Talbot County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Talbot County in 2024.

FARS records 51 deaths in 49 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.6 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, Talbot County was number 21 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Talbot County fell by 13.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (59) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (51).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 53.1% of the fatal crashes in Talbot 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 Talbot County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Talbot County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	1 or 2
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	5	5	0
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2019	10	10	1 or 2
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	5	5	4
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	11	9	3
2015 to 2024	51	49	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1993)2024: 3

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

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

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.Talbot County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Talbot County	Maryland	United States
2024	7.8	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.6	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. Talbot County had 38,295 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Talbot County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 49 fatal crashes	18	49 fatal crashes	36.7%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 49 fatal crashes	13	49 fatal crashes	26.5%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 36 occupant deaths with restraint use known	11	36 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.6%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 51 deaths	3	51 deaths	5.9%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 51 deaths	1 or 2	51 deaths	3.9%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 51 deaths	3	51 deaths	5.9%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 49 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	49 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.1%	18.6%
In the darkof 49 fatal crashes with the condition reported	18	49 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.7%	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.Talbot 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	3	8
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	9
All days	8	11	16	14	49

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.Talbot County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maryland
Interstate	0	0.0%	12.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	19	38.8%	34.3%
Minor arterial	10	20.4%	21.2%
Major collector	11	22.4%	13.2%
Minor collector	3	6.1%	2.4%
Local	6	12.2%	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.Talbot County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	28
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Talbot County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	3
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Talbot County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Talbot	In all of Maryland
State Route 404	State highway	4	20
US Route 50	US highway	12	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.Talbot 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
Talbot County: 13.6

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 Talbot 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
Calvert County	Maryland	14	97	10.4
Caroline County	Maryland	10	75	22.5
Dorchester County	Maryland	7	49	15.1
Queen Anne's County	Maryland	7	73	14.4

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 Talbot 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. Talbot County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/md/talbot/. 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 Talbot in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 59 deaths in Talbot County from 2005 to 2014. It records 51 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Talbot in 2024?

The rate of Talbot County in 2024 was 7.8 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 Talbot had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 49 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 Talbot?

FARS records 4 fatal crashes on State Route 404 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024.