Randolph County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Randolph County in 2024.

FARS records 261 deaths in 250 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Randolph County was number 13 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Randolph County rose by 16.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (224) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (261).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 71.9% of the fatal crashes in Randolph 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 Randolph 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.Randolph County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	28	6
2023	33	33	1 or 2
2022	25	23	5
2021	32	31	11
2020	25	25	1 or 2
2019	33	31	8
2018	16	16	4
2017	25	23	5
2016	17	15	4
2015	26	25	8
2015 to 2024	261	250	53

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 40 (1988)2024: 29

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

Table 2.Randolph County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	28
2023	33	33
2022	25	23
2021	32	31
2020	25	25
2019	33	31
2018	16	16
2017	25	23
2016	17	15
2015	26	25
2014	23	23
2013	22	21
2012	19	19
2011	20	19
2010	21	19
2009	16	14
2008	19	19
2007	35	30
2006	29	28
2005	20	18
2004	34	30
2003	21	19
2002	32	30
2001	29	29
2000	32	30
1999	19	17
1998	29	28
1997	23	18
1996	29	27
1995	30	28
1994	31	27
1993	32	24
1992	28	21
1991	32	29
1990	27	25
1989	33	28
1988	40	32
1987	22	20
1986	31	28
1985	35	30
1984	30	22
1983	26	21
1982	18	18
1981	21	19
1980	27	26
1979	22	19
1978	23	20
1977	28	23
1976	24	21
1975	18	16

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.Randolph County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Randolph County	North Carolina	United States
2024	19.5	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Randolph County had 148,816 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Randolph County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 250 fatal crashes	53	250 fatal crashes	21.2%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 250 fatal crashes	84	250 fatal crashes	33.6%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 181 occupant deaths with restraint use known	85	181 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.0%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 261 deaths	40	261 deaths	15.3%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 261 deaths	1 or 2	261 deaths	0.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 261 deaths	29	261 deaths	11.1%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 249 fatal crashes with the condition reported	179	249 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.9%	57.2%
In the darkof 249 fatal crashes with the condition reported	117	249 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.0%	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.Randolph 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	10	6	8	13	37
Monday	8	6	11	8	33
Tuesday	3	5	10	8	26
Wednesday	3	11	19	9	42
Thursday	4	8	8	12	32
Friday	5	7	12	15	39
Saturday	8	6	15	12	41
All days	41	49	83	77	250

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.Randolph County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	30	12.0%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	7	2.8%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	60	24.1%	27.0%
Minor arterial	29	11.6%	16.1%
Major collector	47	18.9%	15.1%
Minor collector	15	6.0%	5.7%
Local	61	24.5%	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.Randolph County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	122
Dark, not lighted	106
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	5
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Randolph County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	196
Cloudy	35
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Randolph County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Randolph	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 73	Interstate	17	55
Interstate 74	Interstate	1 or 2	34
Interstate 85	Interstate	11	324
State Route 42	State highway	5	57
State Route 49	State highway	14	70
State Route 62	State highway	3	22
US Route 29	US highway	1 or 2	165
US Route 64	US highway	20	293
US Route 220	US highway	13	54
US Route 311	US highway	6	29
US Route 421	US highway	6	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.Randolph 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
Randolph County: 18.0

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 Randolph 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
Chatham County	North Carolina	17	141	18.6
Davidson County	North Carolina	33	306	18.1
Guilford County	North Carolina	74	649	12.1
Montgomery County	North Carolina	8	91	34.2
Moore County	North Carolina	17	183	18.1

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 Randolph 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 Randolph in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 224 deaths in Randolph County from 2005 to 2014. It records 261 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Randolph in 2024?

The rate of Randolph County in 2024 was 19.5 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 Randolph had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 53 of 250 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 Randolph?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 98 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.