Campbell County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Campbell County in 2024.

FARS records 109 deaths in 103 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.7 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, Campbell County was number 24 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Campbell County rose by 17.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (93) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (109).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.5% of the fatal crashes in Campbell 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 Campbell 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.Campbell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	4
2023	22	19	3
2022	13	13	4
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	12	12	5
2018	8	8	0
2017	8	8	5
2016	11	9	5
2015	7	7	3
2015 to 2024	109	103	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1986)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Campbell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	22	19
2022	13	13
2021	8	8
2020	8	8
2019	12	12
2018	8	8
2017	8	8
2016	11	9
2015	7	7
2014	9	8
2013	4	4
2012	16	14
2011	4	3
2010	9	9
2009	3	3
2008	13	12
2007	7	7
2006	15	14
2005	13	10
2004	7	7
2003	13	12
2002	16	13
2001	9	9
2000	15	12
1999	15	13
1998	6	6
1997	10	10
1996	8	8
1995	8	8
1994	5	5
1993	9	8
1992	5	5
1991	9	9
1990	5	5
1989	11	10
1988	9	9
1987	10	9
1986	22	18
1985	12	11
1984	14	14
1983	9	8
1982	12	11
1981	7	7
1980	6	6
1979	7	7
1978	14	11
1977	18	16
1976	9	7
1975	11	8

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.Campbell County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Campbell County	Virginia	United States
2024	21.6	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.7	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. Campbell County had 55,563 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Campbell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 103 fatal crashes	31	103 fatal crashes	30.1%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 103 fatal crashes	21	103 fatal crashes	20.4%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.1%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 109 deaths	12	109 deaths	11.0%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 109 deaths	1 or 2	109 deaths	0.9%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 109 deaths	11	109 deaths	10.1%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.5%	55.4%
In the darkof 103 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	103 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.6%	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.Campbell 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	1 or 2	4	3	10
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	9
Tuesday	0	7	4	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	6	18
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Friday	4	1 or 2	7	5	18
Saturday	6	3	4	9	22
All days	16	21	34	32	103

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.Campbell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	4	3.9%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	30	29.4%	26.4%
Minor arterial	26	25.5%	24.4%
Major collector	34	33.3%	18.4%
Minor collector	5	4.9%	3.5%
Local	3	2.9%	10.0%
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.Campbell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	45
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Campbell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	7
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	86

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Campbell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Campbell	In all of Virginia
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	55
US Route 29	US highway	21	193
US Route 301	US highway	1 or 2	48
US Route 460	US highway	14	242
US Route 501	US highway	20	48

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.Campbell 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
Campbell County: 19.7

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 Campbell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Amherst County	Virginia	5	45	14.2
Appomattox County	Virginia	4	31	19.2
Bedford County	Virginia	17	127	15.9
Charlotte County	Virginia	4	44	37.5
Halifax County	Virginia	7	94	27.5
Lynchburg city	Virginia	9	46	5.7
Pittsylvania County	Virginia	18	162	26.7

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 Campbell 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.

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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 Campbell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 93 deaths in Campbell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 109 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Campbell in 2024?

The rate of Campbell County in 2024 was 21.6 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 Campbell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 103 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 Campbell?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 59 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.