Blair County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Blair County in 2024.

FARS records 123 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.1 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, Blair County was number 30 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Blair County fell by 26.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (167) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (123).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.3% of the fatal crashes in Blair County with known light were in the dark, against 43.6% 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 Blair 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.Blair County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	10	10	1 or 2
2022	13	12	1 or 2
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	10	8	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	12	10	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	22	20	5
2015	23	20	7
2015 to 2024	123	113	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1976)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Blair County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	10	10
2022	13	12
2021	7	7
2020	10	8
2019	7	7
2018	12	10
2017	9	9
2016	22	20
2015	23	20
2014	13	13
2013	24	20
2012	19	19
2011	12	12
2010	20	17
2009	9	8
2008	15	15
2007	10	9
2006	25	20
2005	20	17
2004	20	18
2003	21	20
2002	14	13
2001	26	21
2000	22	19
1999	21	19
1998	18	16
1997	16	16
1996	15	14
1995	20	16
1994	14	14
1993	16	14
1992	22	22
1991	25	24
1990	23	19
1989	25	22
1988	25	24
1987	17	16
1986	16	16
1985	11	10
1984	15	13
1983	17	16
1982	15	15
1981	24	20
1980	37	31
1979	20	17
1978	30	27
1977	31	28
1976	39	34
1975	25	20

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.Blair County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Blair County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	8.3	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.1	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. Blair County had 120,051 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Blair County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	26	113 fatal crashes	23.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	50	113 fatal crashes	44.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 71 occupant deaths with restraint use known	38	71 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.5%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 123 deaths	13	123 deaths	10.6%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 123 deaths	1 or 2	123 deaths	1.6%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 123 deaths	30	123 deaths	24.4%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.2%	45.3%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.3%	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.Blair 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	1 or 2	3	7
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	7	5	21
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	7	4	16
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	5	16
Friday	4	1 or 2	8	8	22
Saturday	4	3	7	4	18
All days	14	21	47	31	113

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.Blair County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	17	15.5%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	30	27.3%	28.1%
Minor arterial	24	21.8%	22.4%
Major collector	20	18.2%	13.1%
Minor collector	5	4.5%	4.2%
Local	14	12.7%	19.1%
Not reported	3	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.Blair County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Blair County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	3
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	24

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Blair County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Blair	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 99	Interstate	16	25
State Route 36	State highway	12	24
State Route 1001	State highway	4	31
State Route 1009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 2014	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 3003	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 22	US highway	6	136
US Route 220	US highway	1 or 2	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 Pennsylvania

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Blair 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
Blair County: 10.1

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 Blair County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bedford County	Pennsylvania	9	90	18.8
Cambria County	Pennsylvania	12	108	8.2
Centre County	Pennsylvania	7	129	8.1
Clearfield County	Pennsylvania	12	138	17.4
Huntingdon County	Pennsylvania	3	62	13.9

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 Blair 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 Blair in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 167 deaths in Blair County from 2005 to 2014. It records 123 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Blair in 2024?

The rate of Blair County in 2024 was 8.3 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 Blair had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 113 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 Blair?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 46 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.