Harford County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Harford County in 2024.

FARS records 190 deaths in 180 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.4 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, Harford County was number 10 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Harford County fell by 22.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (244) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (190).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 29.4% of the fatal crashes in Harford 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 Harford 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.Harford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	1 or 2
2023	24	23	6
2022	21	18	5
2021	18	18	6
2020	17	16	4
2019	17	15	8
2018	12	12	3
2017	21	21	4
2016	25	23	3
2015	22	22	4
2015 to 2024	190	180	44

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 52 (1980)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Harford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	24	23
2022	21	18
2021	18	18
2020	17	16
2019	17	15
2018	12	12
2017	21	21
2016	25	23
2015	22	22
2014	17	17
2013	25	25
2012	33	27
2011	24	24
2010	23	23
2009	26	22
2008	21	18
2007	29	28
2006	24	20
2005	22	19
2004	19	18
2003	35	31
2002	36	31
2001	34	30
2000	28	27
1999	24	24
1998	30	26
1997	24	21
1996	35	28
1995	26	25
1994	26	25
1993	20	19
1992	32	25
1991	26	22
1990	36	34
1989	33	28
1988	28	26
1987	35	31
1986	27	25
1985	36	32
1984	35	28
1983	34	30
1982	45	38
1981	33	28
1980	52	44
1979	26	25
1978	45	40
1977	27	22
1976	30	26
1975	35	28

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.Harford County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Harford County	Maryland	United States
2024	4.9	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.4	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. Harford County had 265,624 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Harford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 180 fatal crashes	44	180 fatal crashes	24.4%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 180 fatal crashes	38	180 fatal crashes	21.1%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.1%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 190 deaths	35	190 deaths	18.4%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 190 deaths	3	190 deaths	1.6%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 190 deaths	31	190 deaths	16.3%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 177 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	177 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.4%	18.6%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.1%	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.Harford 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	7	5	7	5	24
Monday	8	5	8	8	29
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	5	3	18
Wednesday	3	3	12	9	27
Thursday	4	7	7	8	26
Friday	6	1 or 2	8	11	27
Saturday	4	5	9	11	29
All days	34	35	56	55	180

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.Harford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	22	12.4%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	7	4.0%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	63	35.6%	34.3%
Minor arterial	40	22.6%	21.2%
Major collector	25	14.1%	13.2%
Minor collector	6	3.4%	2.4%
Local	14	7.9%	9.0%
Not reported	3	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.Harford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	88
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	34
Dawn	6
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Harford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	133
Cloudy	22
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Harford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Harford	In all of Maryland
Interstate 95	Interstate	22	234
State Route 7	State highway	8	24
US Route 1	US highway	19	146
US Route 40	US highway	27	166

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.Harford 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
Harford County: 7.4

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 Harford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baltimore County	Maryland	74	714	8.5
Cecil County	Maryland	24	218	21.0
Kent County	Maryland	0	30	15.4
Lancaster County	Pennsylvania	52	503	9.2
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 Harford 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 Harford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 244 deaths in Harford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 190 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Harford in 2024?

The rate of Harford County in 2024 was 4.9 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 Harford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 44 of 180 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 Harford?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.