Waldo County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Waldo County in 2024.

FARS records 68 deaths in 65 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.1 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, Waldo County was number 10 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in Waldo County rose by 17.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (58) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (68).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.4% of the fatal crashes in Waldo 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 Waldo County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Waldo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	3	3	0
2022	8	8	4
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	11	11	6
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	13	12	4
2016	10	9	5
2015	3	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	68	65	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1992)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Waldo County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	3	3
2022	8	8
2021	4	4
2020	11	11
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	9	8
2017	13	12
2016	10	9
2015	3	3
2014	5	4
2013	5	5
2012	4	4
2011	5	5
2010	10	8
2009	4	4
2008	7	6
2007	6	6
2006	7	6
2005	5	5
2004	7	6
2003	12	9
2002	10	9
2001	8	8
2000	3	3
1999	5	4
1998	10	9
1997	8	8
1996	10	10
1995	8	8
1994	6	4
1993	7	7
1992	17	14
1991	5	5
1990	3	3
1989	1 or 2	1 or 2
1988	15	14
1987	7	6
1986	11	11
1985	11	9
1984	4	4
1983	3	3
1982	7	6
1981	10	7
1980	11	9
1979	8	7
1978	7	6
1977	9	7
1976	10	8
1975	7	5

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.Waldo County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Waldo County	Maine	United States
2024	12.3	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.1	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. Waldo County had 40,611 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Waldo County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 65 fatal crashes	25	65 fatal crashes	38.5%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 65 fatal crashes	19	65 fatal crashes	29.2%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.5%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 68 deaths	3	68 deaths	4.4%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 68 deaths	1 or 2	68 deaths	1.5%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 68 deaths	9	68 deaths	13.2%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 65 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	65 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.4%	81.0%
In the darkof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.4%	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.Waldo 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	3	3	3	9
Monday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	12
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Saturday	4	0	7	4	15
All days	9	9	28	19	65

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.Waldo 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	23	35.4%	20.5%
Minor arterial	3	4.6%	18.3%
Major collector	21	32.3%	26.1%
Minor collector	8	12.3%	7.6%
Local	10	15.4%	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.Waldo County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Waldo County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	10
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Waldo County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Waldo	In all of Maine
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	30
US Route 1	US highway	4	92
US Route 1A	US highway	5	22
US Route 202	US highway	1 or 2	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.Waldo 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
Waldo County: 17.1

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 Waldo County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hancock County	Maine	6	108	19.4
Kennebec County	Maine	20	155	12.5
Knox County	Maine	3	44	10.9
Lincoln County	Maine	3	44	12.5
Penobscot County	Maine	24	187	12.2
Somerset County	Maine	15	97	19.1

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 Waldo 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. Waldo County, Maine: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/me/waldo/. 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 Waldo in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 58 deaths in Waldo County from 2005 to 2014. It records 68 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Waldo in 2024?

The rate of Waldo County in 2024 was 12.3 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 Waldo had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 65 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 Waldo?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 11 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.