Currituck County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Currituck County in 2024.

FARS records 45 deaths in 42 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.8 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, Currituck County was number 78 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Currituck County fell by 21.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (57) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (45).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.5% of the fatal crashes in Currituck 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 Currituck 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.Currituck County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2022	7	6	0
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	4	4	0
2019	7	5	1 or 2
2018	0	0	0
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	9	9	0
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	45	42	6

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (2007)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Currituck County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	7	6
2021	6	6
2020	4	4
2019	7	5
2018	0	0
2017	5	5
2016	9	9
2015	4	4
2014	4	4
2013	4	3
2012	3	3
2011	5	5
2010	3	3
2009	4	4
2008	5	4
2007	14	12
2006	8	7
2005	7	7
2004	6	4
2003	4	4
2002	11	8
2001	10	9
2000	4	4
1999	5	5
1998	4	4
1997	6	6
1996	4	3
1995	3	3
1994	9	7
1993	11	10
1992	7	7
1991	7	5
1990	4	4
1989	8	8
1988	7	5
1987	9	8
1986	10	7
1985	8	6
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	7	7
1982	5	5
1981	1 or 2	1 or 2
1980	1 or 2	1 or 2
1979	5	5
1978	12	10
1977	12	9
1976	8	5
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

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.Currituck County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Currituck County	North Carolina	United States
2024	n/a	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.8	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Currituck County had 32,436 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Currituck County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 42 fatal crashes	6	42 fatal crashes	14.3%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 42 fatal crashes	11	42 fatal crashes	26.2%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 30 occupant deaths with restraint use known	9	30 occupant deathswith restraint use known	30.0%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 45 deaths	8	45 deaths	17.8%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 45 deaths	1 or 2	45 deaths	4.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 45 deaths	5	45 deaths	11.1%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.5%	57.2%
In the darkof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.1%	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.Currituck 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	3	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Monday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5	10
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Thursday	0	3	0	1 or 2	4
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	6
Saturday	0	0	1 or 2	3	4
All days	4	10	13	15	42

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.Currituck County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	2.4%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	12	28.6%	27.0%
Minor arterial	21	50.0%	16.1%
Major collector	4	9.5%	15.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	5.7%
Local	4	9.5%	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.Currituck County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	26
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Currituck County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	34
Cloudy	4
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Currituck County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Currituck	In all of North Carolina
US Route 158	US highway	23	139

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.Currituck 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
Currituck County: 15.8

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 Currituck County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Camden County	North Carolina	0	9	8.4
Dare County	North Carolina	7	43	11.6
Tyrrell County	North Carolina	4	11	29.5
Chesapeake city	Virginia	19	177	7.2
Virginia Beach city	Virginia	24	271	6.0

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 Currituck 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

Fatal Roads. Currituck County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nc/currituck/. 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 Currituck in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 57 deaths in Currituck County from 2005 to 2014. It records 45 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 6 of 42 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 Currituck?

FARS records 23 fatal crashes on US Route 158 in the county from 2015 to 2024.