Surry County, North Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Surry County in 2024.

FARS records 141 deaths in 133 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.6 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, Surry County was number 38 of 100 counties of North Carolina.

Deaths in Surry County fell by 4.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (148) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (141).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.9% of the fatal crashes in Surry 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 Surry 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.Surry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	1 or 2
2023	10	10	0
2022	16	14	1 or 2
2021	16	16	3
2020	14	13	4
2019	20	18	4
2018	11	9	4
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	18	17	4
2015	16	16	5
2015 to 2024	141	133	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1999)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Surry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	10	10
2022	16	14
2021	16	16
2020	14	13
2019	20	18
2018	11	9
2017	8	8
2016	18	17
2015	16	16
2014	18	16
2013	11	11
2012	19	18
2011	9	8
2010	13	13
2009	16	12
2008	9	9
2007	18	18
2006	16	13
2005	19	19
2004	15	14
2003	22	21
2002	22	20
2001	18	15
2000	19	18
1999	28	24
1998	12	12
1997	18	16
1996	15	14
1995	17	17
1994	21	17
1993	16	16
1992	7	7
1991	12	11
1990	10	8
1989	19	16
1988	21	17
1987	15	14
1986	14	14
1985	11	9
1984	9	7
1983	12	11
1982	8	8
1981	11	10
1980	22	18
1979	11	9
1978	13	12
1977	21	16
1976	18	15
1975	27	23

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.Surry County beside North Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Surry County	North Carolina	United States
2024	16.7	14.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.6	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. Surry County had 72,066 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Surry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in North Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 133 fatal crashes	27	133 fatal crashes	20.3%	25.3%
A speeding-related driverof 133 fatal crashes	34	133 fatal crashes	25.6%	31.8%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.6%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 141 deaths	15	141 deaths	10.6%	14.9%
Bicyclistsof 141 deaths	0	141 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 141 deaths	19	141 deaths	13.5%	13.5%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.9%	57.2%
In the darkof 132 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	132 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.Surry 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	11	7	20
Monday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	3	3	8	1 or 2	16
Wednesday	4	5	10	4	23
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	11	22
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	7	18
Saturday	5	3	8	7	23
All days	17	22	54	40	133

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.Surry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in North Carolina
Interstate	15	11.3%	9.7%
Other freeways and expressways	10	7.5%	4.1%
Other principal arterial	24	18.0%	27.0%
Minor arterial	25	18.8%	16.1%
Major collector	18	13.5%	15.1%
Minor collector	10	7.5%	5.7%
Local	31	23.3%	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.Surry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Surry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	17
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Surry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Surry	In all of North Carolina
Interstate 74	Interstate	5	34
Interstate 77	Interstate	10	132
State Route 268	State highway	10	22
US Route 21	US highway	3	34
US Route 52	US highway	20	84
US Route 258	US highway	1 or 2	64
US Route 601	US highway	8	57

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.Surry 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
Surry County: 19.6

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 Surry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alleghany County	North Carolina	0	17	15.3
Forsyth County	North Carolina	39	419	11.0
Stokes County	North Carolina	6	70	15.4
Wilkes County	North Carolina	17	129	19.2
Yadkin County	North Carolina	11	91	24.2
Carroll County	Virginia	8	64	21.7
Grayson County	Virginia	0	27	17.4
Patrick County	Virginia	3	36	20.4

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 Surry 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 Surry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 148 deaths in Surry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 141 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Surry in 2024?

The rate of Surry County in 2024 was 16.7 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 Surry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 133 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 Surry?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.