Guilford County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 74 deaths in 70 fatal crashes in Guilford County in 2024.

FARS records 649 deaths in 607 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.1 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, Guilford County was number 3 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Guilford County rose by 18.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (548) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (649).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 20.8% of the fatal crashes in Guilford 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 Guilford 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.Guilford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	74	70	10
2023	54	54	17
2022	66	62	12
2021	88	84	25
2020	64	57	17
2019	61	58	21
2018	60	55	14
2017	66	56	18
2016	59	57	16
2015	57	54	17
2015 to 2024	649	607	167

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 88 (2021)2024: 74

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

Table 2.Guilford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	74	70
2023	54	54
2022	66	62
2021	88	84
2020	64	57
2019	61	58
2018	60	55
2017	66	56
2016	59	57
2015	57	54
2014	57	52
2013	44	42
2012	45	42
2011	44	39
2010	62	52
2009	44	42
2008	68	64
2007	61	53
2006	42	38
2005	81	67
2004	46	44
2003	57	52
2002	48	45
2001	61	55
2000	58	56
1999	49	46
1998	69	60
1997	58	52
1996	56	53
1995	62	56
1994	63	54
1993	57	49
1992	37	32
1991	51	44
1990	38	35
1989	60	56
1988	63	57
1987	68	59
1986	69	64
1985	53	50
1984	56	53
1983	51	42
1982	40	36
1981	60	59
1980	60	54
1979	62	54
1978	50	48
1977	60	52
1976	64	56
1975	56	56

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.Guilford County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Guilford County	North Carolina	United States
2024	13.3	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.1	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. Guilford County had 557,059 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Guilford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 607 fatal crashes	167	607 fatal crashes	27.5%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 607 fatal crashes	204	607 fatal crashes	33.6%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 385 occupant deaths with restraint use known	188	385 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.8%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 649 deaths	138	649 deaths	21.3%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 649 deaths	11	649 deaths	1.7%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 649 deaths	92	649 deaths	14.2%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 606 fatal crashes with the condition reported	126	606 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	20.8%	57.2%
In the darkof 605 fatal crashes with the condition reported	327	605 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.0%	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.Guilford 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	29	16	16	22	83
Monday	9	14	17	29	69
Tuesday	12	16	25	27	80
Wednesday	14	19	22	27	82
Thursday	17	24	21	22	84
Friday	12	15	22	48	97
Saturday	30	18	21	42	111
All days	123	122	144	217	606

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.Guilford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	123	20.3%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	66	10.9%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	123	20.3%	27.0%
Minor arterial	114	18.8%	16.1%
Major collector	63	10.4%	15.1%
Minor collector	6	1.0%	5.7%
Local	112	18.5%	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.Guilford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	261
Dark, not lighted	155
Dark, lighted	169
Dawn	7
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Guilford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	438
Cloudy	99
Rain	65
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Guilford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Guilford	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 40	Interstate	55	363
Interstate 73	Interstate	19	55
Interstate 74	Interstate	8	34
Interstate 85	Interstate	37	324
State Route 62	State highway	10	22
State Route 150	State highway	7	90
US Route 29	US highway	47	165
US Route 70	US highway	28	318
US Route 158	US highway	1 or 2	139
US Route 220	US highway	7	54
US Route 421	US highway	10	197

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.Guilford 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
Guilford County: 12.1

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 Guilford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alamance County	North Carolina	25	214	12.6
Davidson County	North Carolina	33	306	18.1
Forsyth County	North Carolina	39	419	11.0
Randolph County	North Carolina	29	261	18.0
Rockingham County	North Carolina	13	155	16.9

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 Guilford 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 Guilford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 548 deaths in Guilford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 649 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Guilford in 2024?

The rate of Guilford County in 2024 was 13.3 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 Guilford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 167 of 607 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 Guilford?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 230 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.