Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Schuylkill County in 2024.

FARS records 208 deaths in 190 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.5 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, Schuylkill County was number 19 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Schuylkill County fell by 25.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (278) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (208).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.8% of the fatal crashes in Schuylkill 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 Schuylkill 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.Schuylkill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	21	4
2023	24	23	5
2022	20	15	4
2021	26	25	4
2020	19	18	7
2019	22	21	3
2018	23	19	4
2017	23	21	4
2016	14	13	1 or 2
2015	15	14	5
2015 to 2024	208	190	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 48 (1976)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Schuylkill County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	21
2023	24	23
2022	20	15
2021	26	25
2020	19	18
2019	22	21
2018	23	19
2017	23	21
2016	14	13
2015	15	14
2014	29	26
2013	23	20
2012	33	28
2011	19	19
2010	20	20
2009	30	27
2008	33	32
2007	30	29
2006	32	30
2005	29	28
2004	40	38
2003	26	23
2002	32	30
2001	40	32
2000	30	28
1999	44	37
1998	32	28
1997	37	33
1996	21	21
1995	23	22
1994	24	23
1993	29	27
1992	29	20
1991	37	33
1990	34	28
1989	39	34
1988	31	28
1987	38	31
1986	34	32
1985	31	27
1984	39	32
1983	35	30
1982	20	17
1981	29	29
1980	38	34
1979	36	32
1978	33	27
1977	38	32
1976	48	45
1975	43	38

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.Schuylkill County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Schuylkill County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	15.2	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.5	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. Schuylkill County had 144,409 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Schuylkill County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 190 fatal crashes	41	190 fatal crashes	21.6%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 190 fatal crashes	79	190 fatal crashes	41.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	81	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.6%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 208 deaths	19	208 deaths	9.1%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 208 deaths	1 or 2	208 deaths	1.0%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 208 deaths	31	208 deaths	14.9%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 189 fatal crashes with the condition reported	130	189 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.8%	45.3%
In the darkof 190 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	190 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.3%	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.Schuylkill 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	7	8	5	6	26
Monday	5	3	15	5	28
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	6	1 or 2	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	11	5	22
Thursday	1 or 2	8	15	4	28
Friday	5	6	16	9	36
Saturday	9	3	13	9	34
All days	31	38	81	40	190

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.Schuylkill County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	19	10.1%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	41	21.8%	28.1%
Minor arterial	65	34.6%	22.4%
Major collector	30	16.0%	13.1%
Minor collector	11	5.9%	4.2%
Local	22	11.7%	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.Schuylkill County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	117
Dark, not lighted	55
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Schuylkill County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	108
Cloudy	3
Rain	21
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	47

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Schuylkill County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Schuylkill	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	1 or 2	151
Interstate 81	Interstate	16	169
State Route 54	State highway	8	29
State Route 61	State highway	23	56
State Route 183	State highway	7	28
State Route 309	State highway	11	81
State Route 501	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 1005	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 1009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 1011	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
US Route 209	US highway	14	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.Schuylkill 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
Schuylkill County: 14.5

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 Schuylkill County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berks County	Pennsylvania	47	440	10.3
Carbon County	Pennsylvania	13	106	16.4
Columbia County	Pennsylvania	6	79	12.1
Dauphin County	Pennsylvania	26	295	10.4
Lebanon County	Pennsylvania	20	190	13.4
Lehigh County	Pennsylvania	32	296	8.0
Luzerne County	Pennsylvania	18	313	9.7
Northumberland County	Pennsylvania	8	103	11.3

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 Schuylkill 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.

Cite this page

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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 Schuylkill in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 278 deaths in Schuylkill County from 2005 to 2014. It records 208 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Schuylkill in 2024?

The rate of Schuylkill County in 2024 was 15.2 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 Schuylkill had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 190 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 Schuylkill?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.