Oxford County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Oxford County in 2024.

FARS records 101 deaths in 92 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.3 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, Oxford County was number 7 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Oxford County rose by 21.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (83) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (101).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.9% of the fatal crashes in Oxford 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 Oxford 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.Oxford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	7
2023	8	6	1 or 2
2022	8	7	1 or 2
2021	11	9	3
2020	6	6	3
2019	17	17	6
2018	12	11	6
2017	6	5	1 or 2
2016	9	9	4
2015	11	10	7
2015 to 2024	101	92	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1988)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Oxford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	8	6
2022	8	7
2021	11	9
2020	6	6
2019	17	17
2018	12	11
2017	6	5
2016	9	9
2015	11	10
2014	12	10
2013	6	5
2012	10	9
2011	5	5
2010	5	5
2009	10	9
2008	7	7
2007	5	5
2006	14	14
2005	9	9
2004	16	14
2003	11	10
2002	11	11
2001	14	11
2000	6	4
1999	12	10
1998	10	10
1997	4	4
1996	5	5
1995	15	11
1994	9	8
1993	10	10
1992	8	8
1991	9	8
1990	10	10
1989	16	16
1988	22	20
1987	13	12
1986	8	7
1985	18	15
1984	17	12
1983	10	10
1982	10	10
1981	15	10
1980	1 or 2	1 or 2
1979	17	12
1978	13	12
1977	9	9
1976	12	12
1975	6	6

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.Oxford County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Oxford County	Maine	United States
2024	21.7	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.3	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. Oxford County had 59,970 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oxford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 92 fatal crashes	42	92 fatal crashes	45.7%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 92 fatal crashes	21	92 fatal crashes	22.8%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.5%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 101 deaths	6	101 deaths	5.9%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 101 deaths	3	101 deaths	3.0%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 101 deaths	17	101 deaths	16.8%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.9%	81.0%
In the darkof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.3%	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.Oxford 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	4	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	9
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	0	5	4	3	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	3	15
Thursday	0	1 or 2	4	4	10
Friday	1 or 2	3	5	10	19
Saturday	4	1 or 2	10	1 or 2	17
All days	12	18	38	24	92

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.Oxford 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	24	26.1%	20.5%
Minor arterial	12	13.0%	18.3%
Major collector	26	28.3%	26.1%
Minor collector	8	8.7%	7.6%
Local	22	23.9%	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.Oxford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Oxford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	12
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Oxford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Oxford	In all of Maine
State Route 26	State highway	12	22
US Route 2	US highway	5	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.Oxford 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
Oxford County: 17.3

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 Oxford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Androscoggin County	Maine	14	118	10.7
Cumberland County	Maine	23	212	7.0
Franklin County	Maine	5	46	15.2
York County	Maine	25	210	10.0
Carroll County	New Hampshire	10	85	17.0
Coos County	New Hampshire	1 or 2	53	16.8

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 Oxford 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 Oxford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 83 deaths in Oxford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 101 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Oxford in 2024?

The rate of Oxford County in 2024 was 21.7 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 Oxford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 of 92 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 Oxford?

FARS records 12 fatal crashes on State Route 26 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 2 in the county from 2015 to 2024.