Henrico County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 46 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Henrico County in 2024.

FARS records 294 deaths in 280 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.9 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, Henrico County was number 2 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Henrico County rose by 27.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (231) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (294).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 11.6% of the fatal crashes in Henrico 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 Henrico 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.Henrico County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	46	45	10
2023	29	28	9
2022	34	33	10
2021	39	36	7
2020	29	26	6
2019	26	26	8
2018	28	27	7
2017	24	21	4
2016	21	20	6
2015	18	18	5
2015 to 2024	294	280	72

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (2024)2024: 46

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

Table 2.Henrico County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	46	45
2023	29	28
2022	34	33
2021	39	36
2020	29	26
2019	26	26
2018	28	27
2017	24	21
2016	21	20
2015	18	18
2014	18	17
2013	24	23
2012	12	11
2011	20	20
2010	23	21
2009	32	29
2008	18	17
2007	25	24
2006	38	36
2005	21	18
2004	25	20
2003	28	26
2002	22	20
2001	28	26
2000	24	22
1999	16	14
1998	21	21
1997	15	14
1996	16	15
1995	27	26
1994	20	19
1993	21	20
1992	19	18
1991	15	14
1990	11	10
1989	24	21
1988	21	21
1987	23	21
1986	25	24
1985	28	27
1984	22	22
1983	16	14
1982	16	13
1981	31	30
1980	21	19
1979	23	21
1978	16	13
1977	29	27
1976	26	21
1975	21	20

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.Henrico County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Henrico County	Virginia	United States
2024	13.5	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.9	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. Henrico County had 340,024 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Henrico County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 280 fatal crashes	72	280 fatal crashes	25.7%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 280 fatal crashes	52	280 fatal crashes	18.6%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 173 occupant deaths with restraint use known	92	173 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.2%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 294 deaths	81	294 deaths	27.6%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 294 deaths	11	294 deaths	3.7%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 294 deaths	26	294 deaths	8.8%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 277 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	277 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	11.6%	55.4%
In the darkof 280 fatal crashes with the condition reported	158	280 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.4%	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.Henrico 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	12	4	11	14	41
Monday	5	6	17	9	37
Tuesday	7	6	7	16	36
Wednesday	9	4	9	15	37
Thursday	6	9	9	18	42
Friday	6	9	6	20	41
Saturday	15	6	8	17	46
All days	60	44	67	109	280

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.Henrico County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	74	27.9%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	85	32.1%	26.4%
Minor arterial	68	25.7%	24.4%
Major collector	21	7.9%	18.4%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.5%
Local	15	5.7%	10.0%
Not reported	15	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.Henrico County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	109
Dark, not lighted	144
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	9
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Henrico County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1 or 2
Cloudy	15
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	237

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Henrico County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Henrico	In all of Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	27	277
Interstate 95	Interstate	16	290
Interstate 295	Interstate	30	70
State Route 5	State highway	4	21
State Route 33	State highway	14	32
State Route 165	State highway	1 or 2	33
US Route 1	US highway	12	203
US Route 33	US highway	12	62
US Route 60	US highway	7	138
US Route 250	US highway	20	72
US Route 301	US highway	5	48
US Route 360	US highway	9	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.Henrico 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
Henrico County: 8.9

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 Henrico County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Charles City County	Virginia	6	29	42.5
Chesterfield County	Virginia	32	292	8.1
Goochland County	Virginia	9	55	22.2
Hanover County	Virginia	12	164	15.0
New Kent County	Virginia	5	58	24.8
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 Henrico 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 Henrico in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 231 deaths in Henrico County from 2005 to 2014. It records 294 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Henrico in 2024?

The rate of Henrico County in 2024 was 13.5 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 Henrico had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 72 of 280 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 Henrico?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 157 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.