Venango County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Venango County in 2024.

FARS records 71 deaths in 64 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.0 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, Venango County was number 47 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in Venango County fell by 26.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (71).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.3% of the fatal crashes in Venango 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 Venango County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Venango County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	5	5	0
2022	7	7	1 or 2
2021	12	10	1 or 2
2020	11	9	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	6	5	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	11	9	1 or 2
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015 to 2024	71	64	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1977)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Venango County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	5	5
2022	7	7
2021	12	10
2020	11	9
2019	7	7
2018	6	5
2017	6	6
2016	11	9
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	8	7
2013	5	5
2012	18	14
2011	11	8
2010	10	8
2009	6	6
2008	7	7
2007	11	8
2006	9	9
2005	11	11
2004	7	5
2003	18	16
2002	13	13
2001	7	7
2000	16	15
1999	15	11
1998	10	10
1997	15	13
1996	16	14
1995	12	12
1994	12	12
1993	11	10
1992	7	7
1991	18	15
1990	9	8
1989	10	10
1988	22	22
1987	10	10
1986	19	18
1985	17	14
1984	19	17
1983	20	18
1982	19	17
1981	13	13
1980	6	6
1979	21	19
1978	20	19
1977	22	17
1976	19	18
1975	18	15

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.Venango County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Venango County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	8.1	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.0	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. Venango County had 49,518 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Venango County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 64 fatal crashes	14	64 fatal crashes	21.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 64 fatal crashes	35	64 fatal crashes	54.7%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 50 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	50 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.0%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 71 deaths	3	71 deaths	4.2%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 71 deaths	1 or 2	71 deaths	1.4%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 71 deaths	8	71 deaths	11.3%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.3%	45.3%
In the darkof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.4%	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.Venango 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	0	3	3	7
Monday	1 or 2	0	5	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	6	3	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	3	5	3	13
Saturday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	6
All days	9	10	27	18	64

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.Venango County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	6	9.4%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.6%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	16	25.0%	28.1%
Minor arterial	11	17.2%	22.4%
Major collector	20	31.3%	13.1%
Minor collector	5	7.8%	4.2%
Local	5	7.8%	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.Venango County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	39
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Venango County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	38
Cloudy	3
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	16

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Venango County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Venango	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 80	Interstate	6	151
State Route 8	State highway	6	61
State Route 2006	State highway	3	26
State Route 3003	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 22	US highway	1 or 2	136
US Route 322	US highway	7	101

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.Venango 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
Venango County: 14.0

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 Venango County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Butler County	Pennsylvania	15	182	9.5
Clarion County	Pennsylvania	7	60	15.8
Crawford County	Pennsylvania	14	121	14.4
Forest County	Pennsylvania	1 or 2	14	20.0
Mercer County	Pennsylvania	15	135	12.2
Warren County	Pennsylvania	5	55	14.2

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 Venango 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. Venango County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/pa/venango/. 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 Venango in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Venango County from 2005 to 2014. It records 71 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Venango in 2024?

The rate of Venango County in 2024 was 8.1 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 Venango had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 64 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 Venango?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 26 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.