Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Cumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 199 deaths in 189 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.7 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, Cumberland County was number 22 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Cumberland County fell by 19.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (246) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (199).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 51.3% of the occupants killed in Cumberland County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 57.8% 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 Cumberland 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.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	16	3
2023	22	22	5
2022	15	14	1 or 2
2021	24	23	6
2020	14	14	1 or 2
2019	17	17	1 or 2
2018	22	22	8
2017	26	23	8
2016	28	25	6
2015	13	13	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	199	189	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (1987)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	16
2023	22	22
2022	15	14
2021	24	23
2020	14	14
2019	17	17
2018	22	22
2017	26	23
2016	28	25
2015	13	13
2014	25	23
2013	15	13
2012	18	18
2011	23	22
2010	24	23
2009	19	17
2008	23	21
2007	32	30
2006	29	27
2005	38	31
2004	20	19
2003	34	28
2002	30	29
2001	18	17
2000	20	19
1999	32	29
1998	18	18
1997	21	19
1996	28	26
1995	19	18
1994	17	16
1993	29	24
1992	26	23
1991	29	26
1990	29	26
1989	27	26
1988	29	28
1987	44	37
1986	37	29
1985	37	35
1984	30	29
1983	24	22
1982	36	28
1981	32	31
1980	35	28
1979	33	31
1978	42	39
1977	32	26
1976	13	13
1975	29	24

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.Cumberland County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cumberland County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	6.6	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.7	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. Cumberland County had 274,656 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 189 fatal crashes	42	189 fatal crashes	22.2%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 189 fatal crashes	80	189 fatal crashes	42.3%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 113 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	113 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.3%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 199 deaths	24	199 deaths	12.1%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 199 deaths	1 or 2	199 deaths	1.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 199 deaths	41	199 deaths	20.6%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 188 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	188 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.9%	45.3%
In the darkof 189 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	189 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.2%	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.Cumberland 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	8	3	12	7	30
Monday	5	7	6	5	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	13	7	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	10	11	8	31
Thursday	0	4	5	9	18
Friday	5	9	13	8	35
Saturday	5	9	9	6	29
All days	26	44	69	50	189

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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	48	25.5%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	6	3.2%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	27	14.4%	28.1%
Minor arterial	38	20.2%	22.4%
Major collector	30	16.0%	13.1%
Minor collector	10	5.3%	4.2%
Local	29	15.4%	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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	110
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	113
Cloudy	8
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	47

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cumberland	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	6	123
Interstate 81	Interstate	37	169
Interstate 83	Interstate	1 or 2	39
State Route 74	State highway	7	33
State Route 1010	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 1011	State highway	3	20
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 2014	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 3001	State highway	4	23
US Route 11	US highway	25	144
US Route 15	US highway	1 or 2	40

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.Cumberland 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
Cumberland County: 7.7

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 Cumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Adams County	Pennsylvania	13	125	12.0
Dauphin County	Pennsylvania	26	295	10.4
Franklin County	Pennsylvania	21	207	13.3
Perry County	Pennsylvania	7	79	17.1
York County	Pennsylvania	41	377	8.3

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 246 deaths in Cumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 199 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cumberland in 2024?

The rate of Cumberland County in 2024 was 6.6 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 Cumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 of 189 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 Cumberland?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 92 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.