Aroostook County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Aroostook County in 2024.

FARS records 85 deaths in 79 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.6 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, Aroostook County was number 9 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Aroostook County fell by 15.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (85).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 91.1% of the fatal crashes in Aroostook 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 Aroostook 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.Aroostook County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	6	6	4
2022	11	10	1 or 2
2021	7	7	3
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	9	9	4
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	3	3	1 or 2
2015	17	13	4
2015 to 2024	85	79	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2002)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Aroostook County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	6	6
2022	11	10
2021	7	7
2020	8	7
2019	6	6
2018	9	9
2017	8	8
2016	3	3
2015	17	13
2014	3	3
2013	10	10
2012	10	9
2011	14	14
2010	11	11
2009	12	10
2008	7	6
2007	17	14
2006	11	8
2005	6	6
2004	15	14
2003	19	14
2002	26	12
2001	10	10
2000	8	8
1999	10	10
1998	17	15
1997	12	10
1996	11	10
1995	12	9
1994	11	11
1993	12	12
1992	18	15
1991	12	11
1990	15	13
1989	13	12
1988	11	10
1987	14	10
1986	12	12
1985	15	14
1984	19	17
1983	20	17
1982	8	6
1981	13	12
1980	16	14
1979	10	9
1978	14	14
1977	20	18
1976	11	10
1975	17	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.Aroostook County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Aroostook County	Maine	United States
2024	14.9	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.6	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. Aroostook County had 66,925 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Aroostook County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 79 fatal crashes	26	79 fatal crashes	32.9%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 79 fatal crashes	23	79 fatal crashes	29.1%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.7%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 85 deaths	6	85 deaths	7.1%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 85 deaths	0	85 deaths	0.0%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 85 deaths	11	85 deaths	12.9%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	91.1%	81.0%
In the darkof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.4%	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.Aroostook 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	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
Monday	0	1 or 2	6	0	8
Tuesday	0	0	3	4	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	5	14
Thursday	0	1 or 2	10	0	11
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	3	13
Saturday	3	6	3	6	18
All days	5	18	37	19	79

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.Aroostook County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	4	5.1%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	18	23.1%	20.5%
Minor arterial	11	14.1%	18.3%
Major collector	23	29.5%	26.1%
Minor collector	5	6.4%	7.6%
Local	17	21.8%	19.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Aroostook County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	45
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Aroostook County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	15
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Aroostook County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Aroostook	In all of Maine
Interstate 95	Interstate	4	98
State Route 11	State highway	5	31
US Route 1	US highway	24	92
US Route 1A	US highway	3	22
US Route 2	US highway	1 or 2	39

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.Aroostook 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
Aroostook County: 12.6

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 Maine

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Aroostook County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Penobscot County	Maine	24	187	12.2
Piscataquis County	Maine	1 or 2	28	16.4
Somerset County	Maine	15	97	19.1
Washington County	Maine	4	58	18.5

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 Aroostook 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Aroostook County, Maine: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/me/aroostook/. 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 Aroostook in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 101 deaths in Aroostook County from 2005 to 2014. It records 85 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Aroostook in 2024?

The rate of Aroostook County in 2024 was 14.9 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 Aroostook had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 79 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 Aroostook?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 37 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.