Scotland County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Scotland County in 2024.

FARS records 120 deaths in 109 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 35.0 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, Scotland County was number 49 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Scotland County rose by 48.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (81) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (120).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.1% of the fatal crashes in Scotland 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 Scotland 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.Scotland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	18	17	4
2022	17	13	3
2021	28	24	4
2020	10	10	1 or 2
2019	10	10	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	10	10	4
2016	5	5	3
2015	9	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	120	109	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (2021)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Scotland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	18	17
2022	17	13
2021	28	24
2020	10	10
2019	10	10
2018	5	5
2017	10	10
2016	5	5
2015	9	7
2014	8	7
2013	9	9
2012	5	5
2011	3	3
2010	7	7
2009	7	7
2008	4	4
2007	15	13
2006	14	11
2005	9	9
2004	16	13
2003	4	4
2002	11	10
2001	7	6
2000	10	9
1999	12	10
1998	13	12
1997	9	8
1996	16	13
1995	11	11
1994	8	8
1993	11	10
1992	12	11
1991	10	9
1990	10	10
1989	10	7
1988	15	14
1987	13	11
1986	19	18
1985	5	5
1984	8	6
1983	8	6
1982	8	8
1981	11	9
1980	13	10
1979	8	8
1978	12	9
1977	9	7
1976	8	7
1975	9	9

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.Scotland County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Scotland County	North Carolina	United States
2024	23.8	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	35.0	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. Scotland County had 33,610 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Scotland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 109 fatal crashes	26	109 fatal crashes	23.9%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 109 fatal crashes	32	109 fatal crashes	29.4%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.7%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 120 deaths	12	120 deaths	10.0%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 120 deaths	3	120 deaths	2.5%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 120 deaths	8	120 deaths	6.7%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	77.1%	57.2%
In the darkof 109 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	109 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.7%	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.Scotland 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	12
Monday	0	1 or 2	6	5	13
Tuesday	5	3	1 or 2	4	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	7	5	20
Thursday	0	6	3	3	12
Friday	4	4	3	7	18
Saturday	4	3	5	8	20
All days	20	28	28	33	109

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.Scotland 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	14	12.8%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	24	22.0%	27.0%
Minor arterial	16	14.7%	16.1%
Major collector	15	13.8%	15.1%
Minor collector	13	11.9%	5.7%
Local	27	24.8%	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.Scotland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Scotland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	17
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Scotland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Scotland	In all of North Carolina
State Route 71	State highway	4	30
US Route 15	US highway	5	62
US Route 74	US highway	18	256
US Route 401	US highway	11	177
US Route 501	US highway	10	59

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.Scotland 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
Scotland County: 35.0

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 Scotland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hoke County	North Carolina	15	138	25.6
Richmond County	North Carolina	14	106	24.3
Robeson County	North Carolina	46	531	42.5
Marlboro County	South Carolina	9	103	39.1

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 Scotland 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 Scotland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 81 deaths in Scotland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 120 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Scotland in 2024?

The rate of Scotland County in 2024 was 23.8 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 Scotland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 109 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 Scotland?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.