Cumberland County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 59 deaths in 58 fatal crashes in Cumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 501 deaths in 457 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.9 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, Cumberland County was number 5 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Cumberland County fell by 0.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (503) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (501).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.8% of the fatal crashes in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	59	58	12
2023	52	43	11
2022	44	40	9
2021	59	54	18
2020	56	48	5
2019	56	54	13
2018	46	42	15
2017	43	43	8
2016	43	35	13
2015	43	40	12
2015 to 2024	501	457	116

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 64 (1984)2024: 59

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

Table 2.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	59	58
2023	52	43
2022	44	40
2021	59	54
2020	56	48
2019	56	54
2018	46	42
2017	43	43
2016	43	35
2015	43	40
2014	40	37
2013	53	48
2012	61	59
2011	46	45
2010	47	45
2009	50	44
2008	36	35
2007	55	54
2006	54	47
2005	61	56
2004	51	49
2003	51	46
2002	39	35
2001	55	45
2000	40	39
1999	43	40
1998	38	34
1997	46	40
1996	56	47
1995	56	47
1994	50	43
1993	49	37
1992	48	45
1991	45	41
1990	38	35
1989	35	34
1988	35	31
1987	57	51
1986	41	40
1985	55	50
1984	64	54
1983	48	45
1982	44	39
1981	30	29
1980	30	27
1979	57	48
1978	46	39
1977	38	32
1976	60	54
1975	53	47

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.Cumberland County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cumberland County	North Carolina	United States
2024	17.5	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.9	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. Cumberland County had 337,248 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 457 fatal crashes	116	457 fatal crashes	25.4%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 457 fatal crashes	151	457 fatal crashes	33.0%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 257 occupant deaths with restraint use known	128	257 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.8%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 501 deaths	121	501 deaths	24.2%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 501 deaths	7	501 deaths	1.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 501 deaths	98	501 deaths	19.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 456 fatal crashes with the condition reported	168	456 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	57.2%
In the darkof 455 fatal crashes with the condition reported	243	455 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.4%	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.Cumberland 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	16	12	17	16	61
Monday	5	10	20	30	65
Tuesday	3	9	14	30	56
Wednesday	7	6	14	23	50
Thursday	14	9	14	19	56
Friday	14	13	21	39	87
Saturday	18	9	20	35	82
All days	77	68	120	192	457

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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	37	8.1%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	15	3.3%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	155	33.9%	27.0%
Minor arterial	98	21.4%	16.1%
Major collector	38	8.3%	15.1%
Minor collector	14	3.1%	5.7%
Local	100	21.9%	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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	190
Dark, not lighted	145
Dark, lighted	97
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	20
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	370
Cloudy	39
Rain	39
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	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cumberland	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 95	Interstate	35	196
State Route 24	State highway	15	151
State Route 53	State highway	5	25
State Route 87	State highway	21	122
State Route 210	State highway	22	68
US Route 13	US highway	7	76
US Route 301	US highway	17	93
US Route 401	US highway	51	177

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.Cumberland 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
Cumberland County: 14.9

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 Cumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bladen County	North Carolina	6	108	34.3
Harnett County	North Carolina	35	293	21.6
Hoke County	North Carolina	15	138	25.6
Moore County	North Carolina	17	183	18.1
Robeson County	North Carolina	46	531	42.5
Sampson County	North Carolina	21	199	32.4

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 503 deaths in Cumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 501 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cumberland in 2024?

The rate of Cumberland County in 2024 was 17.5 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 Cumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 116 of 457 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 Cumberland?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 173 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.