Crawford County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Crawford County in 2024.

FARS records 121 deaths in 112 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.4 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, Crawford County was number 31 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Crawford County fell by 29.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (172) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (121).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.3% of the fatal crashes in Crawford 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 Crawford 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.Crawford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	11	3
2023	14	14	1 or 2
2022	16	15	4
2021	19	17	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	9	8	5
2018	14	12	4
2017	10	10	3
2016	12	12	7
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	121	112	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1975)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Crawford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	11
2023	14	14
2022	16	15
2021	19	17
2020	5	5
2019	9	8
2018	14	12
2017	10	10
2016	12	12
2015	8	8
2014	14	13
2013	29	27
2012	15	15
2011	12	12
2010	14	14
2009	10	9
2008	15	14
2007	22	19
2006	19	19
2005	22	20
2004	15	13
2003	19	18
2002	21	17
2001	23	21
2000	23	20
1999	24	21
1998	16	15
1997	15	14
1996	16	14
1995	20	18
1994	23	21
1993	10	10
1992	21	20
1991	22	21
1990	18	17
1989	22	19
1988	17	16
1987	21	20
1986	20	17
1985	20	17
1984	22	17
1983	12	12
1982	26	25
1981	26	22
1980	32	31
1979	19	17
1978	29	27
1977	32	25
1976	21	17
1975	34	28

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.Crawford County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Crawford County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	17.1	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.4	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. Crawford County had 81,946 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Crawford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 112 fatal crashes	33	112 fatal crashes	29.5%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 112 fatal crashes	41	112 fatal crashes	36.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.7%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 121 deaths	12	121 deaths	9.9%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 121 deaths	1 or 2	121 deaths	1.7%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 121 deaths	18	121 deaths	14.9%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 112 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	112 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.3%	45.3%
In the darkof 112 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	112 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Crawford 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	5	1 or 2	7	4	17
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	4	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	0	4	7	1 or 2	13
Thursday	3	5	4	5	17
Friday	4	4	3	8	19
Saturday	7	1 or 2	7	8	24
All days	21	21	37	33	112

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.Crawford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	6	5.4%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	13	11.7%	28.1%
Minor arterial	25	22.5%	22.4%
Major collector	37	33.3%	13.1%
Minor collector	6	5.4%	4.2%
Local	24	21.6%	19.1%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Crawford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Crawford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	61
Cloudy	10
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	8
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	17

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Crawford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Crawford	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 79	Interstate	5	73
State Route 8	State highway	4	61
State Route 18	State highway	3	46
State Route 1002	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 6	US highway	6	98
US Route 19	US highway	1 or 2	66
US Route 322	US highway	11	101

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.Crawford 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
Crawford County: 14.4

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 Crawford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ashtabula County	Ohio	21	171	17.5
Trumbull County	Ohio	18	182	9.1
Erie County	Pennsylvania	36	262	9.7
Mercer County	Pennsylvania	15	135	12.2
Venango County	Pennsylvania	4	71	14.0
Warren County	Pennsylvania	5	55	14.2

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 Crawford 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 Crawford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 172 deaths in Crawford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 121 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Crawford in 2024?

The rate of Crawford County in 2024 was 17.1 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 Crawford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 112 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 Crawford?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 34 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.