Frederick County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Frederick County in 2024.

FARS records 128 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.1 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, Frederick County was number 18 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Frederick County rose by 12.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (128).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 5.5% of the deaths in Frederick County and 13.9% 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 Frederick 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.Frederick County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	10	6
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	14	12	1 or 2
2021	9	9	3
2020	14	13	6
2019	11	10	3
2018	13	10	6
2017	22	20	6
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	13	12	4
2015 to 2024	128	113	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2017)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Frederick County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	10
2023	7	7
2022	14	12
2021	9	9
2020	14	13
2019	11	10
2018	13	10
2017	22	20
2016	10	10
2015	13	12
2014	9	9
2013	11	11
2012	15	12
2011	15	11
2010	9	7
2009	12	12
2008	7	7
2007	11	10
2006	12	12
2005	13	13
2004	13	13
2003	12	12
2002	14	13
2001	12	12
2000	14	12
1999	6	4
1998	8	8
1997	21	21
1996	8	8
1995	12	10
1994	11	10
1993	13	9
1992	4	4
1991	15	13
1990	17	16
1989	12	11
1988	16	14
1987	13	13
1986	20	16
1985	16	15
1984	10	10
1983	10	10
1982	7	7
1981	21	15
1980	10	7
1979	7	7
1978	7	6
1977	16	16
1976	12	10
1975	12	9

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.Frederick County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Frederick County	Virginia	United States
2024	15.3	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.1	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. Frederick County had 98,180 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Frederick County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	37	113 fatal crashes	32.7%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	32	113 fatal crashes	28.3%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.6%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 128 deaths	7	128 deaths	5.5%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 128 deaths	1 or 2	128 deaths	0.8%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 128 deaths	14	128 deaths	10.9%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.0%	55.4%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	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.Frederick 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	1 or 2	7	4	16
Monday	1 or 2	3	6	8	19
Tuesday	0	4	10	5	19
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	9
Thursday	6	3	4	5	18
Friday	4	1 or 2	6	3	14
Saturday	3	3	4	8	18
All days	19	18	38	38	113

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.Frederick County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	20	17.7%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	3	2.7%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	46	40.7%	26.4%
Minor arterial	13	11.5%	24.4%
Major collector	22	19.5%	18.4%
Minor collector	5	4.4%	3.5%
Local	4	3.5%	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.Frederick County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	58
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Frederick County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	11
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	93

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Frederick County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Frederick	In all of Virginia
Interstate 66	Interstate	1 or 2	62
Interstate 81	Interstate	20	241
State Route 7	State highway	8	51
US Route 11	US highway	5	136
US Route 50	US highway	25	59
US Route 522	US highway	18	67

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.Frederick 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
Frederick County: 14.1

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 Frederick County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarke County	Virginia	8	48	32.4
Shenandoah County	Virginia	8	66	15.0
Warren County	Virginia	3	42	10.4
Winchester city	Virginia	1 or 2	6	2.1
Berkeley County	West Virginia	21	147	12.0
Hampshire County	West Virginia	5	65	27.8
Hardy County	West Virginia	6	42	29.9
Morgan County	West Virginia	1 or 2	23	13.1

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 Frederick 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 Frederick in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Frederick County from 2005 to 2014. It records 128 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Frederick in 2024?

The rate of Frederick County in 2024 was 15.3 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 Frederick had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 113 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 Frederick?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 77 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.