Cumberland County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Cumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 212 deaths in 197 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.0 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, Cumberland County was number 1 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Cumberland County rose by 2.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (206) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (212).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 51.3% of the fatal crashes in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	21	8
2023	20	17	7
2022	24	24	15
2021	21	19	9
2020	17	16	1 or 2
2019	22	19	5
2018	22	21	4
2017	26	25	10
2016	21	20	6
2015	16	15	6
2015 to 2024	212	197	71

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 52 (1978)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	21
2023	20	17
2022	24	24
2021	21	19
2020	17	16
2019	22	19
2018	22	21
2017	26	25
2016	21	20
2015	16	15
2014	12	11
2013	13	13
2012	19	18
2011	13	13
2010	25	24
2009	20	20
2008	21	20
2007	27	25
2006	28	26
2005	28	23
2004	25	25
2003	19	18
2002	20	17
2001	28	23
2000	36	34
1999	19	19
1998	15	14
1997	36	32
1996	27	25
1995	32	30
1994	26	24
1993	36	32
1992	34	27
1991	31	28
1990	34	30
1989	28	25
1988	38	37
1987	37	33
1986	37	35
1985	30	29
1984	41	37
1983	29	27
1982	26	24
1981	23	21
1980	52	49
1979	35	33
1978	52	49
1977	25	23
1976	40	37
1975	51	46

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.Cumberland County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cumberland County	Maine	United States
2024	7.3	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.0	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. Cumberland County had 314,665 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 197 fatal crashes	71	197 fatal crashes	36.0%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 197 fatal crashes	42	197 fatal crashes	21.3%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 129 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	129 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.0%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 212 deaths	34	212 deaths	16.0%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 212 deaths	5	212 deaths	2.4%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 212 deaths	42	212 deaths	19.8%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 197 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	197 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.3%	81.0%
In the darkof 197 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	197 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Cumberland 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	5	8	9	10	32
Monday	1 or 2	13	7	8	29
Tuesday	4	4	14	6	28
Wednesday	3	11	6	8	28
Thursday	3	6	5	9	23
Friday	3	1 or 2	12	11	28
Saturday	3	7	8	11	29
All days	22	51	61	63	197

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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	23	11.7%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	37	18.8%	20.5%
Minor arterial	45	22.8%	18.3%
Major collector	43	21.8%	26.1%
Minor collector	8	4.1%	7.6%
Local	39	19.8%	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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	107
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	4
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	152
Cloudy	26
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cumberland	In all of Maine
Interstate 95	Interstate	10	98
State Route 4	State highway	3	41
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 11	State highway	5	31
State Route 26	State highway	7	22
US Route 1	US highway	10	92
US Route 1A	US highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 202	US highway	5	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.Cumberland 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
Cumberland County: 7.0

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 Cumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Androscoggin County	Maine	14	118	10.7
Oxford County	Maine	13	101	17.3
Sagadahoc County	Maine	5	32	8.8
York County	Maine	25	210	10.0

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 206 deaths in Cumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 212 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cumberland in 2024?

The rate of Cumberland County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Cumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 71 of 197 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 Cumberland?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 44 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.