Rockingham County, New Hampshire: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 26 fatal crashes in Rockingham County in 2024.

FARS records 239 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.6 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, Rockingham County was number 2 of 10 counties of New Hampshire.

Deaths in Rockingham County fell by 6.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (255) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (239).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 23.6% of the fatal crashes in Rockingham 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 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	30	26	9
2023	28	27	8
2022	20	19	6
2021	23	21	10
2020	16	16	6
2019	20	18	8
2018	29	25	12
2017	16	16	5
2016	28	25	9
2015	29	27	7
2015 to 2024	239	220	80

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 53 (1980)2024: 30

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	30	26
2023	28	27
2022	20	19
2021	23	21
2020	16	16
2019	20	18
2018	29	25
2017	16	16
2016	28	25
2015	29	27
2014	18	17
2013	30	29
2012	32	31
2011	17	16
2010	20	19
2009	22	20
2008	26	25
2007	31	30
2006	22	22
2005	37	35
2004	25	25
2003	22	19
2002	17	16
2001	24	22
2000	34	33
1999	29	28
1998	25	24
1997	25	25
1996	23	22
1995	31	27
1994	38	31
1993	35	30
1992	28	24
1991	32	31
1990	32	30
1989	32	31
1988	40	37
1987	35	28
1986	43	40
1985	27	25
1984	40	39
1983	46	41
1982	39	37
1981	29	28
1980	53	46
1979	39	35
1978	38	33
1977	26	26
1976	31	29
1975	50	45

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 New Hampshire and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockingham County	New Hampshire	United States
2024	9.3	9.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.6	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. Rockingham County had 322,001 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 New Hampshire
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	80	220 fatal crashes	36.4%	32.7%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	96	220 fatal crashes	43.6%	39.9%
No restraint usedof 144 occupant deaths with restraint use known	99	144 occupant deathswith restraint use known	68.8%	69.2%
Pedestriansof 239 deaths	18	239 deaths	7.5%	9.7%
Bicyclistsof 239 deaths	4	239 deaths	1.7%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 239 deaths	60	239 deaths	25.1%	22.6%
On a rural roadof 220 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	220 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	23.6%	52.9%
In the darkof 219 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	219 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.2%	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.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	10	8	7	12	37
Monday	4	4	12	6	26
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	16	12	33
Wednesday	5	7	7	11	30
Thursday	1 or 2	3	12	8	25
Friday	1 or 2	10	10	10	32
Saturday	4	3	17	13	37
All days	30	37	81	72	220

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 New Hampshire
Interstate	32	14.5%	11.0%
Other freeways and expressways	9	4.1%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	50	22.7%	26.3%
Minor arterial	35	15.9%	21.2%
Major collector	30	13.6%	14.4%
Minor collector	11	5.0%	5.2%
Local	53	24.1%	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.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	117
Dark, not lighted	61
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	4
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	177
Cloudy	24
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	5
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 New Hampshire
Interstate 93	Interstate	19	86
State Route 28	State highway	9	37
State Route 101	State highway	18	39
State Route 125	State highway	12	28

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.Rockingham 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
Rockingham County: 7.6

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 Rockingham County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Essex County	Massachusetts	29	332	4.2
York County	Maine	25	210	10.0
Hillsborough County	New Hampshire	32	262	6.2
Merrimack County	New Hampshire	20	173	11.3
Strafford County	New Hampshire	7	119	9.1

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 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.
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

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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 255 deaths in Rockingham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 239 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockingham in 2024?

The rate of Rockingham County in 2024 was 9.3 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 Rockingham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 80 of 220 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?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.