Iredell County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Iredell County in 2024.

FARS records 238 deaths in 227 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.8 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, Iredell County was number 15 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Iredell County rose by 0.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (237) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (238).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 25.6% of fatal crashes in Iredell County and 31.8% 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 Iredell 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.Iredell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	26	3
2023	22	22	9
2022	23	20	9
2021	22	22	6
2020	24	21	4
2019	24	24	4
2018	24	22	8
2017	31	29	5
2016	23	23	8
2015	18	18	5
2015 to 2024	238	227	61

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (2003)2024: 27

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

Table 2.Iredell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	26
2023	22	22
2022	23	20
2021	22	22
2020	24	21
2019	24	24
2018	24	22
2017	31	29
2016	23	23
2015	18	18
2014	27	27
2013	22	21
2012	19	19
2011	18	18
2010	24	24
2009	25	22
2008	28	27
2007	33	22
2006	24	24
2005	17	16
2004	33	31
2003	39	33
2002	31	27
2001	30	26
2000	34	29
1999	23	23
1998	20	18
1997	26	23
1996	29	24
1995	17	17
1994	20	18
1993	26	23
1992	15	14
1991	24	22
1990	29	26
1989	33	25
1988	32	27
1987	28	23
1986	17	16
1985	29	24
1984	29	27
1983	20	18
1982	27	24
1981	22	20
1980	19	19
1979	24	22
1978	17	14
1977	22	19
1976	12	11
1975	18	17

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.Iredell County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Iredell County	North Carolina	United States
2024	13.1	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.8	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. Iredell County had 206,119 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Iredell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 227 fatal crashes	61	227 fatal crashes	26.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 227 fatal crashes	58	227 fatal crashes	25.6%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 153 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	153 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.2%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 238 deaths	30	238 deaths	12.6%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 238 deaths	3	238 deaths	1.3%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 238 deaths	41	238 deaths	17.2%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 227 fatal crashes with the condition reported	135	227 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.5%	57.2%
In the darkof 226 fatal crashes with the condition reported	93	226 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	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.Iredell 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	7	8	10	10	35
Monday	4	5	8	6	23
Tuesday	4	6	12	11	33
Wednesday	4	6	13	9	32
Thursday	7	7	10	17	41
Friday	4	1 or 2	10	12	27
Saturday	6	9	11	10	36
All days	36	42	74	75	227

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.Iredell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	51	22.5%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	47	20.7%	27.0%
Minor arterial	25	11.0%	16.1%
Major collector	27	11.9%	15.1%
Minor collector	18	7.9%	5.7%
Local	58	25.6%	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.Iredell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	120
Dark, not lighted	77
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	5
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Iredell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	183
Cloudy	10
Rain	28
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Iredell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Iredell	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 40	Interstate	21	363
Interstate 77	Interstate	30	132
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	70
State Route 150	State highway	12	90
US Route 21	US highway	11	34
US Route 64	US highway	9	293
US Route 70	US highway	11	318

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.Iredell 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
Iredell County: 12.8

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 Iredell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alexander County	North Carolina	6	57	15.5
Cabarrus County	North Carolina	23	235	10.6
Catawba County	North Carolina	22	237	14.8
Davie County	North Carolina	10	69	16.0
Lincoln County	North Carolina	7	127	14.5
Mecklenburg County	North Carolina	121	1,059	9.5
Rowan County	North Carolina	32	233	16.1
Wilkes County	North Carolina	17	129	19.2
Yadkin County	North Carolina	11	91	24.2

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 Iredell 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

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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 Iredell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 237 deaths in Iredell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 238 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Iredell in 2024?

The rate of Iredell County in 2024 was 13.1 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 Iredell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 61 of 227 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 Iredell?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 95 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.