Chesterfield County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 32 deaths in 31 fatal crashes in Chesterfield County in 2024.

FARS records 292 deaths in 282 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.1 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, Chesterfield County was number 3 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Chesterfield County rose by 14.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (255) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (292).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 16.7% of the fatal crashes in Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield 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.Chesterfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	32	31	8
2023	27	26	6
2022	35	35	12
2021	27	27	8
2020	34	31	9
2019	22	21	6
2018	28	27	6
2017	34	33	6
2016	25	25	13
2015	28	26	10
2015 to 2024	292	282	84

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 40 (2002)2024: 32

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

Table 2.Chesterfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	32	31
2023	27	26
2022	35	35
2021	27	27
2020	34	31
2019	22	21
2018	28	27
2017	34	33
2016	25	25
2015	28	26
2014	19	18
2013	26	24
2012	19	19
2011	31	29
2010	20	18
2009	26	25
2008	30	26
2007	29	28
2006	25	23
2005	30	27
2004	32	31
2003	22	22
2002	40	35
2001	13	13
2000	28	22
1999	35	31
1998	30	24
1997	17	16
1996	26	23
1995	12	12
1994	18	18
1993	7	7
1992	26	23
1991	15	15
1990	31	26
1989	26	24
1988	33	29
1987	28	25
1986	21	17
1985	19	19
1984	17	15
1983	23	21
1982	18	18
1981	21	20
1980	26	26
1979	22	19
1978	20	20
1977	30	29
1976	21	19
1975	23	21

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.Chesterfield County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chesterfield County	Virginia	United States
2024	8.2	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.1	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. Chesterfield County had 391,243 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chesterfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 282 fatal crashes	84	282 fatal crashes	29.8%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 282 fatal crashes	95	282 fatal crashes	33.7%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 191 occupant deaths with restraint use known	98	191 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.3%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 292 deaths	58	292 deaths	19.9%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 292 deaths	6	292 deaths	2.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 292 deaths	33	292 deaths	11.3%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 282 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	282 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	16.7%	55.4%
In the darkof 281 fatal crashes with the condition reported	143	281 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.9%	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.Chesterfield 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	15	6	7	8	36
Monday	6	3	15	8	32
Tuesday	3	11	11	16	41
Wednesday	5	9	8	14	36
Thursday	5	9	13	14	41
Friday	9	10	7	15	41
Saturday	15	7	11	22	55
All days	58	55	72	97	282

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.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	32	11.4%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	38	13.6%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	89	31.8%	26.4%
Minor arterial	50	17.9%	24.4%
Major collector	40	14.3%	18.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.4%	3.5%
Local	30	10.7%	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.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	126
Dark, not lighted	125
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	5
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1 or 2
Cloudy	23
Rain	35
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	218

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Chesterfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chesterfield	In all of Virginia
Interstate 95	Interstate	25	290
Interstate 295	Interstate	7	70
State Route 10	State highway	17	52
State Route 288	State highway	20	24
US Route 1	US highway	22	203
US Route 60	US highway	16	138
US Route 360	US highway	32	141

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.Chesterfield 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
Chesterfield County: 8.1

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 Chesterfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Amelia County	Virginia	1 or 2	35	26.5
Charles City County	Virginia	6	29	42.5
Colonial Heights city	Virginia	1 or 2	17	9.5
Dinwiddie County	Virginia	11	94	33.1
Henrico County	Virginia	46	294	8.9
Hopewell city	Virginia	0	9	4.0
Petersburg city	Virginia	4	43	13.3
Powhatan County	Virginia	1 or 2	43	14.2
Prince George County	Virginia	12	83	20.4
Richmond city	Virginia	18	205	9.0

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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 255 deaths in Chesterfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 292 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chesterfield in 2024?

The rate of Chesterfield County in 2024 was 8.2 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 Chesterfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 84 of 282 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 Chesterfield?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 139 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.