Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Lycoming County in 2024.

FARS records 139 deaths in 127 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.2 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, Lycoming County was number 25 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Lycoming County fell by 20.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (175) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (139).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 64.6% of the fatal crashes in Lycoming 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 Lycoming 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.Lycoming County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	4
2023	13	13	4
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	21	17	4
2020	12	10	1 or 2
2019	10	9	4
2018	10	9	1 or 2
2017	9	9	5
2016	15	14	3
2015	23	21	5
2015 to 2024	139	127	34

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1978)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Lycoming County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	13	13
2022	11	11
2021	21	17
2020	12	10
2019	10	9
2018	10	9
2017	9	9
2016	15	14
2015	23	21
2014	18	16
2013	10	9
2012	15	15
2011	19	19
2010	22	20
2009	17	15
2008	13	12
2007	20	20
2006	22	16
2005	19	17
2004	26	24
2003	23	13
2002	25	23
2001	18	16
2000	12	11
1999	17	16
1998	14	13
1997	17	16
1996	25	25
1995	15	14
1994	23	19
1993	14	14
1992	15	14
1991	17	16
1990	22	22
1989	26	24
1988	25	23
1987	28	24
1986	18	18
1985	21	17
1984	25	21
1983	23	21
1982	19	18
1981	31	24
1980	29	27
1979	30	29
1978	33	29
1977	20	20
1976	30	29
1975	20	18

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.Lycoming County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lycoming County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	13.3	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.2	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. Lycoming County had 112,918 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lycoming County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 127 fatal crashes	34	127 fatal crashes	26.8%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 127 fatal crashes	48	127 fatal crashes	37.8%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.0%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 139 deaths	12	139 deaths	8.6%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 139 deaths	3	139 deaths	2.2%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 139 deaths	20	139 deaths	14.4%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.6%	45.3%
In the darkof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.2%	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.Lycoming 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	1 or 2	5	5	15
Monday	3	4	9	5	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	7	3	17
Wednesday	4	1 or 2	7	3	16
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	12
Friday	4	6	9	3	22
Saturday	3	6	6	9	24
All days	20	29	48	30	127

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.Lycoming County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	9	7.1%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	5	3.9%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	17	13.4%	28.1%
Minor arterial	45	35.4%	22.4%
Major collector	15	11.8%	13.1%
Minor collector	7	5.5%	4.2%
Local	29	22.8%	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.Lycoming County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lycoming County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	22

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lycoming County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lycoming	In all of Pennsylvania
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 2009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 2014	State highway	9	34
State Route 2016	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 2029	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3001	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3009	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 4001	State highway	3	28
US Route 15	US highway	8	40
US Route 220	US highway	10	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.Lycoming 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
Lycoming County: 12.2

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 Lycoming County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bradford County	Pennsylvania	16	113	18.7
Clinton County	Pennsylvania	5	69	18.0
Columbia County	Pennsylvania	6	79	12.1
Montour County	Pennsylvania	6	32	17.6
Northumberland County	Pennsylvania	8	103	11.3
Potter County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	30	18.2
Sullivan County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	11	18.4
Tioga County	Pennsylvania	3	68	16.6
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 Lycoming 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 Lycoming in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 175 deaths in Lycoming County from 2005 to 2014. It records 139 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lycoming in 2024?

The rate of Lycoming County in 2024 was 13.3 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 Lycoming had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 34 of 127 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 Lycoming?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.