Hampton city, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Hampton city in 2024.

FARS records 129 deaths in 125 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.5 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, Hampton city was number 17 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Hampton city rose by 37.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (94) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (129).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.4% of the fatal crashes in Hampton city 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 Hampton city 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.Hampton city: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	4
2023	22	21	6
2022	15	14	1 or 2
2021	11	11	1 or 2
2020	20	19	9
2019	13	13	3
2018	11	11	3
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	8	8	4
2015 to 2024	129	125	35

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Hampton city by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 22 (2023)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Hampton city: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	22	21
2022	15	14
2021	11	11
2020	20	19
2019	13	13
2018	11	11
2017	8	7
2016	8	8
2015	8	8
2014	10	10
2013	9	9
2012	9	9
2011	15	14
2010	10	10
2009	5	5
2008	14	13
2007	11	11
2006	8	8
2005	3	3
2004	14	10
2003	9	8
2002	10	7
2001	6	6
2000	5	4
1999	13	10
1998	4	4
1997	5	5
1996	10	10
1995	3	3
1994	10	10
1993	10	10
1992	4	3
1991	9	8
1990	6	6
1989	13	10
1988	14	12
1987	5	5
1986	14	14
1985	18	17
1984	16	14
1983	11	10
1982	12	7
1981	8	8
1980	11	11
1979	6	6
1978	17	13
1977	14	14
1976	11	11
1975	15	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.Hampton city beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hampton city	Virginia	United States
2024	9.5	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.5	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. Hampton city had 137,399 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hampton city: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 125 fatal crashes	35	125 fatal crashes	28.0%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 125 fatal crashes	44	125 fatal crashes	35.2%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.7%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 129 deaths	20	129 deaths	15.5%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 129 deaths	7	129 deaths	5.4%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 129 deaths	27	129 deaths	20.9%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	3	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.4%	55.4%
In the darkof 125 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	125 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.2%	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.Hampton city: 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	12	3	5	4	24
Monday	3	4	3	6	16
Tuesday	4	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	6	17
Thursday	3	1 or 2	3	5	12
Friday	1 or 2	5	7	9	22
Saturday	4	1 or 2	7	9	21
All days	29	21	34	41	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.Hampton city: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	31	25.8%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	23	19.2%	26.4%
Minor arterial	40	33.3%	24.4%
Major collector	18	15.0%	18.4%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.5%
Local	7	5.8%	10.0%
Not reported	5	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.Hampton city: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	11
Dark, lighted	47
Dawn	4
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hampton city: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	8
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	106

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hampton city that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hampton city	In all of Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	28	277
Interstate 664	Interstate	4	32
State Route 143	State highway	7	43
US Route 58	US highway	1 or 2	259
US Route 60	US highway	1 or 2	138
US Route 258	US highway	16	29

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.Hampton city 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
Hampton city: 9.5

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 Hampton city
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Newport News city	Virginia	19	167	9.2
Norfolk city	Virginia	20	203	8.5
Northampton County	Virginia	5	44	36.7
Poquoson city	Virginia	0	4	3.2
Portsmouth city	Virginia	6	88	9.1
York County	Virginia	5	73	10.5

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 Hampton city. 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 Hampton city in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 94 deaths in Hampton city from 2005 to 2014. It records 129 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hampton city in 2024?

The rate of Hampton city in 2024 was 9.5 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 Hampton city had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 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 Hampton city?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.