Albemarle County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Albemarle County in 2024.

FARS records 134 deaths in 125 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Virginia in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Albemarle County was number 15 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Albemarle County fell by 2.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (138) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (134).

In the counties of Virginia the deaths rose by 5.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 72.8% of the fatal crashes in Albemarle County with a known setting were rural, against 55.4% in Virginia.

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 Albemarle 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.Albemarle County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	11	10	3
2022	18	17	10
2021	16	16	3
2020	17	14	1 or 2
2019	16	15	6
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	12	10	4
2016	9	9	3
2015	15	14	8
2015 to 2024	134	125	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1980)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Albemarle County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	11	10
2022	18	17
2021	16	16
2020	17	14
2019	16	15
2018	10	10
2017	12	10
2016	9	9
2015	15	14
2014	16	14
2013	11	10
2012	12	12
2011	19	18
2010	13	13
2009	12	10
2008	14	14
2007	17	15
2006	8	8
2005	16	15
2004	14	13
2003	24	20
2002	21	20
2001	9	8
2000	10	10
1999	15	12
1998	11	8
1997	11	11
1996	8	8
1995	23	19
1994	15	13
1993	19	14
1992	15	12
1991	15	15
1990	21	18
1989	19	17
1988	23	21
1987	19	16
1986	19	17
1985	14	14
1984	12	10
1983	16	10
1982	18	15
1981	11	11
1980	25	22
1979	17	16
1978	15	15
1977	9	8
1976	9	8
1975	13	13

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.Albemarle County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Albemarle County	Virginia	United States
2024	8.5	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.0	10.1	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. Albemarle County had 117,312 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Albemarle County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 125 fatal crashes	41	125 fatal crashes	32.8%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 125 fatal crashes	18	125 fatal crashes	14.4%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.3%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 134 deaths	12	134 deaths	9.0%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 134 deaths	1 or 2	134 deaths	0.7%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 134 deaths	13	134 deaths	9.7%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.8%	55.4%
In the darkof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	45.4%

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.Albemarle 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	3	4	4	9	20
Monday	1 or 2	4	8	7	20
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	3	14
Wednesday	6	7	5	0	18
Thursday	5	5	6	4	20
Friday	4	3	4	5	16
Saturday	3	4	6	4	17
All days	23	30	40	32	125

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.Albemarle County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	22	18.0%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	3	2.5%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	27	22.1%	26.4%
Minor arterial	29	23.8%	24.4%
Major collector	31	25.4%	18.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	3.5%
Local	9	7.4%	10.0%
Not reported	3	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.Albemarle County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	71
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Albemarle County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	12
Rain	19
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	90

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Albemarle County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Albemarle	In all of Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	22	277
State Route 20	State highway	15	33
US Route 29	US highway	22	193
US Route 250	US highway	12	72

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 Virginia

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Albemarle County on the county map of Virginia

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1039 counties
10 to 14.921 counties
15 to 19.925 counties
20 to 29.927 counties
30 or more15 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown6 counties
Albemarle County: 12.0

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 Virginia

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Albemarle County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Augusta County	Virginia	18	160	20.9
Buckingham County	Virginia	7	49	28.8
Charlottesville city	Virginia	1 or 2	17	3.7
Fluvanna County	Virginia	0	28	10.2
Greene County	Virginia	1 or 2	19	9.3
Louisa County	Virginia	10	95	25.0
Nelson County	Virginia	9	60	40.6
Orange County	Virginia	3	67	18.1
Rockingham County	Virginia	12	124	14.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Virginia have a population nearest to that of Albemarle 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.
Virginia DMV Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Virginia.

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 Albemarle in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 138 deaths in Albemarle County from 2005 to 2014. It records 134 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Albemarle in 2024?

The rate of Albemarle County in 2024 was 8.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Virginia was 10.4. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Albemarle had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 125 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 Albemarle?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 71 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.