Lenoir County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Lenoir County in 2024.

FARS records 129 deaths in 118 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.1 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, Lenoir County was number 44 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Lenoir County rose by 17.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (110) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (129).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.8% of the fatal crashes in Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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.Lenoir County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	13	3
2023	15	15	3
2022	7	7	0
2021	26	22	3
2020	10	6	1 or 2
2019	16	16	3
2018	19	18	4
2017	3	3	0
2016	9	9	3
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	129	118	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2021)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Lenoir County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	13
2023	15	15
2022	7	7
2021	26	22
2020	10	6
2019	16	16
2018	19	18
2017	3	3
2016	9	9
2015	9	9
2014	11	10
2013	7	7
2012	11	11
2011	10	9
2010	6	6
2009	4	4
2008	21	15
2007	15	14
2006	13	13
2005	12	12
2004	15	15
2003	14	11
2002	18	17
2001	17	16
2000	16	15
1999	9	8
1998	20	17
1997	15	13
1996	12	10
1995	15	15
1994	14	12
1993	14	11
1992	10	9
1991	19	18
1990	17	12
1989	20	15
1988	17	16
1987	14	14
1986	19	16
1985	12	12
1984	17	15
1983	7	7
1982	15	14
1981	13	10
1980	11	10
1979	22	20
1978	17	12
1977	14	13
1976	12	8
1975	14	13

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.Lenoir County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lenoir County	North Carolina	United States
2024	27.1	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.1	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. Lenoir County had 55,432 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lenoir County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 118 fatal crashes	22	118 fatal crashes	18.6%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 118 fatal crashes	35	118 fatal crashes	29.7%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 95 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	95 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.2%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 129 deaths	16	129 deaths	12.4%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 129 deaths	1 or 2	129 deaths	1.6%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 129 deaths	14	129 deaths	10.9%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.8%	57.2%
In the darkof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	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.Lenoir 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	13
Monday	1 or 2	5	4	3	13
Tuesday	4	5	3	10	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	4	1 or 2	12
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	4	16
Friday	3	7	7	6	23
Saturday	4	1 or 2	6	8	19
All days	20	28	33	37	118

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.Lenoir 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	6	5.1%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	42	35.6%	27.0%
Minor arterial	15	12.7%	16.1%
Major collector	28	23.7%	15.1%
Minor collector	10	8.5%	5.7%
Local	17	14.4%	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.Lenoir County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lenoir County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	105
Cloudy	7
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lenoir County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lenoir	In all of North Carolina
State Route 11	State highway	25	85
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	37
State Route 55	State highway	9	89
State Route 58	State highway	3	31
State Route 903	State highway	8	41
US Route 70	US highway	14	318
US Route 258	US highway	10	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.Lenoir 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
Lenoir County: 23.1

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 Lenoir County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Craven County	North Carolina	12	131	12.8
Duplin County	North Carolina	19	181	33.4
Greene County	North Carolina	4	36	17.4
Jones County	North Carolina	1 or 2	26	27.6
Pitt County	North Carolina	26	261	14.7
Wayne County	North Carolina	21	209	17.2

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 Lenoir 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 Lenoir in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 110 deaths in Lenoir County from 2005 to 2014. It records 129 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lenoir in 2024?

The rate of Lenoir County in 2024 was 27.1 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 Lenoir had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 118 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 Lenoir?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.