Fayette County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Fayette County in 2024.

FARS records 212 deaths in 183 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.5 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, Fayette County was number 18 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Fayette County fell by 14.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (247) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (212).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.5% of the fatal crashes in Fayette 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 Fayette 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.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	15	4
2023	20	16	8
2022	21	17	6
2021	15	12	4
2020	27	24	12
2019	18	16	6
2018	19	18	5
2017	23	21	6
2016	22	19	6
2015	28	25	5
2015 to 2024	212	183	62

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1977)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	15
2023	20	16
2022	21	17
2021	15	12
2020	27	24
2019	18	16
2018	19	18
2017	23	21
2016	22	19
2015	28	25
2014	18	15
2013	17	16
2012	20	19
2011	27	23
2010	19	18
2009	34	31
2008	27	27
2007	38	32
2006	19	19
2005	28	27
2004	21	18
2003	24	21
2002	28	26
2001	20	19
2000	19	17
1999	19	18
1998	40	34
1997	28	24
1996	25	23
1995	23	22
1994	24	23
1993	32	30
1992	32	29
1991	36	32
1990	23	23
1989	30	28
1988	33	29
1987	46	35
1986	31	27
1985	19	16
1984	28	25
1983	21	20
1982	46	38
1981	39	35
1980	42	36
1979	30	26
1978	42	38
1977	47	41
1976	31	30
1975	36	35

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.Fayette County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fayette County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	15.3	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.5	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. Fayette County had 123,959 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fayette County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 183 fatal crashes	62	183 fatal crashes	33.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 183 fatal crashes	98	183 fatal crashes	53.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 139 occupant deaths with restraint use known	84	139 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.4%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 212 deaths	14	212 deaths	6.6%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 212 deaths	4	212 deaths	1.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 212 deaths	31	212 deaths	14.6%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	121	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.5%	45.3%
In the darkof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.1%	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.Fayette 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	10	0	10	1 or 2	22
Monday	3	7	8	7	25
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	10	10	29
Wednesday	4	9	4	6	23
Thursday	3	9	7	5	24
Friday	5	6	7	7	25
Saturday	8	3	12	12	35
All days	35	41	58	49	183

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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	3	1.7%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	8	4.4%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	70	38.7%	28.1%
Minor arterial	32	17.7%	22.4%
Major collector	33	18.2%	13.1%
Minor collector	7	3.9%	4.2%
Local	28	15.5%	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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	98
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	6
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Fayette County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	102
Cloudy	3
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	53

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fayette County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fayette	In all of Pennsylvania
State Route 31	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 51	State highway	15	55
State Route 1003	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 2001	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 3009	State highway	3	32
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 4004	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 40	US highway	27	51
US Route 119	US highway	15	44

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.Fayette 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
Fayette County: 16.5

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 Fayette County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Garrett County	Maryland	3	64	22.1
Greene County	Pennsylvania	5	57	15.9
Somerset County	Pennsylvania	9	112	15.2
Washington County	Pennsylvania	29	234	11.2
Westmoreland County	Pennsylvania	28	349	9.9
Monongalia County	West Virginia	15	107	10.1
Preston County	West Virginia	1 or 2	50	14.7

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 Fayette 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 Fayette in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 247 deaths in Fayette County from 2005 to 2014. It records 212 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fayette in 2024?

The rate of Fayette County in 2024 was 15.3 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 Fayette had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 62 of 183 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 Fayette?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 68 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.