Alamance County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 214 deaths in 200 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of North Carolina in the same years is 14.5.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Alamance County was number 22 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Alamance County rose by 25.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (171) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (214).

In the counties of North Carolina the deaths rose by 9.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 51.0% of the fatal crashes in Alamance County with a known setting were rural, against 57.2% in North Carolina.

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 Alamance 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.Alamance County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	25	4
2023	18	14	1 or 2
2022	29	25	4
2021	18	16	3
2020	30	30	9
2019	14	13	5
2018	15	14	5
2017	26	25	8
2016	15	14	3
2015	24	24	8
2015 to 2024	214	200	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2001)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Alamance County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	25
2023	18	14
2022	29	25
2021	18	16
2020	30	30
2019	14	13
2018	15	14
2017	26	25
2016	15	14
2015	24	24
2014	9	9
2013	23	21
2012	13	13
2011	15	15
2010	19	17
2009	16	16
2008	14	14
2007	17	14
2006	17	16
2005	28	28
2004	23	22
2003	20	19
2002	20	20
2001	32	28
2000	21	16
1999	24	18
1998	24	22
1997	15	15
1996	22	19
1995	25	23
1994	16	15
1993	9	9
1992	14	13
1991	20	18
1990	23	20
1989	21	20
1988	26	22
1987	21	19
1986	15	15
1985	22	22
1984	17	16
1983	13	10
1982	21	16
1981	29	27
1980	23	20
1979	24	22
1978	24	22
1977	14	14
1976	19	19
1975	25	23

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.Alamance County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Alamance County	North Carolina	United States
2024	13.6	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.6	14.5	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. Alamance County had 183,361 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Alamance County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 200 fatal crashes	51	200 fatal crashes	25.5%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 200 fatal crashes	67	200 fatal crashes	33.5%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 142 occupant deaths with restraint use known	70	142 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 214 deaths	32	214 deaths	15.0%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 214 deaths	4	214 deaths	1.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 214 deaths	28	214 deaths	13.1%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 200 fatal crashes with the condition reported	102	200 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.0%	57.2%
In the darkof 199 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	199 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.2%	46.3%

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.Alamance 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	8	3	7	11	29
Monday	3	5	6	6	20
Tuesday	4	9	7	15	35
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	11	6	24
Thursday	1 or 2	6	8	4	19
Friday	1 or 2	7	8	15	32
Saturday	10	3	11	17	41
All days	30	38	58	74	200

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.Alamance County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	25	12.6%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	40	20.1%	27.0%
Minor arterial	43	21.6%	16.1%
Major collector	36	18.1%	15.1%
Minor collector	11	5.5%	5.7%
Local	43	21.6%	22.3%
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.Alamance County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	100
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	42
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Alamance County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	170
Cloudy	13
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Alamance County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Alamance	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 40	Interstate	20	363
Interstate 85	Interstate	5	324
State Route 49	State highway	14	70
State Route 54	State highway	8	28
State Route 62	State highway	6	22
State Route 87	State highway	23	122
US Route 70	US highway	19	318

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 North Carolina

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Alamance County on the county map of North Carolina

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 106 counties
10 to 14.925 counties
15 to 19.934 counties
20 to 29.922 counties
30 or more13 counties
Alamance County: 12.6

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 North Carolina

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Alamance County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caswell County	North Carolina	7	55	24.4
Chatham County	North Carolina	17	141	18.6
Guilford County	North Carolina	74	649	12.1
Orange County	North Carolina	22	147	10.0
Randolph County	North Carolina	29	261	18.0
Rockingham County	North Carolina	13	155	16.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of North Carolina have a population nearest to that of Alamance 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.
North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety ProgramThe highway safety office of North Carolina.

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 Alamance in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 171 deaths in Alamance County from 2005 to 2014. It records 214 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Alamance in 2024?

The rate of Alamance County in 2024 was 13.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of North Carolina was 14.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Alamance had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 200 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 Alamance?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 95 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.