Kennebec County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Kennebec County in 2024.

FARS records 155 deaths in 140 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.5 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, Kennebec County was number 4 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Kennebec County did not change between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (155) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (155).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 40.0% of fatal crashes in Kennebec County and 36.9% 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 Kennebec 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.Kennebec County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	20	5
2023	12	12	4
2022	19	19	8
2021	14	12	7
2020	19	13	5
2019	14	11	8
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	18	16	4
2016	15	14	4
2015	14	13	9
2015 to 2024	155	140	56

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2002)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Kennebec County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	20
2023	12	12
2022	19	19
2021	14	12
2020	19	13
2019	14	11
2018	10	10
2017	18	16
2016	15	14
2015	14	13
2014	11	11
2013	19	16
2012	16	14
2011	17	12
2010	7	7
2009	16	16
2008	18	17
2007	14	13
2006	19	15
2005	18	17
2004	7	7
2003	17	14
2002	31	27
2001	16	14
2000	20	20
1999	15	14
1998	21	20
1997	11	11
1996	13	12
1995	17	16
1994	18	17
1993	13	12
1992	13	12
1991	10	8
1990	29	28
1989	13	13
1988	30	25
1987	19	19
1986	19	19
1985	21	18
1984	24	22
1983	15	15
1982	9	9
1981	20	17
1980	22	19
1979	23	18
1978	16	11
1977	19	19
1976	19	16
1975	20	16

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.Kennebec County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Kennebec County	Maine	United States
2024	15.5	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.5	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. Kennebec County had 128,672 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Kennebec County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 140 fatal crashes	56	140 fatal crashes	40.0%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 140 fatal crashes	38	140 fatal crashes	27.1%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	55	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 155 deaths	15	155 deaths	9.7%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 155 deaths	1 or 2	155 deaths	0.6%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 155 deaths	28	155 deaths	18.1%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 140 fatal crashes with the condition reported	110	140 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.6%	81.0%
In the darkof 139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.3%	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.Kennebec 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	4	7	5	18
Monday	5	3	9	4	21
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	5	4	11
Wednesday	3	6	7	1 or 2	18
Thursday	1 or 2	8	5	4	18
Friday	3	6	8	7	24
Saturday	7	5	6	12	30
All days	21	34	47	38	140

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.Kennebec County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	19	13.6%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.4%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	8	5.7%	20.5%
Minor arterial	42	30.0%	18.3%
Major collector	36	25.7%	26.1%
Minor collector	8	5.7%	7.6%
Local	25	17.9%	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.Kennebec County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	73
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	5
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Kennebec County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	24
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Kennebec County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Kennebec	In all of Maine
Interstate 95	Interstate	20	98
State Route 9	State highway	3	30
State Route 11	State highway	3	31
US Route 201	US highway	6	26
US Route 202	US highway	14	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.Kennebec 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
Kennebec County: 12.5

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 Kennebec County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Androscoggin County	Maine	14	118	10.7
Franklin County	Maine	5	46	15.2
Lincoln County	Maine	3	44	12.5
Sagadahoc County	Maine	5	32	8.8
Somerset County	Maine	15	97	19.1
Waldo County	Maine	5	68	17.1

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 Kennebec 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. Kennebec County, Maine: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/me/kennebec/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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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 Kennebec in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 155 deaths in Kennebec County from 2005 to 2014. It records 155 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Kennebec in 2024?

The rate of Kennebec County in 2024 was 15.5 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 Kennebec had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 56 of 140 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 Kennebec?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 46 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.