Worcester County, Maryland: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Worcester County in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 101 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.9 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, Worcester County was number 15 of 24 counties of Maryland.

Deaths in Worcester County rose by 2.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (107) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 49.5% of the fatal crashes in Worcester 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 Worcester 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.Worcester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	4
2023	7	7	3
2022	12	11	5
2021	12	10	3
2020	20	17	5
2019	11	11	4
2018	8	8	4
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	15	14	6
2015	10	8	4
2015 to 2024	110	101	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1986)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Worcester County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	7	7
2022	12	11
2021	12	10
2020	20	17
2019	11	11
2018	8	8
2017	8	8
2016	15	14
2015	10	8
2014	11	11
2013	3	3
2012	11	11
2011	8	8
2010	12	9
2009	12	12
2008	18	13
2007	11	10
2006	11	8
2005	10	10
2004	12	12
2003	9	9
2002	14	13
2001	14	14
2000	13	13
1999	13	10
1998	12	11
1997	15	15
1996	13	10
1995	10	9
1994	18	18
1993	7	7
1992	7	5
1991	14	13
1990	14	14
1989	10	9
1988	19	17
1987	14	12
1986	25	22
1985	15	12
1984	12	12
1983	11	11
1982	22	18
1981	18	14
1980	11	9
1979	12	11
1978	14	13
1977	20	16
1976	13	13
1975	6	5

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.Worcester County beside Maryland and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Worcester County	Maryland	United States
2024	12.9	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.9	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. Worcester County had 54,381 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Worcester County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maryland
A driver recorded as drinkingof 101 fatal crashes	40	101 fatal crashes	39.6%	27.9%
A speeding-related driverof 101 fatal crashes	27	101 fatal crashes	26.7%	26.2%
No restraint usedof 63 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	63 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.9%	43.4%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	20	110 deaths	18.2%	23.1%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	4	110 deaths	3.6%	2.0%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	16	110 deaths	14.5%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 101 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	101 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.5%	18.6%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.0%	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.Worcester 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	6	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	12
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	5	1 or 2	4	4	14
Friday	1 or 2	5	5	7	19
Saturday	5	5	5	5	20
All days	23	21	25	32	101

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.Worcester 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	1 or 2	1.0%	6.8%
Other principal arterial	42	41.6%	34.3%
Minor arterial	14	13.9%	21.2%
Major collector	17	16.8%	13.2%
Minor collector	4	4.0%	2.4%
Local	23	22.8%	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.Worcester County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Worcester County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	82
Cloudy	6
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Worcester County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Worcester	In all of Maryland
US Route 13	US highway	3	32
US Route 50	US highway	15	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.Worcester 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
Worcester County: 20.9

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 Worcester County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Sussex County	Delaware	35	389	16.2
Somerset County	Maryland	4	37	14.7
Wicomico County	Maryland	17	129	12.4
Accomack County	Virginia	6	65	19.6

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 Worcester 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 Worcester in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 107 deaths in Worcester County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Worcester in 2024?

The rate of Worcester County in 2024 was 12.9 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 Worcester had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 101 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 Worcester?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on US Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on US Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024.