Hertford County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Hertford County in 2024.

FARS records 61 deaths in 54 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.8 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, Hertford County was number 68 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Hertford County rose by 5.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (58) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (61).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 92.6% of the fatal crashes in Hertford 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 Hertford 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.Hertford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	6	3
2023	3	3	1 or 2
2022	5	5	1 or 2
2021	9	5	3
2020	10	8	1 or 2
2019	5	5	0
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	8	8	5
2016	7	7	3
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	61	54	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1986)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Hertford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	6
2023	3	3
2022	5	5
2021	9	5
2020	10	8
2019	5	5
2018	3	3
2017	8	8
2016	7	7
2015	4	4
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	3	3
2012	3	3
2011	6	6
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	7	6
2008	11	8
2007	9	7
2006	10	9
2005	6	5
2004	10	10
2003	10	8
2002	5	5
2001	9	8
2000	13	13
1999	11	10
1998	4	4
1997	1 or 2	1 or 2
1996	11	7
1995	9	6
1994	9	9
1993	4	4
1992	10	9
1991	5	5
1990	5	5
1989	6	6
1988	8	8
1987	7	6
1986	16	15
1985	3	3
1984	5	5
1983	8	8
1982	9	9
1981	7	7
1980	5	5
1979	8	7
1978	9	8
1977	10	10
1976	9	9
1975	6	6

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.Hertford County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hertford County	North Carolina	United States
2024	36.7	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.8	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. Hertford County had 19,099 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hertford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 54 fatal crashes	22	54 fatal crashes	40.7%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 54 fatal crashes	22	54 fatal crashes	40.7%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 50 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	50 occupant deathswith restraint use known	70.0%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 61 deaths	4	61 deaths	6.6%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 61 deaths	1 or 2	61 deaths	3.3%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 61 deaths	4	61 deaths	6.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 54 fatal crashes with the condition reported	50	54 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	92.6%	57.2%
In the darkof 54 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	54 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.3%	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.Hertford 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	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	3	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4	7
Wednesday	0	0	3	3	6
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8	13
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	9
All days	7	11	13	23	54

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.Hertford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	1 or 2	1.9%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	12	22.2%	27.0%
Minor arterial	5	9.3%	16.1%
Major collector	16	29.6%	15.1%
Minor collector	5	9.3%	5.7%
Local	15	27.8%	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.Hertford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	28
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hertford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	45
Cloudy	4
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Hertford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hertford	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 26	Interstate	1 or 2	38
State Route 11	State highway	9	85
US Route 13	US highway	5	76
US Route 158	US highway	3	139
US Route 258	US highway	1 or 2	64

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.Hertford 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
Hertford County: 27.8

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 Hertford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bertie County	North Carolina	1 or 2	60	32.8
Chowan County	North Carolina	0	19	13.6
Gates County	North Carolina	5	34	31.0
Northampton County	North Carolina	7	73	39.6
Southampton County	Virginia	6	52	29.0

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

FARS records 58 deaths in Hertford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 61 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hertford in 2024?

The rate of Hertford County in 2024 was 36.7 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 Hertford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 54 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 Hertford?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.