Rockingham County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Rockingham County in 2024.

FARS records 155 deaths in 145 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.9 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, Rockingham County was number 33 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Rockingham County fell by 7.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (168) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (155).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 80.7% of the fatal crashes in Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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.Rockingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	1 or 2
2023	16	14	3
2022	15	14	1 or 2
2021	18	18	6
2020	23	21	1 or 2
2019	15	15	1 or 2
2018	12	12	3
2017	8	8	4
2016	20	19	4
2015	15	12	3
2015 to 2024	155	145	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1980)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Rockingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	16	14
2022	15	14
2021	18	18
2020	23	21
2019	15	15
2018	12	12
2017	8	8
2016	20	19
2015	15	12
2014	11	11
2013	13	13
2012	19	18
2011	16	14
2010	9	9
2009	21	20
2008	22	21
2007	21	19
2006	20	20
2005	16	16
2004	21	19
2003	21	20
2002	29	23
2001	22	19
2000	15	14
1999	17	15
1998	21	17
1997	23	19
1996	19	19
1995	21	18
1994	16	14
1993	27	22
1992	16	13
1991	14	14
1990	21	19
1989	13	13
1988	19	18
1987	21	17
1986	31	29
1985	31	26
1984	16	16
1983	24	19
1982	15	15
1981	33	30
1980	34	28
1979	28	22
1978	33	25
1977	21	19
1976	23	21
1975	25	21

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.Rockingham County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockingham County	North Carolina	United States
2024	13.9	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.9	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. Rockingham County had 93,670 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rockingham County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 145 fatal crashes	29	145 fatal crashes	20.0%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 145 fatal crashes	46	145 fatal crashes	31.7%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 105 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	105 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.8%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 155 deaths	20	155 deaths	12.9%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 155 deaths	3	155 deaths	1.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 155 deaths	23	155 deaths	14.8%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 145 fatal crashes with the condition reported	117	145 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.7%	57.2%
In the darkof 145 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	145 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.1%	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.Rockingham 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	3	7	4	20
Monday	3	8	1 or 2	8	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	7	3	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	4	3	13
Thursday	1 or 2	5	5	10	22
Friday	3	4	9	7	23
Saturday	6	3	10	9	28
All days	23	34	44	44	145

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.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	1 or 2	0.7%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	8	5.5%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	55	37.9%	27.0%
Minor arterial	28	19.3%	16.1%
Major collector	5	3.4%	15.1%
Minor collector	15	10.3%	5.7%
Local	33	22.8%	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.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	73
Dark, not lighted	56
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	117
Cloudy	16
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Rockingham County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rockingham	In all of North Carolina
State Route 87	State highway	5	122
State Route 150	State highway	1 or 2	90
US Route 29	US highway	22	165
US Route 158	US highway	5	139
US Route 220	US highway	16	54
US Route 311	US highway	5	29

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.Rockingham 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
Rockingham County: 16.9

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 Rockingham 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
Caswell County	North Carolina	7	55	24.4
Guilford County	North Carolina	74	649	12.1
Stokes County	North Carolina	6	70	15.4
Henry County	Virginia	17	125	24.7
Pittsylvania County	Virginia	18	162	26.7

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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 168 deaths in Rockingham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 155 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockingham in 2024?

The rate of Rockingham County in 2024 was 13.9 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 Rockingham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 145 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 Rockingham?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 55 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.