Duplin County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Duplin County in 2024.

FARS records 181 deaths in 162 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 33.4 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, Duplin County was number 30 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Duplin County rose by 26.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (143) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (181).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 93.2% of the fatal crashes in Duplin 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 Duplin 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.Duplin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	18	6
2023	19	18	4
2022	21	20	4
2021	29	22	6
2020	17	17	5
2019	21	20	4
2018	18	15	3
2017	9	9	0
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	20	15	5
2015 to 2024	181	162	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2021)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Duplin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	18
2023	19	18
2022	21	20
2021	29	22
2020	17	17
2019	21	20
2018	18	15
2017	9	9
2016	8	8
2015	20	15
2014	17	14
2013	9	8
2012	15	14
2011	10	9
2010	18	17
2009	18	18
2008	13	13
2007	15	12
2006	12	11
2005	16	14
2004	9	9
2003	19	15
2002	16	14
2001	19	17
2000	19	16
1999	22	18
1998	25	21
1997	21	18
1996	20	19
1995	25	23
1994	18	15
1993	14	14
1992	10	10
1991	14	11
1990	4	4
1989	18	17
1988	12	12
1987	8	8
1986	10	8
1985	13	10
1984	19	18
1983	12	10
1982	12	12
1981	15	13
1980	19	16
1979	6	6
1978	11	11
1977	12	11
1976	18	17
1975	15	13

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.Duplin County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Duplin County	North Carolina	United States
2024	37.3	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	33.4	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. Duplin County had 51,002 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Duplin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 162 fatal crashes	39	162 fatal crashes	24.1%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 162 fatal crashes	45	162 fatal crashes	27.8%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	73	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.7%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 181 deaths	25	181 deaths	13.8%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 181 deaths	1 or 2	181 deaths	1.1%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 181 deaths	15	181 deaths	8.3%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 162 fatal crashes with the condition reported	151	162 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	93.2%	57.2%
In the darkof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.2%	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.Duplin 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	9	8	8	12	37
Monday	1 or 2	3	6	6	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	9	6	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	9	5	20
Thursday	4	4	6	7	21
Friday	1 or 2	3	7	5	16
Saturday	3	8	8	10	29
All days	22	36	53	51	162

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.Duplin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	13	8.0%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	31	19.1%	27.0%
Minor arterial	4	2.5%	16.1%
Major collector	52	32.1%	15.1%
Minor collector	17	10.5%	5.7%
Local	44	27.2%	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.Duplin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Duplin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	123
Cloudy	21
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Duplin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Duplin	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 40	Interstate	13	363
State Route 11	State highway	12	85
State Route 24	State highway	9	151
State Route 41	State highway	10	44
State Route 50	State highway	3	33
State Route 111	State highway	5	33
State Route 903	State highway	8	41
US Route 117	US highway	14	61

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.Duplin 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
Duplin County: 33.4

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 Duplin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jones County	North Carolina	1 or 2	26	27.6
Lenoir County	North Carolina	15	129	23.1
Onslow County	North Carolina	19	231	11.4
Pender County	North Carolina	7	159	25.2
Sampson County	North Carolina	21	199	32.4
Wayne County	North Carolina	21	209	17.2

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 Duplin 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 Duplin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 143 deaths in Duplin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 181 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Duplin in 2024?

The rate of Duplin County in 2024 was 37.3 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 Duplin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 162 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 Duplin?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 74 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.