Carbon County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Carbon County in 2024.

FARS records 106 deaths in 92 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.4 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, Carbon County was number 37 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Carbon County fell by 14.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (124) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (106).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 78.3% of the fatal crashes in Carbon 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 Carbon 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.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	11	1 or 2
2023	12	11	4
2022	9	7	1 or 2
2021	11	7	1 or 2
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	7	7	4
2018	13	12	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	12	10	1 or 2
2015	11	9	3
2015 to 2024	106	92	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1986)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Carbon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	11
2023	12	11
2022	9	7
2021	11	7
2020	9	9
2019	7	7
2018	13	12
2017	9	9
2016	12	10
2015	11	9
2014	10	6
2013	16	15
2012	6	6
2011	8	8
2010	13	12
2009	11	11
2008	16	14
2007	13	12
2006	17	14
2005	14	13
2004	13	12
2003	13	13
2002	9	8
2001	10	10
2000	19	19
1999	10	9
1998	17	15
1997	17	15
1996	17	16
1995	9	9
1994	10	9
1993	14	11
1992	11	10
1991	10	9
1990	12	12
1989	17	16
1988	15	12
1987	18	16
1986	22	17
1985	7	7
1984	10	9
1983	13	13
1982	11	8
1981	12	11
1980	13	13
1979	14	13
1978	11	9
1977	13	10
1976	8	7
1975	12	10

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.Carbon County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Carbon County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	19.8	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.4	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. Carbon County had 65,709 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Carbon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 92 fatal crashes	23	92 fatal crashes	25.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 92 fatal crashes	37	92 fatal crashes	40.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	64.9%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 106 deaths	6	106 deaths	5.7%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 106 deaths	0	106 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 106 deaths	16	106 deaths	15.1%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.3%	45.3%
In the darkof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.9%	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.Carbon 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	9	0	5	5	19
Monday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	3	3	4	1 or 2	12
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Friday	0	1 or 2	8	4	14
Saturday	6	4	3	7	20
All days	20	17	30	25	92

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.Carbon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	23	25.0%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	7	7.6%	28.1%
Minor arterial	14	15.2%	22.4%
Major collector	23	25.0%	13.1%
Minor collector	8	8.7%	4.2%
Local	17	18.5%	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.Carbon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Carbon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	50
Cloudy	0
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	29

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Carbon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Carbon	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	9	151
Interstate 476	Interstate	13	51
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 248	State highway	4	22
State Route 940	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 1003	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 2002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 209	US highway	8	53

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.Carbon 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
Carbon County: 16.4

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 Carbon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	32	296	8.0
Luzerne County	Pennsylvania	18	313	9.7
Monroe County	Pennsylvania	18	221	13.2
Northampton County	Pennsylvania	15	213	6.9
Schuylkill County	Pennsylvania	22	208	14.5

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 Carbon 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 Carbon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 124 deaths in Carbon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 106 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Carbon in 2024?

The rate of Carbon County in 2024 was 19.8 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 Carbon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 92 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 Carbon?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 43 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.