Lebanon County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Lebanon County in 2024.

FARS records 190 deaths in 175 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.4 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, Lebanon County was number 23 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Lebanon County rose by 8.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (176) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (190).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 59.8% of the fatal crashes in Lebanon 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 Lebanon 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.Lebanon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	19	1 or 2
2023	15	15	3
2022	11	10	0
2021	26	24	5
2020	22	19	1 or 2
2019	19	19	4
2018	15	15	1 or 2
2017	22	20	6
2016	21	17	1 or 2
2015	19	17	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	190	175	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1977)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Lebanon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	19
2023	15	15
2022	11	10
2021	26	24
2020	22	19
2019	19	19
2018	15	15
2017	22	20
2016	21	17
2015	19	17
2014	8	6
2013	18	18
2012	16	14
2011	25	20
2010	15	15
2009	18	14
2008	22	19
2007	19	17
2006	20	18
2005	15	13
2004	24	21
2003	16	15
2002	13	13
2001	21	19
2000	6	6
1999	16	16
1998	21	18
1997	17	13
1996	19	16
1995	19	16
1994	22	22
1993	20	17
1992	22	19
1991	17	16
1990	13	13
1989	22	16
1988	26	23
1987	19	18
1986	21	18
1985	20	19
1984	15	14
1983	15	15
1982	12	10
1981	26	24
1980	19	19
1979	25	22
1978	20	19
1977	26	21
1976	15	15
1975	20	19

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.Lebanon County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lebanon County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	13.8	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.4	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. Lebanon County had 145,392 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lebanon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 175 fatal crashes	24	175 fatal crashes	13.7%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 175 fatal crashes	64	175 fatal crashes	36.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 121 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	121 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.8%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 190 deaths	19	190 deaths	10.0%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 190 deaths	0	190 deaths	0.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 190 deaths	27	190 deaths	14.2%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 174 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	174 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.8%	45.3%
In the darkof 175 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	175 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.6%	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.Lebanon 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	1 or 2	3	6	5	15
Monday	1 or 2	8	12	6	27
Tuesday	3	12	10	5	30
Wednesday	0	5	13	5	23
Thursday	3	5	14	6	28
Friday	0	1 or 2	5	9	16
Saturday	11	7	11	7	36
All days	19	42	71	43	175

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.Lebanon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	28	16.1%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	36	20.7%	28.1%
Minor arterial	15	8.6%	22.4%
Major collector	34	19.5%	13.1%
Minor collector	14	8.0%	4.2%
Local	47	27.0%	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.Lebanon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	116
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	14
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lebanon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	3
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	51

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lebanon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lebanon	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	3	123
Interstate 78	Interstate	6	50
Interstate 81	Interstate	19	169
State Route 72	State highway	12	26
State Route 501	State highway	7	25
State Route 1011	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 2002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 3001	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 4001	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 4004	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 22	US highway	4	136
US Route 322	US highway	4	101
US Route 422	US highway	19	111

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.Lebanon 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
Lebanon County: 13.4

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 Lebanon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berks County	Pennsylvania	47	440	10.3
Dauphin County	Pennsylvania	26	295	10.4
Lancaster County	Pennsylvania	52	503	9.2
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 Lebanon 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

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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 Lebanon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 176 deaths in Lebanon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 190 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lebanon in 2024?

The rate of Lebanon County in 2024 was 13.8 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 Lebanon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 175 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 Lebanon?

14 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 81 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.