Fauquier County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Fauquier County in 2024.

FARS records 142 deaths in 131 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, Fauquier County was number 14 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Fauquier County rose by 6.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (133) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (142).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.0% of the fatal crashes in Fauquier 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 Fauquier 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.Fauquier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	4
2023	11	11	1 or 2
2022	21	17	8
2021	13	13	5
2020	11	8	1 or 2
2019	11	11	1 or 2
2018	19	19	7
2017	9	8	1 or 2
2016	15	15	4
2015	19	17	4
2015 to 2024	142	131	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1988)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Fauquier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	11	11
2022	21	17
2021	13	13
2020	11	8
2019	11	11
2018	19	19
2017	9	8
2016	15	15
2015	19	17
2014	9	9
2013	6	6
2012	10	10
2011	18	15
2010	11	11
2009	17	16
2008	11	10
2007	16	15
2006	16	13
2005	19	19
2004	8	8
2003	10	9
2002	10	10
2001	13	12
2000	8	8
1999	19	19
1998	18	15
1997	21	16
1996	20	20
1995	6	5
1994	16	15
1993	9	9
1992	12	10
1991	17	15
1990	18	15
1989	20	18
1988	26	23
1987	22	19
1986	12	10
1985	13	12
1984	15	11
1983	11	9
1982	11	10
1981	16	12
1980	13	10
1979	14	10
1978	13	11
1977	18	14
1976	15	10
1975	11	11

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.Fauquier County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fauquier County	Virginia	United States
2024	17.1	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. Fauquier County had 75,865 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fauquier County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 131 fatal crashes	37	131 fatal crashes	28.2%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 131 fatal crashes	42	131 fatal crashes	32.1%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 114 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	114 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.9%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 142 deaths	5	142 deaths	3.5%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 142 deaths	3	142 deaths	2.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 142 deaths	20	142 deaths	14.1%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 131 fatal crashes with the condition reported	114	131 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.0%	55.4%
In the darkof 131 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	131 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.9%	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.Fauquier 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	4	0	8	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	3	7	4	15
Tuesday	0	3	9	5	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	5	11	24
Thursday	5	4	5	6	20
Friday	1 or 2	6	9	6	22
Saturday	1 or 2	4	5	5	16
All days	15	26	48	42	131

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.Fauquier County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	14	10.7%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.5%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	44	33.6%	26.4%
Minor arterial	15	11.5%	24.4%
Major collector	34	26.0%	18.4%
Minor collector	6	4.6%	3.5%
Local	16	12.2%	10.0%
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.Fauquier County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	4
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fauquier County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	14
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	104

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Fauquier County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fauquier	In all of Virginia
Interstate 66	Interstate	14	62
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	33
US Route 15	US highway	12	87
US Route 17	US highway	26	164
US Route 29	US highway	12	193
US Route 50	US highway	5	59
US Route 211	US highway	1 or 2	22

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.Fauquier 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
Fauquier 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 Fauquier County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarke County	Virginia	8	48	32.4
Culpeper County	Virginia	5	71	13.4
Loudoun County	Virginia	14	133	3.2
Prince William County	Virginia	30	238	5.0
Rappahannock County	Virginia	3	13	17.6
Stafford County	Virginia	10	108	7.0
Warren County	Virginia	3	42	10.4

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 Fauquier 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 Fauquier in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 133 deaths in Fauquier County from 2005 to 2014. It records 142 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Fauquier in 2024?

The rate of Fauquier County in 2024 was 17.1 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 Fauquier had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 131 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 Fauquier?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 73 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.