Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Northumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 99 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.3 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, Northumberland County was number 38 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Northumberland County fell by 9.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.5% of the fatal crashes in Northumberland 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 Northumberland 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.Northumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	13	13	3
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	11	11	1 or 2
2019	9	8	1 or 2
2018	12	11	1 or 2
2017	9	9	1 or 2
2016	16	15	5
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	103	99	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1981)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Northumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	13	13
2022	9	9
2021	7	7
2020	11	11
2019	9	8
2018	12	11
2017	9	9
2016	16	15
2015	9	9
2014	6	6
2013	15	11
2012	9	8
2011	13	11
2010	10	10
2009	8	8
2008	12	11
2007	9	9
2006	14	13
2005	18	14
2004	24	23
2003	20	18
2002	10	8
2001	12	11
2000	11	10
1999	21	20
1998	21	20
1997	16	15
1996	15	14
1995	18	17
1994	7	7
1993	19	17
1992	15	14
1991	19	15
1990	14	12
1989	27	26
1988	26	24
1987	19	19
1986	19	17
1985	21	19
1984	23	21
1983	13	13
1982	25	19
1981	30	27
1980	23	19
1979	27	24
1978	15	10
1977	16	14
1976	14	12
1975	21	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.Northumberland County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Northumberland County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	8.9	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.3	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. Northumberland County had 89,969 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Northumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 99 fatal crashes	22	99 fatal crashes	22.2%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 99 fatal crashes	36	99 fatal crashes	36.4%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 69 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	69 occupant deathswith restraint use known	63.8%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	7	103 deaths	6.8%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	3	103 deaths	2.9%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	16	103 deaths	15.5%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.5%	45.3%
In the darkof 99 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	99 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.3%	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.Northumberland 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	5	3	0	10
Monday	1 or 2	6	4	1 or 2	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	8	0	13
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	5	4	13
Thursday	4	1 or 2	3	3	12
Friday	0	6	8	5	19
Saturday	3	1 or 2	7	6	18
All days	16	25	38	20	99

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.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	4	4.1%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	13	13.3%	28.1%
Minor arterial	34	34.7%	22.4%
Major collector	21	21.4%	13.1%
Minor collector	7	7.1%	4.2%
Local	18	18.4%	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.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	26
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	5
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	27

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Northumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Northumberland	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	4	151
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 54	State highway	11	29
State Route 61	State highway	6	56
State Route 4001	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 4004	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 11	US highway	3	144

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.Northumberland 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
Northumberland County: 11.3

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 Northumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	Pennsylvania	6	79	12.1
Dauphin County	Pennsylvania	26	295	10.4
Juniata County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	42	17.5
Lycoming County	Pennsylvania	15	139	12.2
Montour County	Pennsylvania	6	32	17.6
Schuylkill County	Pennsylvania	22	208	14.5
Snyder County	Pennsylvania	6	54	13.5
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 Northumberland 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 Northumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Northumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Northumberland in 2024?

The rate of Northumberland County in 2024 was 8.9 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 Northumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 99 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 Northumberland?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 27 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.