15
1979	27	25
1978	16	13
1977	29	25
1976	20	19
1975	18	15

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.Carroll County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Carroll County	Maryland	United States
2024	9.1	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.6	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. Carroll County had 176,790 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Carroll County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 134 fatal crashes	34	134 fatal crashes	25.4%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 134 fatal crashes	21	134 fatal crashes	15.7%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	23	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	27.1%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 147 deaths	25	147 deaths	17.0%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 147 deaths	4	147 deaths	2.7%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 147 deaths	16	147 deaths	10.9%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.6%	18.6%
In the darkof 134 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	134 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.5%	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.Carroll 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	6	3	5	7	21
Monday	3	8	5	5	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	6	6	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	8	5	20
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	4	1 or 2	8	11	25
Saturday	4	5	8	5	22
All days	21	30	41	42	134

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.Carroll County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	4	3.0%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	51	38.3%	34.3%
Minor arterial	49	36.8%	21.2%
Major collector	12	9.0%	13.2%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	2.4%
Local	15	11.3%	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.Carroll County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	65
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Carroll County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	13
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	7

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Carroll County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Carroll	In all of Maryland
Interstate 70	Interstate	4	109
State Route 4	State highway	1 or 2	72
State Route 7	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 26	State highway	7	59
State Route 27	State highway	16	26
State Route 32	State highway	9	28
State Route 97	State highway	15	44
State Route 140	State highway	25	60

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.Carroll 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
Carroll County: 8.6

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 Carroll County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baltimore County	Maryland	74	714	8.5
Frederick County	Maryland	23	236	8.8
Howard County	Maryland	21	236	7.2
Adams County	Pennsylvania	13	125	12.0
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 Carroll 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.

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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 Carroll in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 185 deaths in Carroll County from 2005 to 2014. It records 147 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Carroll in 2024?

The rate of Carroll County in 2024 was 9.1 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 Carroll had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 134 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 Carroll?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 78 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.