Hancock County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Hancock County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.4 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, Hancock County was number 6 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Hancock County fell by 1.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (110) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 99.0% of the fatal crashes in Hancock 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 Hancock 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.Hancock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	1 or 2
2023	10	10	3
2022	16	13	7
2021	15	12	3
2020	15	15	7
2019	14	12	3
2018	7	6	4
2017	7	7	5
2016	10	9	4
2015	8	8	3
2015 to 2024	108	98	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1980)2024: 6

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

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

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.Hancock County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hancock County	Maine	United States
2024	10.5	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.4	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. Hancock County had 57,130 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hancock County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	40	98 fatal crashes	40.8%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	28	98 fatal crashes	28.6%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 76 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	76 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.3%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	13	108 deaths	12.0%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	0	108 deaths	0.0%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	15	108 deaths	13.9%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	99.0%	81.0%
In the darkof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.8%	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.Hancock 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	5	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	9	1 or 2	18
Wednesday	0	5	8	8	21
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	3	12
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	8
Saturday	4	1 or 2	6	5	16
All days	13	18	38	29	98

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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	0	0.0%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	20	21.1%	20.5%
Minor arterial	15	15.8%	18.3%
Major collector	33	34.7%	26.1%
Minor collector	14	14.7%	7.6%
Local	13	13.7%	19.9%
Not reported	3	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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hancock County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	16
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
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 Hancock County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hancock	In all of Maine
State Route 9	State highway	4	30
State Route 15	State highway	11	23
US Route 1	US highway	10	92
US Route 1A	US highway	6	22

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.Hancock 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
Hancock County: 19.4

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 Maine

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Hancock County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Knox County	Maine	3	44	10.9
Penobscot County	Maine	24	187	12.2
Waldo County	Maine	5	68	17.1
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 Hancock 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

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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 Hancock in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 110 deaths in Hancock County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hancock in 2024?

The rate of Hancock County in 2024 was 10.5 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 Hancock had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 98 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 Hancock?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 31 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.