Greene County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Greene County in 2024.

FARS records 36 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.4 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, Greene County was number 82 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Greene County fell by 14.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (42) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (36).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.1% of the fatal crashes in Greene 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 Greene 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.Greene County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	3	3	0
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2021	6	6	3
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	5	5	0
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015	5	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	36	35	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1979)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Greene County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	3	3
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	6	6
2020	4	4
2019	5	5
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	5	5
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	5	4
2014	3	3
2013	3	1 or 2
2012	5	4
2011	3	3
2010	4	1 or 2
2009	5	4
2008	8	8
2007	0	0
2006	5	5
2005	6	5
2004	3	3
2003	7	6
2002	4	4
2001	6	4
2000	5	5
1999	1 or 2	1 or 2
1998	7	7
1997	7	7
1996	11	8
1995	3	3
1994	3	1 or 2
1993	6	4
1992	1 or 2	1 or 2
1991	6	6
1990	7	6
1989	1 or 2	1 or 2
1988	3	3
1987	5	5
1986	3	3
1985	15	8
1984	5	4
1983	6	4
1982	8	8
1981	0	0
1980	4	4
1979	17	14
1978	7	6
1977	6	6
1976	3	3
1975	4	4

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.Greene County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Greene County	North Carolina	United States
2024	19.3	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.4	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. Greene County had 20,700 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Greene County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 35 fatal crashes	11	35 fatal crashes	31.4%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 35 fatal crashes	12	35 fatal crashes	34.3%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	15	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.7%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 36 deaths	1 or 2	36 deaths	5.6%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 36 deaths	0	36 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 36 deaths	1 or 2	36 deaths	5.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 35 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	35 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.1%	57.2%
In the darkof 35 fatal crashes with the condition reported	14	35 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	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.Greene 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	0	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	1 or 2
Tuesday	0	3	4	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Saturday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4	7
All days	4	6	11	14	35

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.Greene 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	2.9%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	6	17.1%	27.0%
Minor arterial	9	25.7%	16.1%
Major collector	13	37.1%	15.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	5.7%	5.7%
Local	4	11.4%	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.Greene County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	19
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Greene County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	32
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Greene County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Greene	In all of North Carolina
State Route 58	State highway	4	31
State Route 903	State highway	7	41
US Route 13	US highway	6	76
US Route 258	US highway	3	64
US Route 264	US highway	3	87

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.Greene 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
Greene County: 17.4

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 Greene County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lenoir County	North Carolina	15	129	23.1
Pitt County	North Carolina	26	261	14.7
Wayne County	North Carolina	21	209	17.2
Wilson County	North Carolina	21	164	20.3

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 Greene 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. Greene County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nc/greene/. 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 Greene in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 42 deaths in Greene County from 2005 to 2014. It records 36 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Greene in 2024?

The rate of Greene County in 2024 was 19.3 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 Greene had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 35 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 Greene?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 23 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.