York County, Maine: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in York County in 2024.

FARS records 210 deaths in 195 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.0 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, York County was number 2 of 16 counties of Maine.

Deaths in York County fell by 0.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (211) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (210).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 42.5% of the occupants killed in York County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 52.4% 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 York 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.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	25	7
2023	18	17	3
2022	26	24	11
2021	18	15	7
2020	25	24	13
2019	15	15	1 or 2
2018	22	18	5
2017	19	18	8
2016	21	20	5
2015	21	19	10
2015 to 2024	210	195	71

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 36 (1981)2024: 25

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

Table 2.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	25
2023	18	17
2022	26	24
2021	18	15
2020	25	24
2019	15	15
2018	22	18
2017	19	18
2016	21	20
2015	21	19
2014	12	11
2013	17	17
2012	29	27
2011	10	9
2010	24	23
2009	22	22
2008	26	23
2007	26	23
2006	20	20
2005	25	21
2004	23	21
2003	25	23
2002	17	17
2001	29	25
2000	21	21
1999	23	22
1998	13	13
1997	15	13
1996	24	22
1995	16	16
1994	27	25
1993	19	18
1992	24	21
1991	28	27
1990	27	26
1989	29	25
1988	28	24
1987	34	30
1986	29	29
1985	29	27
1984	25	24
1983	28	23
1982	29	23
1981	36	31
1980	27	27
1979	30	24
1978	31	27
1977	22	20
1976	21	18
1975	23	20

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.York County beside Maine and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	York County	Maine	United States
2024	11.3	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.0	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. York County had 221,106 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.York County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Maine
A driver recorded as drinkingof 195 fatal crashes	71	195 fatal crashes	36.4%	36.9%
A speeding-related driverof 195 fatal crashes	61	195 fatal crashes	31.3%	28.0%
No restraint usedof 153 occupant deaths with restraint use known	65	153 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.5%	52.4%
Pedestriansof 210 deaths	16	210 deaths	7.6%	10.0%
Bicyclistsof 210 deaths	1 or 2	210 deaths	1.0%	1.1%
Motorcyclistsof 210 deaths	38	210 deaths	18.1%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 193 fatal crashes with the condition reported	155	193 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.3%	81.0%
In the darkof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.1%	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.York 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	6	6	5	19
Monday	1 or 2	6	11	1 or 2	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	12	10	29
Wednesday	5	7	10	9	31
Thursday	5	9	6	6	26
Friday	3	5	10	7	25
Saturday	14	4	16	10	44
All days	33	42	71	49	195

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.York County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Maine
Interstate	18	9.3%	7.0%
Other freeways and expressways	4	2.1%	0.6%
Other principal arterial	20	10.4%	20.5%
Minor arterial	31	16.1%	18.3%
Major collector	53	27.5%	26.1%
Minor collector	13	6.7%	7.6%
Local	54	28.0%	19.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.York County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	110
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	5
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.York County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	147
Cloudy	28
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 York County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In York	In all of Maine
Interstate 95	Interstate	23	98
State Route 4	State highway	10	41
State Route 9	State highway	5	30
State Route 11	State highway	8	31
US Route 1	US highway	8	92
US Route 1A	US highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 202	US highway	7	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.York 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
York County: 10.0

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 York County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cumberland County	Maine	23	212	7.0
Oxford County	Maine	13	101	17.3
Carroll County	New Hampshire	10	85	17.0
Rockingham County	New Hampshire	30	239	7.6
Strafford County	New Hampshire	7	119	9.1

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 York 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 York in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 211 deaths in York County from 2005 to 2014. It records 210 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of York in 2024?

The rate of York County in 2024 was 11.3 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 York had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 71 of 195 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 York?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.