Monroe County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Monroe County in 2024.

FARS records 221 deaths in 198 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.2 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, Monroe County was number 16 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Monroe County fell by 30.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (318) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (221).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 53.1% of the fatal crashes in Monroe 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 Monroe 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.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	18	3
2023	23	20	5
2022	23	20	8
2021	27	25	8
2020	11	11	4
2019	17	16	1 or 2
2018	21	18	6
2017	18	17	5
2016	29	21	9
2015	34	32	8
2015 to 2024	221	198	57

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 41 (1991)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	18
2023	23	20
2022	23	20
2021	27	25
2020	11	11
2019	17	16
2018	21	18
2017	18	17
2016	29	21
2015	34	32
2014	23	18
2013	25	24
2012	27	26
2011	33	32
2010	35	33
2009	30	28
2008	37	34
2007	33	33
2006	35	30
2005	40	35
2004	38	37
2003	30	30
2002	34	32
2001	39	34
2000	31	29
1999	26	24
1998	27	26
1997	28	24
1996	14	14
1995	26	21
1994	13	12
1993	24	23
1992	24	19
1991	41	39
1990	21	21
1989	34	32
1988	28	27
1987	36	34
1986	24	24
1985	32	26
1984	18	16
1983	30	27
1982	23	22
1981	34	31
1980	32	31
1979	37	30
1978	17	17
1977	22	22
1976	22	21
1975	27	20

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.Monroe County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monroe County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	10.8	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.2	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. Monroe County had 166,818 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monroe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 198 fatal crashes	57	198 fatal crashes	28.8%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 198 fatal crashes	89	198 fatal crashes	44.9%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 137 occupant deaths with restraint use known	84	137 occupant deathswith restraint use known	61.3%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 221 deaths	20	221 deaths	9.0%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 221 deaths	1 or 2	221 deaths	0.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 221 deaths	43	221 deaths	19.5%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 196 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	196 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.1%	45.3%
In the darkof 198 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	198 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.4%	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.Monroe 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	9	5	14	8	36
Monday	3	3	6	7	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	9	8	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	10	10	28
Thursday	6	1 or 2	11	4	23
Friday	4	1 or 2	12	16	34
Saturday	4	7	14	10	35
All days	30	29	76	63	198

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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	24	12.4%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.6%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	20	10.4%	28.1%
Minor arterial	62	32.1%	22.4%
Major collector	33	17.1%	13.1%
Minor collector	10	5.2%	4.2%
Local	41	21.2%	19.1%
Not reported	5	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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	112
Dark, not lighted	59
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	5
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monroe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	119
Cloudy	4
Rain	21
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	42

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monroe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monroe	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	15	151
State Route 33	State highway	4	23
State Route 191	State highway	14	26
State Route 611	State highway	15	112
State Route 940	State highway	13	20
State Route 1005	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 1011	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 2002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 3003	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 3015	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3017	State highway	4	26
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 4004	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 209	US highway	17	53

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.Monroe 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
Monroe County: 13.2

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 Monroe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Sussex County	New Jersey	12	107	7.4
Warren County	New Jersey	15	119	11.0
Carbon County	Pennsylvania	13	106	16.4
Lackawanna County	Pennsylvania	20	200	9.4
Luzerne County	Pennsylvania	18	313	9.7
Northampton County	Pennsylvania	15	213	6.9
Pike County	Pennsylvania	10	78	13.4
Wayne County	Pennsylvania	9	86	16.8

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 Monroe 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 Monroe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 318 deaths in Monroe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 221 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monroe in 2024?

The rate of Monroe County in 2024 was 10.8 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 Monroe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 57 of 198 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 Monroe?

15 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 91 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.