Clinton County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Clinton County in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 64 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Clinton County was number 48 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Clinton County fell by 23.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (90) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.8% of the fatal crashes in Clinton 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 Clinton 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.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	0
2023	6	6	5
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	8	7	3
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	4	3	0
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	6	6	0
2015	10	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	69	64	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1990)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	6	6
2022	8	8
2021	7	7
2020	8	7
2019	6	6
2018	4	3
2017	9	8
2016	6	6
2015	10	8
2014	9	8
2013	9	7
2012	12	11
2011	5	5
2010	7	6
2009	4	4
2008	8	6
2007	11	10
2006	13	13
2005	12	11
2004	8	8
2003	6	5
2002	12	10
2001	14	9
2000	7	7
1999	6	6
1998	10	9
1997	11	9
1996	9	6
1995	9	7
1994	9	9
1993	5	4
1992	3	3
1991	12	12
1990	20	13
1989	10	10
1988	6	6
1987	10	10
1986	8	8
1985	10	10
1984	7	7
1983	13	12
1982	8	5
1981	13	12
1980	10	9
1979	11	11
1978	12	10
1977	10	10
1976	18	14
1975	12	12

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.Clinton County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clinton County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	13.2	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Clinton County had 37,807 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clinton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 64 fatal crashes	17	64 fatal crashes	26.6%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 64 fatal crashes	33	64 fatal crashes	51.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 48 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	48 occupant deathswith restraint use known	72.9%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	6	69 deaths	8.7%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	0	69 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	6	69 deaths	8.7%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.8%	45.3%
In the darkof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.8%	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.Clinton 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	1 or 2	6	14
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	9
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	5
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	5	11
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	10
All days	10	15	15	23	63

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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	16	25.0%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	3	4.7%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	3.1%	28.1%
Minor arterial	19	29.7%	22.4%
Major collector	7	10.9%	13.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	3.1%	4.2%
Local	15	23.4%	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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	33
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Clinton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	35
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	5
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	16

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clinton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clinton	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	15	151
US Route 220	US highway	4	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.Clinton 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
Clinton County: 18.0

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 Clinton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cameron County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	8	17.7
Centre County	Pennsylvania	7	129	8.1
Clearfield County	Pennsylvania	12	138	17.4
Lycoming County	Pennsylvania	15	139	12.2
Potter County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	30	18.2
Union County	Pennsylvania	4	47	10.7

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 Clinton 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Clinton County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/pa/clinton/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Clinton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 90 deaths in Clinton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clinton in 2024?

The rate of Clinton County in 2024 was 13.2 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 Clinton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 64 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 Clinton?

FARS records 15 fatal crashes on Interstate 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 220 in the county from 2015 to 2024.