Cambria County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Cambria County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.2 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, Cambria County was number 36 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Cambria County fell by 32.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (160) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 28.2% of the fatal crashes in Cambria 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 Cambria 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.Cambria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	4
2023	16	13	7
2022	12	12	4
2021	7	7	3
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	9	9	1 or 2
2017	12	12	4
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	9	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	108	103	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1975)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Cambria County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	16	13
2022	12	12
2021	7	7
2020	7	7
2019	12	12
2018	9	9
2017	12	12
2016	12	11
2015	9	8
2014	13	13
2013	11	11
2012	17	15
2011	18	17
2010	14	13
2009	11	10
2008	20	16
2007	14	12
2006	23	23
2005	19	19
2004	12	12
2003	23	18
2002	16	13
2001	23	20
2000	16	12
1999	14	13
1998	18	18
1997	13	13
1996	16	14
1995	15	15
1994	23	19
1993	14	14
1992	22	20
1991	15	14
1990	16	14
1989	19	19
1988	36	32
1987	23	20
1986	24	22
1985	17	17
1984	14	13
1983	25	19
1982	23	22
1981	20	17
1980	24	22
1979	31	26
1978	23	20
1977	34	32
1976	28	25
1975	47	41

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.Cambria County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cambria County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	9.2	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.2	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. Cambria County had 129,905 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cambria County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	32	103 fatal crashes	31.1%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	43	103 fatal crashes	41.7%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.1%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	10	108 deaths	9.3%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	0	108 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	20	108 deaths	18.5%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.2%	45.3%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	28.2%	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.Cambria 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	3	5	5	16
Monday	1 or 2	8	5	5	19
Tuesday	0	4	1 or 2	3	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	5	9
Thursday	1 or 2	5	7	4	17
Friday	1 or 2	6	7	4	18
Saturday	3	1 or 2	6	4	15
All days	11	28	34	30	103

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.Cambria County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	8	7.8%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	24	23.3%	28.1%
Minor arterial	19	18.4%	22.4%
Major collector	28	27.2%	13.1%
Minor collector	7	6.8%	4.2%
Local	17	16.5%	19.1%
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.Cambria County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	70
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cambria County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	56
Cloudy	4
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	32

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cambria County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cambria	In all of Pennsylvania
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 56	State highway	6	31
State Route 1001	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 1005	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 2014	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 3007	State highway	1 or 2	43
US Route 22	US highway	6	136
US Route 219	US highway	6	38

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.Cambria 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
Cambria County: 8.2

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 Pennsylvania

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Cambria County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bedford County	Pennsylvania	9	90	18.8
Blair County	Pennsylvania	10	123	10.1
Clearfield County	Pennsylvania	12	138	17.4
Indiana County	Pennsylvania	7	116	13.8
Somerset County	Pennsylvania	9	112	15.2
Westmoreland County	Pennsylvania	28	349	9.9

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 Cambria 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 Cambria in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 160 deaths in Cambria County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cambria in 2024?

The rate of Cambria County in 2024 was 9.2 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 Cambria had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 103 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 Cambria?

9 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.