Androscoggin County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Androscoggin County in 2024.

FARS records 118 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Maine in the same years is 11.7.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Androscoggin County was number 5 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Androscoggin County rose by 15.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (102) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (118).

In the counties of Maine the deaths rose by 0.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 60.2% of the fatal crashes in Androscoggin County with a known setting were rural, against 81.0% in Maine.

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 Androscoggin 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.Androscoggin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	4
2023	13	13	5
2022	11	11	3
2021	9	7	0
2020	11	11	7
2019	13	12	3
2018	5	5	3
2017	17	17	1 or 2
2016	15	14	4
2015	10	10	5
2015 to 2024	118	113	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1983)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Androscoggin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	13	13
2022	11	11
2021	9	7
2020	11	11
2019	13	12
2018	5	5
2017	17	17
2016	15	14
2015	10	10
2014	9	7
2013	9	9
2012	8	7
2011	12	11
2010	12	11
2009	10	9
2008	8	8
2007	11	10
2006	15	10
2005	8	8
2004	15	15
2003	15	14
2002	19	17
2001	14	14
2000	13	12
1999	24	21
1998	24	23
1997	19	16
1996	13	13
1995	20	20
1994	18	15
1993	7	7
1992	10	10
1991	14	11
1990	15	15
1989	22	22
1988	20	15
1987	16	15
1986	21	15
1985	11	11
1984	16	15
1983	24	23
1982	12	12
1981	22	19
1980	20	15
1979	22	18
1978	17	16
1977	19	17
1976	15	12
1975	14	12

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.Androscoggin County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Androscoggin County	Maine	United States
2024	12.1	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.7	11.7	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. Androscoggin County had 115,600 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Androscoggin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	36	113 fatal crashes	31.9%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	31	113 fatal crashes	27.4%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 69 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	69 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.4%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 118 deaths	18	118 deaths	15.3%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 118 deaths	1 or 2	118 deaths	1.7%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 118 deaths	26	118 deaths	22.0%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.2%	81.0%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.9%	38.5%

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.Androscoggin 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	3	4	7	3	17
Monday	4	7	7	5	23
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	6	3	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	5	1 or 2	12
Thursday	4	1 or 2	8	4	18
Friday	1 or 2	3	9	5	19
Saturday	1 or 2	3	5	4	13
All days	15	25	47	26	113

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.Androscoggin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	1 or 2	1.8%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.9%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	46	40.7%	20.5%
Minor arterial	23	20.4%	18.3%
Major collector	15	13.3%	26.1%
Minor collector	8	7.1%	7.6%
Local	18	15.9%	19.9%
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.Androscoggin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Androscoggin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	79
Cloudy	20
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Androscoggin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Androscoggin	In all of Maine
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	98
State Route 4	State highway	22	41
State Route 9	State highway	6	30
State Route 11	State highway	4	31
State Route 26	State highway	3	22
US Route 202	US highway	6	37

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 Maine

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Androscoggin County on the county map of Maine

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.97 counties
15 to 19.97 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Androscoggin County: 10.7

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 Maine

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Androscoggin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cumberland County	Maine	23	212	7.0
Franklin County	Maine	5	46	15.2
Kennebec County	Maine	20	155	12.5
Oxford County	Maine	13	101	17.3
Sagadahoc County	Maine	5	32	8.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Maine have a population nearest to that of Androscoggin 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.
Maine Bureau of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of Maine.

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 Androscoggin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 102 deaths in Androscoggin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 118 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Androscoggin in 2024?

The rate of Androscoggin County in 2024 was 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Maine was 12.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Androscoggin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 113 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 Androscoggin?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 43 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.