Northampton County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Northampton County in 2024.

FARS records 213 deaths in 194 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.9 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, Northampton County was number 17 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Northampton County fell by 17.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (257) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (213).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 43.2% of the occupants killed in Northampton County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 57.8% 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 Northampton 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.Northampton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	15	3
2023	22	19	1 or 2
2022	24	21	4
2021	13	13	3
2020	21	20	4
2019	14	14	1 or 2
2018	21	19	5
2017	26	24	3
2016	29	24	10
2015	28	25	9
2015 to 2024	213	194	45

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 45 (1979)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Northampton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	15
2023	22	19
2022	24	21
2021	13	13
2020	21	20
2019	14	14
2018	21	19
2017	26	24
2016	29	24
2015	28	25
2014	29	26
2013	18	18
2012	23	20
2011	27	25
2010	29	24
2009	24	23
2008	22	19
2007	22	22
2006	31	30
2005	32	31
2004	37	28
2003	20	19
2002	27	23
2001	27	21
2000	29	26
1999	34	28
1998	26	25
1997	28	24
1996	28	23
1995	20	20
1994	22	21
1993	27	23
1992	34	31
1991	23	23
1990	18	17
1989	39	36
1988	30	27
1987	37	33
1986	22	19
1985	26	25
1984	29	28
1983	25	23
1982	33	28
1981	38	35
1980	35	31
1979	45	41
1978	38	34
1977	34	31
1976	32	29
1975	25	22

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.Northampton County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Northampton County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	4.6	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.9	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. Northampton County had 323,085 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Northampton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 194 fatal crashes	45	194 fatal crashes	23.2%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 194 fatal crashes	60	194 fatal crashes	30.9%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 125 occupant deaths with restraint use known	54	125 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.2%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 213 deaths	28	213 deaths	13.1%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 213 deaths	3	213 deaths	1.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 213 deaths	41	213 deaths	19.2%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 193 fatal crashes with the condition reported	76	193 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	45.3%
In the darkof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.1%	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.Northampton 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	6	3	11	4	24
Monday	4	7	11	3	25
Tuesday	5	5	11	6	27
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	14	10	30
Thursday	4	9	9	6	28
Friday	10	4	9	8	31
Saturday	4	6	6	13	29
All days	35	38	71	50	194

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.Northampton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	5	2.6%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	15	7.9%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	57	29.8%	28.1%
Minor arterial	39	20.4%	22.4%
Major collector	28	14.7%	13.1%
Minor collector	7	3.7%	4.2%
Local	40	20.9%	19.1%
Not reported	3	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.Northampton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	115
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	28
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Northampton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	121
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	53

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Northampton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Northampton	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 78	Interstate	4	50
State Route 33	State highway	19	23
State Route 191	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 248	State highway	18	22
State Route 611	State highway	13	112
State Route 1002	State highway	3	26
State Route 1004	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 1009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 1011	State highway	3	20
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 3007	State highway	1 or 2	43
State Route 3015	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 4001	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 4004	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 22	US highway	8	136

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.Northampton 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
Northampton County: 6.9

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 Northampton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Warren County	New Jersey	15	119	11.0
Bucks County	Pennsylvania	45	513	8.1
Carbon County	Pennsylvania	13	106	16.4
Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	32	296	8.0
Monroe County	Pennsylvania	18	221	13.2

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 Northampton 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 Northampton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 257 deaths in Northampton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 213 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Northampton in 2024?

The rate of Northampton County in 2024 was 4.6 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 Northampton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 45 of 194 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 Northampton?

16 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 79 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.