Stanly County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Stanly County in 2024.

FARS records 95 deaths in 87 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.1 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, Stanly County was number 55 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Stanly County fell by 1.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (95).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.5% of the fatal crashes in Stanly County with known light were in the dark, against 46.3% 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 Stanly 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.Stanly County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	10	10	3
2022	5	4	0
2021	12	12	1 or 2
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	8	5	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	12	10	3
2016	13	13	4
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	95	87	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1998)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Stanly County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	10	10
2022	5	4
2021	12	12
2020	7	6
2019	8	5
2018	6	6
2017	12	10
2016	13	13
2015	11	10
2014	8	8
2013	10	9
2012	5	5
2011	11	9
2010	10	10
2009	6	6
2008	15	11
2007	9	7
2006	10	10
2005	12	11
2004	13	12
2003	13	11
2002	11	10
2001	11	10
2000	11	11
1999	12	11
1998	22	22
1997	9	6
1996	12	11
1995	3	3
1994	10	9
1993	11	11
1992	10	8
1991	7	6
1990	8	8
1989	13	12
1988	16	15
1987	12	11
1986	5	5
1985	6	4
1984	6	6
1983	9	6
1982	9	7
1981	13	12
1980	10	8
1979	12	11
1978	10	10
1977	11	10
1976	4	3
1975	10	7

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.Stanly County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Stanly County	North Carolina	United States
2024	16.3	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.1	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. Stanly County had 67,532 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Stanly County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 87 fatal crashes	19	87 fatal crashes	21.8%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 87 fatal crashes	30	87 fatal crashes	34.5%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 75 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	75 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.7%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 95 deaths	6	95 deaths	6.3%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 95 deaths	0	95 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 95 deaths	11	95 deaths	11.6%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 87 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	87 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.8%	57.2%
In the darkof 87 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	87 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.5%	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.Stanly 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	3	0	4	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	7	5	16
Thursday	0	1 or 2	4	7	12
Friday	1 or 2	5	10	6	23
Saturday	3	3	3	1 or 2	11
All days	11	17	31	28	87

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.Stanly 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	1 or 2	2.3%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	23	26.4%	27.0%
Minor arterial	17	19.5%	16.1%
Major collector	18	20.7%	15.1%
Minor collector	8	9.2%	5.7%
Local	19	21.8%	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.Stanly County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	50
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Stanly County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	9
Rain	8
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 Stanly County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Stanly	In all of North Carolina
State Route 24	State highway	13	151
State Route 27	State highway	1 or 2	56
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	70
State Route 73	State highway	1 or 2	37
US Route 52	US highway	16	84

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.Stanly 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
Stanly County: 15.1

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 Stanly County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anson County	North Carolina	13	61	26.2
Cabarrus County	North Carolina	23	235	10.6
Davidson County	North Carolina	33	306	18.1
Montgomery County	North Carolina	8	91	34.2
Rowan County	North Carolina	32	233	16.1
Union County	North Carolina	24	232	9.6

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 Stanly 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

Fatal Roads. Stanly County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nc/stanly/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Stanly in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Stanly County from 2005 to 2014. It records 95 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Stanly in 2024?

The rate of Stanly County in 2024 was 16.3 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 Stanly had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 87 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 Stanly?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 33 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.