Beaver County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 117 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Pennsylvania in the same years is 9.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Beaver County was number 32 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Beaver County fell by 29.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (166) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (117).

In the counties of Pennsylvania the deaths fell by 14.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 29.9% of the fatal crashes in Beaver County with a known setting were rural, against 45.3% in Pennsylvania.

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 Beaver 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.Beaver County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	0
2023	10	10	5
2022	15	13	5
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	13	13	1 or 2
2019	16	11	3
2018	15	14	6
2017	17	16	1 or 2
2016	5	4	1 or 2
2015	12	12	0
2015 to 2024	117	107	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1978)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Beaver County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	10	10
2022	15	13
2021	10	10
2020	13	13
2019	16	11
2018	15	14
2017	17	16
2016	5	4
2015	12	12
2014	10	10
2013	13	12
2012	19	19
2011	24	24
2010	10	10
2009	13	10
2008	19	19
2007	15	14
2006	25	24
2005	18	18
2004	10	10
2003	19	18
2002	11	11
2001	20	16
2000	25	25
1999	20	18
1998	16	16
1997	16	15
1996	14	14
1995	11	11
1994	19	15
1993	18	16
1992	19	17
1991	23	22
1990	21	18
1989	23	19
1988	17	16
1987	19	18
1986	31	28
1985	18	16
1984	19	17
1983	21	19
1982	27	25
1981	39	37
1980	27	25
1979	23	22
1978	39	36
1977	30	28
1976	34	32
1975	34	28

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.Beaver County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Beaver County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	2.4	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.0	9.0	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. Beaver County had 165,769 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Beaver County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	24	107 fatal crashes	22.4%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	47	107 fatal crashes	43.9%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 117 deaths	10	117 deaths	8.5%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 117 deaths	1 or 2	117 deaths	1.7%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 117 deaths	26	117 deaths	22.2%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.9%	45.3%
In the darkof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.0%	43.6%

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.Beaver 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	3	1 or 2	4	5	14
Monday	1 or 2	7	5	1 or 2	16
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	4	0	6
Wednesday	3	4	3	6	16
Thursday	3	3	7	7	20
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	5	15
Saturday	3	1 or 2	6	9	20
All days	15	23	35	34	107

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.Beaver County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	6	5.7%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	31	29.2%	28.1%
Minor arterial	37	34.9%	22.4%
Major collector	16	15.1%	13.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.9%	4.2%
Local	14	13.2%	19.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Beaver County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Beaver County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	4
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	44

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Beaver County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Beaver	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	4	123
Interstate 376	Interstate	1 or 2	43
State Route 18	State highway	7	46
State Route 51	State highway	9	55
State Route 65	State highway	6	28
State Route 68	State highway	13	32
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 3007	State highway	5	43
State Route 3009	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 30	US highway	3	200

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 Pennsylvania

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Beaver County on the county map of Pennsylvania

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

Fewer than 1019 counties
10 to 14.928 counties
15 to 19.917 counties
20 to 29.92 counties
30 or more1 county
Beaver County: 7.0

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 Pennsylvania

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Beaver County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbiana County	Ohio	11	88	8.6
Allegheny County	Pennsylvania	74	686	5.6
Butler County	Pennsylvania	15	182	9.5
Lawrence County	Pennsylvania	6	97	11.3
Washington County	Pennsylvania	29	234	11.2
Hancock County	West Virginia	1 or 2	15	5.2

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Pennsylvania have a population nearest to that of Beaver 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.
Pennsylvania Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Pennsylvania.

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 Beaver in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 166 deaths in Beaver County from 2005 to 2014. It records 117 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Beaver in 2024?

The rate of Beaver County in 2024 was 2.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Pennsylvania was 8.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 107 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 Beaver?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 53 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.