Granville County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Granville County in 2024.

FARS records 138 deaths in 126 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.9 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, Granville County was number 40 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Granville County rose by 3.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (134) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (138).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 79.4% of the fatal crashes in Granville 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 Granville 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.Granville County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	1 or 2
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	15	14	5
2021	18	16	4
2020	17	14	7
2019	18	18	4
2018	17	14	8
2017	12	11	3
2016	12	11	3
2015	12	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	138	126	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2007)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Granville County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	8	8
2022	15	14
2021	18	16
2020	17	14
2019	18	18
2018	17	14
2017	12	11
2016	12	11
2015	12	11
2014	18	18
2013	8	8
2012	14	13
2011	14	13
2010	13	13
2009	15	12
2008	5	5
2007	23	20
2006	13	13
2005	11	11
2004	11	9
2003	7	6
2002	15	14
2001	11	11
2000	12	10
1999	10	9
1998	8	7
1997	14	13
1996	15	14
1995	8	6
1994	6	6
1993	15	14
1992	7	7
1991	9	7
1990	14	12
1989	20	19
1988	20	18
1987	10	9
1986	15	13
1985	10	10
1984	12	10
1983	9	7
1982	7	7
1981	18	14
1980	13	12
1979	11	11
1978	12	11
1977	8	6
1976	6	6
1975	14	12

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.Granville County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Granville County	North Carolina	United States
2024	14.6	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.9	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. Granville County had 61,628 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Granville County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 126 fatal crashes	39	126 fatal crashes	31.0%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 126 fatal crashes	41	126 fatal crashes	32.5%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 112 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	112 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.2%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 138 deaths	9	138 deaths	6.5%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 138 deaths	1 or 2	138 deaths	1.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 138 deaths	13	138 deaths	9.4%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	100	126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	79.4%	57.2%
In the darkof 126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.3%	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.Granville 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	3	5	7	18
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	6	13
Tuesday	3	5	5	3	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	6	18
Thursday	4	4	5	3	16
Friday	1 or 2	5	5	10	22
Saturday	4	5	6	8	23
All days	17	28	38	43	126

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.Granville County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	26	20.6%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	24	19.0%	27.0%
Minor arterial	28	22.2%	16.1%
Major collector	12	9.5%	15.1%
Minor collector	11	8.7%	5.7%
Local	25	19.8%	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.Granville County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	69
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Granville County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	16
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Granville County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Granville	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 85	Interstate	26	324
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 86	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 96	State highway	9	27
US Route 15	US highway	12	62
US Route 158	US highway	14	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.Granville 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
Granville County: 22.9

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 Granville County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Durham County	North Carolina	31	296	9.2
Franklin County	North Carolina	17	154	21.9
Person County	North Carolina	6	60	15.2
Vance County	North Carolina	4	95	21.9
Wake County	North Carolina	83	772	6.9
Halifax County	Virginia	7	94	27.5
Mecklenburg County	Virginia	12	99	32.3

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 Granville 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 Granville in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 134 deaths in Granville County from 2005 to 2014. It records 138 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Granville in 2024?

The rate of Granville County in 2024 was 14.6 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 Granville had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 126 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 Granville?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 64 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.