York County, Pennsylvania: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 41 deaths in 37 fatal crashes in York County in 2024.

FARS records 377 deaths in 346 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.3 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, York County was number 7 of 67 counties of Pennsylvania.

Deaths in York County fell by 16.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (452) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (377).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 30.6% of fatal crashes in York County and 25.4% 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 York 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.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	41	37	11
2023	35	34	11
2022	36	32	11
2021	46	43	6
2020	28	27	8
2019	25	23	9
2018	49	41	14
2017	38	36	10
2016	39	37	10
2015	40	36	16
2015 to 2024	377	346	106

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 69 (1980)2024: 41

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

Table 2.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	41	37
2023	35	34
2022	36	32
2021	46	43
2020	28	27
2019	25	23
2018	49	41
2017	38	36
2016	39	37
2015	40	36
2014	45	39
2013	44	43
2012	26	26
2011	44	43
2010	37	33
2009	43	38
2008	53	51
2007	54	50
2006	56	51
2005	50	47
2004	43	42
2003	46	43
2002	54	46
2001	56	48
2000	53	51
1999	52	49
1998	46	40
1997	43	38
1996	39	36
1995	28	26
1994	34	33
1993	38	36
1992	35	28
1991	46	42
1990	46	45
1989	53	48
1988	56	51
1987	44	41
1986	54	53
1985	43	38
1984	51	50
1983	40	40
1982	48	44
1981	55	53
1980	69	64
1979	62	56
1978	67	65
1977	66	60
1976	68	57
1975	47	42

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.York County beside Pennsylvania and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	York County	Pennsylvania	United States
2024	8.7	8.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.3	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. York County had 469,986 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.York County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
A driver recorded as drinkingof 346 fatal crashes	106	346 fatal crashes	30.6%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 346 fatal crashes	149	346 fatal crashes	43.1%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 207 occupant deaths with restraint use known	114	207 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.1%	57.8%
Pedestriansof 377 deaths	56	377 deaths	14.9%	14.3%
Bicyclistsof 377 deaths	3	377 deaths	0.8%	1.7%
Motorcyclistsof 377 deaths	80	377 deaths	21.2%	17.3%
On a rural roadof 345 fatal crashes with the condition reported	142	345 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	45.3%
In the darkof 343 fatal crashes with the condition reported	140	343 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.8%	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.York 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	10	5	15	14	44
Monday	4	6	10	19	39
Tuesday	7	11	12	17	47
Wednesday	3	9	20	20	52
Thursday	5	15	11	19	50
Friday	7	15	13	14	49
Saturday	14	12	20	18	64
All days	50	73	101	121	345

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.York County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Pennsylvania
Interstate	30	8.8%	9.9%
Other freeways and expressways	8	2.3%	3.2%
Other principal arterial	58	17.0%	28.1%
Minor arterial	73	21.4%	22.4%
Major collector	63	18.5%	13.1%
Minor collector	30	8.8%	4.2%
Local	79	23.2%	19.1%
Not reported	5	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.York County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	188
Dark, not lighted	103
Dark, lighted	34
Dawn	4
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.York County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	206
Cloudy	10
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	95

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in York County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In York	In all of Pennsylvania
Interstate 76	Interstate	1 or 2	123
Interstate 83	Interstate	26	39
State Route 74	State highway	22	33
State Route 462	State highway	10	20
State Route 501	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 1003	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 1005	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 1009	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 2001	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 2002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 2007	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 2014	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 2016	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 2029	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3001	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 3007	State highway	1 or 2	43
State Route 4001	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 4002	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 4003	State highway	1 or 2	26
US Route 15	US highway	9	40
US Route 30	US highway	27	200

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.York 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
York County: 8.3

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 York County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baltimore County	Maryland	74	714	8.5
Carroll County	Maryland	16	147	8.6
Harford County	Maryland	13	190	7.4
Adams County	Pennsylvania	13	125	12.0
Cumberland County	Pennsylvania	18	199	7.7
Dauphin County	Pennsylvania	26	295	10.4
Lancaster County	Pennsylvania	52	503	9.2

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 York 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 York in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 452 deaths in York County from 2005 to 2014. It records 377 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of York in 2024?

The rate of York County in 2024 was 8.7 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 York had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 106 of 346 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 York?

21 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 116 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.