Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 50 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Montgomery County in 2024.

FARS records 420 deaths in 402 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.0 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, Montgomery County was number 6 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Montgomery County fell by 5.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (443) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (420).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.3% of the fatal crashes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	50	45	8
2023	52	47	9
2022	53	51	19
2021	39	38	12
2020	35	35	7
2019	32	30	8
2018	50	49	7
2017	43	42	11
2016	32	32	7
2015	34	33	4
2015 to 2024	420	402	92

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 92 (1979)2024: 50

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

Table 2.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	50	45
2023	52	47
2022	53	51
2021	39	38
2020	35	35
2019	32	30
2018	50	49
2017	43	42
2016	32	32
2015	34	33
2014	38	38
2013	40	37
2012	44	41
2011	46	43
2010	33	30
2009	42	39
2008	45	44
2007	57	54
2006	54	51
2005	44	41
2004	57	54
2003	78	72
2002	60	53
2001	63	61
2000	62	54
1999	47	45
1998	69	62
1997	66	53
1996	72	68
1995	56	51
1994	46	45
1993	59	57
1992	54	51
1991	59	53
1990	57	54
1989	74	64
1988	67	66
1987	92	86
1986	75	69
1985	82	77
1984	89	79
1983	71	64
1982	82	74
1981	84	80
1980	76	71
1979	92	79
1978	67	61
1977	68	64
1976	78	72
1975	87	78

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.Montgomery County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	5.7	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.0	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. Montgomery County had 875,160 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 402 fatal crashes	92	402 fatal crashes	22.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 402 fatal crashes	154	402 fatal crashes	38.3%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 204 occupant deaths with restraint use known	120	204 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.8%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 420 deaths	97	420 deaths	23.1%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 420 deaths	5	420 deaths	1.2%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 420 deaths	75	420 deaths	17.9%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 398 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	398 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.3%	45.3%
In the darkof 402 fatal crashes with the condition reported	193	402 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.0%	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.Montgomery 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	7	18	21	56
Monday	13	10	14	16	53
Tuesday	10	16	15	13	54
Wednesday	5	11	19	20	55
Thursday	8	14	21	25	68
Friday	10	14	13	20	57
Saturday	14	8	19	18	59
All days	70	80	119	133	402

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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	31	7.8%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	23	5.8%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	159	40.3%	28.1%
Minor arterial	76	19.2%	22.4%
Major collector	25	6.3%	13.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.3%	4.2%
Local	80	20.3%	19.1%
Not reported	7	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	186
Dark, not lighted	98
Dark, lighted	94
Dawn	12
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	216
Cloudy	14
Rain	39
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	125

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	8	123
Interstate 476	Interstate	12	51
State Route 23	State highway	5	32
State Route 29	State highway	9	34
State Route 73	State highway	11	32
State Route 100	State highway	5	23
State Route 309	State highway	15	81
State Route 611	State highway	9	112
State Route 1001	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 1002	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 1003	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 2001	State highway	4	34
State Route 2004	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 2009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 2029	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3001	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3007	State highway	1 or 2	43
State Route 3009	State highway	3	32
State Route 4002	State highway	4	25
State Route 4004	State highway	4	22
US Route 1	US highway	4	135
US Route 30	US highway	4	200
US Route 202	US highway	16	43
US Route 422	US highway	13	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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 5.0

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berks County	Pennsylvania	47	440	10.3
Bucks County	Pennsylvania	45	513	8.1
Chester County	Pennsylvania	24	319	6.0
Delaware County	Pennsylvania	32	264	4.6
Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	32	296	8.0
Philadelphia County	Pennsylvania	137	1,196	7.6

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 443 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 420 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 5.7 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 92 of 402 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 Montgomery?

24 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 137 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.