Wicomico County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Wicomico County in 2024.

FARS records 129 deaths in 121 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.4 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, Wicomico County was number 14 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Wicomico County rose by 1.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (127) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (129).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.4% of the fatal crashes in Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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.Wicomico County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	15	6
2023	13	13	1 or 2
2022	11	10	5
2021	15	12	4
2020	11	11	3
2019	19	17	5
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	10	10	1 or 2
2016	9	9	4
2015	17	17	5
2015 to 2024	129	121	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1994)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Wicomico County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	15
2023	13	13
2022	11	10
2021	15	12
2020	11	11
2019	19	17
2018	7	7
2017	10	10
2016	9	9
2015	17	17
2014	9	9
2013	18	17
2012	10	9
2011	8	8
2010	8	7
2009	13	13
2008	14	13
2007	18	17
2006	16	16
2005	13	13
2004	14	13
2003	16	15
2002	7	7
2001	15	13
2000	13	13
1999	6	6
1998	10	8
1997	6	6
1996	12	11
1995	15	14
1994	22	17
1993	13	12
1992	11	11
1991	17	15
1990	20	16
1989	19	16
1988	19	15
1987	12	11
1986	19	19
1985	13	11
1984	16	13
1983	20	11
1982	5	5
1981	16	16
1980	10	9
1979	14	12
1978	15	13
1977	14	14
1976	9	9
1975	16	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.Wicomico County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wicomico County	Maryland	United States
2024	15.9	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.4	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. Wicomico County had 106,639 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wicomico County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 121 fatal crashes	37	121 fatal crashes	30.6%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 121 fatal crashes	23	121 fatal crashes	19.0%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 82 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	82 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.6%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 129 deaths	15	129 deaths	11.6%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 129 deaths	4	129 deaths	3.1%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 129 deaths	19	129 deaths	14.7%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 121 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	121 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	18.6%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.5%	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.Wicomico 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	4	1 or 2	7	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	11	21
Tuesday	5	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	5	6	16
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8	14
Friday	6	3	8	6	23
Saturday	3	3	7	6	19
All days	21	21	35	44	121

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.Wicomico 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	11	9.1%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	53	43.8%	34.3%
Minor arterial	19	15.7%	21.2%
Major collector	20	16.5%	13.2%
Minor collector	7	5.8%	2.4%
Local	11	9.1%	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.Wicomico County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Wicomico County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	4
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	7

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Wicomico County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wicomico	In all of Maryland
State Route 313	State highway	1 or 2	23
US Route 13	US highway	15	32
US Route 50	US highway	30	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.Wicomico 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
Wicomico County: 12.4

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 Wicomico County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Sussex County	Delaware	35	389	16.2
Dorchester County	Maryland	7	49	15.1
Somerset County	Maryland	4	37	14.7
Worcester County	Maryland	7	110	20.9

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 Wicomico 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 Wicomico in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 127 deaths in Wicomico County from 2005 to 2014. It records 129 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wicomico in 2024?

The rate of Wicomico County in 2024 was 15.9 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 Wicomico had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 121 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 Wicomico?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 313 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 30 fatal crashes on US Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024.