Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

Counties of Pennsylvania by year (CSV)Cite this page

FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Susquehanna County in 2024.

FARS records 95 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Susquehanna County was number 40 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Susquehanna County fell by 11.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (107) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (95).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.7% of the fatal crashes in Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna 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.Susquehanna County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	0
2023	8	8	0
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	6	6	1 or 2
2020	11	11	7
2019	9	9	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	9	9	3
2016	15	10	5
2015	10	10	4
2015 to 2024	95	90	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (2002)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Susquehanna County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	8	8
2022	9	9
2021	6	6
2020	11	11
2019	9	9
2018	7	7
2017	9	9
2016	15	10
2015	10	10
2014	10	10
2013	8	8
2012	15	13
2011	11	10
2010	12	11
2009	8	6
2008	11	10
2007	11	11
2006	8	8
2005	13	12
2004	8	7
2003	14	14
2002	17	14
2001	10	9
2000	8	8
1999	14	11
1998	11	10
1997	8	8
1996	10	8
1995	8	8
1994	11	11
1993	11	9
1992	10	8
1991	14	10
1990	10	10
1989	13	13
1988	13	11
1987	15	13
1986	15	10
1985	6	4
1984	11	10
1983	12	11
1982	11	10
1981	16	12
1980	13	12
1979	14	11
1978	15	13
1977	10	9
1976	14	9
1975	15	14

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.Susquehanna County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Susquehanna County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	28.8	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Susquehanna County had 38,180 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Susquehanna County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	27	90 fatal crashes	30.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	43	90 fatal crashes	47.8%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 66 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	66 occupant deathswith restraint use known	68.2%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 95 deaths	7	95 deaths	7.4%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 95 deaths	1 or 2	95 deaths	1.1%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 95 deaths	12	95 deaths	12.6%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.7%	45.3%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.1%	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.Susquehanna 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	4	3	4	13
Monday	0	5	4	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	14
Wednesday	3	3	4	1 or 2	12
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7	13
Saturday	7	4	4	7	22
All days	15	21	27	27	90

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.Susquehanna County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	13	14.4%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	0	0.0%	28.1%
Minor arterial	20	22.2%	22.4%
Major collector	22	24.4%	13.1%
Minor collector	9	10.0%	4.2%
Local	26	28.9%	19.1%
Not reported	0	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.Susquehanna County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	4
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Susquehanna County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	26

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Susquehanna County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Susquehanna	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 81	Interstate	12	169
State Route 29	State highway	10	34
State Route 1015	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 2029	State highway	1 or 2	23
US Route 11	US highway	6	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.Susquehanna 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
Susquehanna County: 24.0

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 Susquehanna County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Broome County	New York	10	126	6.5
Tioga County	New York	10	63	13.0
Bradford County	Pennsylvania	16	113	18.7
Lackawanna County	Pennsylvania	20	200	9.4
Wayne County	Pennsylvania	9	86	16.8
Wyoming County	Pennsylvania	4	38	14.3

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 Susquehanna 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

Fatal Roads. Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/pa/susquehanna/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Susquehanna in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 107 deaths in Susquehanna County from 2005 to 2014. It records 95 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Susquehanna in 2024?

The rate of Susquehanna County in 2024 was 28.8 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 Susquehanna had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 90 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 Susquehanna?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 30 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.