Harnett County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 33 fatal crashes in Harnett County in 2024.

FARS records 293 deaths in 267 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.6 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, Harnett County was number 11 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Harnett County rose by 27.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (230) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (293).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.6% of the fatal crashes in Harnett 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 Harnett 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.Harnett County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	33	5
2023	30	25	6
2022	17	16	1 or 2
2021	37	36	8
2020	35	30	3
2019	23	21	1 or 2
2018	37	32	10
2017	34	32	7
2016	22	20	8
2015	23	22	10
2015 to 2024	293	267	60

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (2018)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Harnett County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	33
2023	30	25
2022	17	16
2021	37	36
2020	35	30
2019	23	21
2018	37	32
2017	34	32
2016	22	20
2015	23	22
2014	23	22
2013	27	23
2012	21	21
2011	22	21
2010	23	20
2009	17	16
2008	23	17
2007	25	25
2006	29	26
2005	20	19
2004	32	30
2003	35	30
2002	22	19
2001	19	17
2000	32	27
1999	28	25
1998	17	17
1997	27	22
1996	22	18
1995	27	25
1994	20	20
1993	21	20
1992	18	16
1991	25	23
1990	25	23
1989	31	27
1988	32	28
1987	19	17
1986	32	31
1985	29	25
1984	23	23
1983	24	21
1982	26	24
1981	24	22
1980	23	20
1979	32	28
1978	20	19
1977	23	22
1976	28	24
1975	23	22

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.Harnett County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Harnett County	North Carolina	United States
2024	23.9	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.6	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. Harnett County had 146,456 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Harnett County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 267 fatal crashes	60	267 fatal crashes	22.5%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 267 fatal crashes	103	267 fatal crashes	38.6%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 208 occupant deaths with restraint use known	98	208 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 293 deaths	36	293 deaths	12.3%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 293 deaths	7	293 deaths	2.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 293 deaths	34	293 deaths	11.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 267 fatal crashes with the condition reported	218	267 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.6%	57.2%
In the darkof 267 fatal crashes with the condition reported	116	267 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.4%	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.Harnett 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	6	5	10	13	34
Monday	1 or 2	6	10	8	25
Tuesday	6	14	7	12	39
Wednesday	4	9	7	12	32
Thursday	3	9	14	14	40
Friday	3	6	16	12	37
Saturday	12	5	14	29	60
All days	35	54	78	100	267

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.Harnett County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	6	2.3%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	91	34.2%	27.0%
Minor arterial	35	13.2%	16.1%
Major collector	34	12.8%	15.1%
Minor collector	23	8.6%	5.7%
Local	77	28.9%	22.3%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Harnett County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	138
Dark, not lighted	108
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	8
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Harnett County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	214
Cloudy	21
Rain	26
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Harnett County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Harnett	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 95	Interstate	6	196
State Route 24	State highway	13	151
State Route 27	State highway	16	56
State Route 55	State highway	4	89
State Route 87	State highway	17	122
State Route 210	State highway	17	68
US Route 301	US highway	5	93
US Route 401	US highway	13	177
US Route 421	US highway	26	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.Harnett 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
Harnett County: 21.6

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 Harnett County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chatham County	North Carolina	17	141	18.6
Cumberland County	North Carolina	59	501	14.9
Johnston County	North Carolina	40	341	15.8
Lee County	North Carolina	12	135	21.4
Moore County	North Carolina	17	183	18.1
Sampson County	North Carolina	21	199	32.4
Wake County	North Carolina	83	772	6.9

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 Harnett 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 Harnett in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 230 deaths in Harnett County from 2005 to 2014. It records 293 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Harnett in 2024?

The rate of Harnett County in 2024 was 23.9 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 Harnett had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 60 of 267 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 Harnett?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 117 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.