Belmont County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Belmont County in 2024.

FARS records 68 deaths in 61 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Ohio in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Belmont County was number 53 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Belmont County fell by 23.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (89) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (68).

In the counties of Ohio the deaths rose by 5.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 65.6% of the fatal crashes in Belmont County with a known setting were rural, against 42.3% in Ohio.

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 Belmont 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.Belmont County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	3	3	1 or 2
2022	4	4	1 or 2
2021	8	7	5
2020	5	5	0
2019	15	11	6
2018	5	5	0
2017	10	8	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	10	10	3
2015 to 2024	68	61	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1979)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Belmont County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	3	3
2022	4	4
2021	8	7
2020	5	5
2019	15	11
2018	5	5
2017	10	8
2016	4	4
2015	10	10
2014	6	6
2013	11	11
2012	10	10
2011	10	10
2010	7	7
2009	5	5
2008	16	16
2007	7	7
2006	9	7
2005	8	6
2004	11	10
2003	18	14
2002	14	12
2001	14	13
2000	3	3
1999	10	10
1998	10	9
1997	11	10
1996	3	3
1995	10	5
1994	5	4
1993	11	11
1992	10	9
1991	15	15
1990	14	14
1989	14	12
1988	17	12
1987	14	12
1986	13	11
1985	8	8
1984	15	14
1983	7	7
1982	9	9
1981	7	7
1980	10	10
1979	19	19
1978	10	10
1977	16	13
1976	10	10
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.Belmont County beside Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Belmont County	Ohio	United States
2024	6.2	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.2	10.1	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. Belmont County had 64,764 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Belmont County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 61 fatal crashes	22	61 fatal crashes	36.1%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 61 fatal crashes	21	61 fatal crashes	34.4%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 41 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	41 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.5%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 68 deaths	7	68 deaths	10.3%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 68 deaths	1 or 2	68 deaths	1.5%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 68 deaths	13	68 deaths	19.1%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.6%	42.3%
In the darkof 60 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	60 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	45.0%

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.Belmont 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	5	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	0	0	5	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	13
Thursday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2
Saturday	1 or 2	3	4	3	12
All days	13	10	21	17	61

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.Belmont County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Ohio
Interstate	12	19.7%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	4	6.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	4	6.6%	19.5%
Minor arterial	13	21.3%	21.6%
Major collector	21	34.4%	24.5%
Minor collector	3	4.9%	4.2%
Local	4	6.6%	15.2%
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.Belmont County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	32
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Belmont County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	42
Cloudy	12
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Belmont County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Belmont	In all of Ohio
Interstate 70	Interstate	11	156
State Route 7	State highway	7	83
US Route 40	US highway	4	111
US Route 250	US highway	3	46

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 Ohio

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Belmont County on the county map of Ohio

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

Fewer than 1022 counties
10 to 14.929 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.99 counties
30 or more1 county
Belmont County: 10.2

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 Ohio

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Belmont County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Guernsey County	Ohio	11	67	17.3
Harrison County	Ohio	1 or 2	46	31.1
Jefferson County	Ohio	8	46	7.0
Monroe County	Ohio	1 or 2	26	19.1
Noble County	Ohio	3	35	24.4
Marshall County	West Virginia	6	30	9.8
Ohio County	West Virginia	7	44	10.5

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Ohio have a population nearest to that of Belmont 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.
Ohio Traffic Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Ohio.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Belmont County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/oh/belmont/. 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 Belmont in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 89 deaths in Belmont County from 2005 to 2014. It records 68 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Belmont in 2024?

The rate of Belmont County in 2024 was 6.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Ohio was 9.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 61 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 Belmont?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 25 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.