Cheshire County, New Hampshire: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Cheshire County in 2024.

FARS records 74 deaths in 67 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of New Hampshire in the same years is 8.9.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Cheshire County was number 8 of 10 counties of New Hampshire.

Deaths in Cheshire County fell by 26.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (74).

In the counties of New Hampshire the deaths rose by 0.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 86.6% of the fatal crashes in Cheshire County with a known setting were rural, against 52.9% in New Hampshire.

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 Cheshire County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Cheshire County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	4
2023	13	12	4
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	7	6	3
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	10	8	4
2016	11	10	5
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015 to 2024	74	67	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1985)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Cheshire County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	13	12
2022	4	4
2021	7	6
2020	5	5
2019	3	3
2018	8	8
2017	10	8
2016	11	10
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	7	5
2013	17	15
2012	7	5
2011	8	7
2010	10	9
2009	7	7
2008	12	12
2007	15	15
2006	8	5
2005	10	10
2004	8	6
2003	5	5
2002	4	4
2001	7	7
2000	8	7
1999	9	9
1998	14	11
1997	7	6
1996	10	9
1995	7	6
1994	6	5
1993	1 or 2	1 or 2
1992	10	10
1991	5	5
1990	8	7
1989	15	14
1988	5	5
1987	11	9
1986	12	11
1985	22	20
1984	15	11
1983	9	9
1982	7	6
1981	18	15
1980	20	18
1979	12	11
1978	11	8
1977	17	14
1976	10	9
1975	10	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.Cheshire County beside New Hampshire and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cheshire County	New Hampshire	United States
2024	14.1	9.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.6	8.9	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. Cheshire County had 78,168 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cheshire County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in New Hampshire
A driver recorded as drinkingof 67 fatal crashes	25	67 fatal crashes	37.3%	32.7%
A speeding-related driverof 67 fatal crashes	32	67 fatal crashes	47.8%	39.9%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	71.9%	69.2%
Pedestriansof 74 deaths	4	74 deaths	5.4%	9.7%
Bicyclistsof 74 deaths	0	74 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 74 deaths	4	74 deaths	5.4%	22.6%
On a rural roadof 67 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	67 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	86.6%	52.9%
In the darkof 67 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	67 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.3%	37.1%

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.Cheshire 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	4	3	4	12
Monday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4
Wednesday	0	4	3	7	14
Thursday	3	0	4	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	3	4	9
Saturday	1 or 2	3	3	4	11
All days	8	18	19	22	67

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.Cheshire County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in New Hampshire
Interstate	0	0.0%	11.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	23	34.3%	26.3%
Minor arterial	13	19.4%	21.2%
Major collector	14	20.9%	14.4%
Minor collector	3	4.5%	5.2%
Local	14	20.9%	19.3%
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.Cheshire County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	22
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cheshire County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	49
Cloudy	10
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Cheshire County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cheshire	In all of New Hampshire
State Route 9	State highway	10	21
State Route 101	State highway	5	39

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 New Hampshire

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Cheshire County on the county map of New Hampshire

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.93 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Cheshire County: 9.6

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 New Hampshire

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Cheshire County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Massachusetts	8	71	10.0
Worcester County	Massachusetts	49	533	6.3
Hillsborough County	New Hampshire	32	262	6.2
Sullivan County	New Hampshire	1 or 2	40	9.2
Windham County	Vermont	5	54	12.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of New Hampshire have a population nearest to that of Cheshire 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.
New Hampshire Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of New Hampshire.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Cheshire County, New Hampshire: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/nh/cheshire/. 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 Cheshire in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 101 deaths in Cheshire County from 2005 to 2014. It records 74 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cheshire in 2024?

The rate of Cheshire County in 2024 was 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of New Hampshire was 9.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Cheshire had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 67 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 Cheshire?

FARS records 10 fatal crashes on State Route 9 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 101 in the county from 2015 to 2024.