Craven County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Craven County in 2024.

FARS records 131 deaths in 123 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.8 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, Craven County was number 43 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Craven County fell by 0.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (132) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (131).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.5% of the fatal crashes in Craven 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 Craven 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.Craven County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	1 or 2
2023	8	7	0
2022	21	19	1 or 2
2021	15	15	4
2020	10	10	3
2019	11	11	1 or 2
2018	10	8	1 or 2
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	19	19	6
2015	16	15	3
2015 to 2024	131	123	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1976)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Craven County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	8	7
2022	21	19
2021	15	15
2020	10	10
2019	11	11
2018	10	8
2017	9	8
2016	19	19
2015	16	15
2014	10	9
2013	17	15
2012	13	13
2011	25	20
2010	6	5
2009	16	15
2008	10	8
2007	13	11
2006	11	11
2005	11	11
2004	26	21
2003	16	15
2002	12	12
2001	13	12
2000	14	14
1999	15	13
1998	15	13
1997	7	6
1996	9	7
1995	10	9
1994	14	14
1993	10	10
1992	14	12
1991	9	9
1990	10	9
1989	11	10
1988	14	12
1987	16	14
1986	16	16
1985	16	14
1984	14	13
1983	10	10
1982	8	8
1981	11	11
1980	5	4
1979	15	12
1978	17	15
1977	21	14
1976	28	21
1975	25	21

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.Craven County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Craven County	North Carolina	United States
2024	11.5	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.8	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. Craven County had 104,173 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Craven County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 123 fatal crashes	22	123 fatal crashes	17.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 123 fatal crashes	36	123 fatal crashes	29.3%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.8%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 131 deaths	25	131 deaths	19.1%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 131 deaths	4	131 deaths	3.1%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 131 deaths	10	131 deaths	7.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 123 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	123 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.5%	57.2%
In the darkof 123 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	123 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	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.Craven 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	7	4	6	8	25
Monday	0	4	5	5	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	7	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	3	7	19
Thursday	0	8	5	4	17
Friday	5	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	11
Saturday	5	3	7	6	21
All days	21	28	35	39	123

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.Craven County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	1 or 2	0.8%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	13	10.6%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	49	39.8%	27.0%
Minor arterial	17	13.8%	16.1%
Major collector	15	12.2%	15.1%
Minor collector	6	4.9%	5.7%
Local	22	17.9%	22.3%
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.Craven County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Craven County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	86
Cloudy	21
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Craven County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Craven	In all of North Carolina
State Route 43	State highway	9	44
State Route 55	State highway	12	89
US Route 17	US highway	24	188
US Route 70	US highway	22	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.Craven 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
Craven County: 12.8

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 Craven County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Beaufort County	North Carolina	11	71	15.5
Carteret County	North Carolina	13	93	13.5
Jones County	North Carolina	1 or 2	26	27.6
Lenoir County	North Carolina	15	129	23.1
Pamlico County	North Carolina	3	23	18.3
Pitt County	North Carolina	26	261	14.7

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 Craven 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.

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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 Craven in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 132 deaths in Craven County from 2005 to 2014. It records 131 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Craven in 2024?

The rate of Craven County in 2024 was 11.5 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 Craven had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 123 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 Craven?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 67 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.