Bucks County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 45 deaths in 41 fatal crashes in Bucks County in 2024.

FARS records 513 deaths in 487 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.1 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, Bucks County was number 3 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Bucks County fell by 11.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (581) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (513).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 20.6% of the fatal crashes in Bucks 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 Bucks 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.Bucks County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	45	41	12
2023	49	47	11
2022	51	49	9
2021	55	51	7
2020	52	47	10
2019	48	44	10
2018	54	53	18
2017	51	51	13
2016	52	50	16
2015	56	54	16
2015 to 2024	513	487	122

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 111 (1987)2024: 45

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

Table 2.Bucks County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	45	41
2023	49	47
2022	51	49
2021	55	51
2020	52	47
2019	48	44
2018	54	53
2017	51	51
2016	52	50
2015	56	54
2014	44	43
2013	44	43
2012	65	60
2011	60	58
2010	45	43
2009	63	59
2008	54	54
2007	60	58
2006	72	68
2005	74	67
2004	53	49
2003	73	65
2002	65	62
2001	64	58
2000	60	59
1999	73	63
1998	52	50
1997	64	61
1996	75	73
1995	79	73
1994	51	49
1993	67	60
1992	73	67
1991	67	63
1990	61	59
1989	71	65
1988	89	87
1987	111	96
1986	96	86
1985	95	84
1984	100	92
1983	84	80
1982	96	86
1981	77	64
1980	102	94
1979	106	99
1978	102	95
1977	89	85
1976	73	63
1975	110	97

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.Bucks County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bucks County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	6.9	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.1	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. Bucks County had 648,416 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bucks County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 487 fatal crashes	122	487 fatal crashes	25.1%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 487 fatal crashes	177	487 fatal crashes	36.3%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 264 occupant deaths with restraint use known	153	264 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.0%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 513 deaths	94	513 deaths	18.3%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 513 deaths	17	513 deaths	3.3%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 513 deaths	88	513 deaths	17.2%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 485 fatal crashes with the condition reported	100	485 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	20.6%	45.3%
In the darkof 486 fatal crashes with the condition reported	236	486 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.6%	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.Bucks 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	25	12	18	24	79
Monday	7	13	20	12	52
Tuesday	11	10	18	16	55
Wednesday	9	11	18	24	62
Thursday	11	10	20	27	68
Friday	14	17	27	31	89
Saturday	20	12	26	24	82
All days	97	85	147	158	487

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.Bucks County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	34	7.1%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	24	5.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	205	42.8%	28.1%
Minor arterial	90	18.8%	22.4%
Major collector	56	11.7%	13.1%
Minor collector	10	2.1%	4.2%
Local	60	12.5%	19.1%
Not reported	8	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.Bucks County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	238
Dark, not lighted	126
Dark, lighted	109
Dawn	4
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Bucks County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	284
Cloudy	16
Rain	36
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	143

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bucks County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bucks	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	1 or 2	123
Interstate 95	Interstate	18	102
Interstate 476	Interstate	1 or 2	51
State Route 132	State highway	38	38
State Route 309	State highway	18	81
State Route 611	State highway	18	112
State Route 1001	State highway	4	31
State Route 1002	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 1003	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 1010	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 2002	State highway	7	25
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 2006	State highway	8	26
State Route 2014	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 2029	State highway	10	23
State Route 3003	State highway	3	20
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 1	US highway	13	135
US Route 13	US highway	30	85
US Route 202	US highway	10	43

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.Bucks 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
Bucks County: 8.1

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 Bucks County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Burlington County	New Jersey	45	445	9.7
Hunterdon County	New Jersey	9	75	5.9
Mercer County	New Jersey	36	266	7.0
Warren County	New Jersey	15	119	11.0
Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	32	296	8.0
Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	50	420	5.0
Northampton County	Pennsylvania	15	213	6.9
Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania	137	1,196	7.6

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 Bucks 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 Bucks in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 581 deaths in Bucks County from 2005 to 2014. It records 513 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bucks in 2024?

The rate of Bucks County in 2024 was 6.9 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 Bucks had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 122 of 487 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 Bucks?

20 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 187 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.