Henry County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 17 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Henry County in 2024.

FARS records 125 deaths in 115 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.7 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, Henry County was number 20 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Henry County rose by 6.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (117) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (125).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.5% of the fatal crashes in Henry 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 Henry 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.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	17	15	1 or 2
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	13	13	0
2021	10	8	1 or 2
2020	14	14	7
2019	10	9	0
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	13	13	4
2016	13	12	4
2015	16	14	3
2015 to 2024	125	115	25

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1992)2024: 17

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

Table 2.Henry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	17	15
2023	10	9
2022	13	13
2021	10	8
2020	14	14
2019	10	9
2018	9	8
2017	13	13
2016	13	12
2015	16	14
2014	13	12
2013	10	10
2012	16	12
2011	12	10
2010	12	11
2009	10	10
2008	13	12
2007	6	6
2006	15	13
2005	10	10
2004	15	14
2003	19	18
2002	12	12
2001	14	14
2000	9	9
1999	18	16
1998	18	17
1997	12	12
1996	14	13
1995	13	13
1994	11	11
1993	14	14
1992	28	24
1991	21	16
1990	17	15
1989	22	19
1988	13	12
1987	15	14
1986	21	18
1985	14	12
1984	16	16
1983	20	18
1982	9	8
1981	16	16
1980	19	16
1979	21	18
1978	12	12
1977	22	18
1976	11	9
1975	8	8

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.Henry County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Henry County	Virginia	United States
2024	34.3	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.7	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. Henry County had 49,523 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Henry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	25	115 fatal crashes	21.7%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	44	115 fatal crashes	38.3%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 102 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	102 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 125 deaths	8	125 deaths	6.4%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 125 deaths	0	125 deaths	0.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 125 deaths	13	125 deaths	10.4%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.5%	55.4%
In the darkof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	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.Henry 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	4	10	3	20
Monday	3	3	7	3	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
Thursday	3	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	12
Friday	3	7	8	7	25
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	12	18
All days	17	20	41	37	115

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.Henry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	5	4.4%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	34	29.8%	26.4%
Minor arterial	31	27.2%	24.4%
Major collector	34	29.8%	18.4%
Minor collector	4	3.5%	3.5%
Local	6	5.3%	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.Henry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Henry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	12
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	89

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Henry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Henry	In all of Virginia
State Route 57	State highway	20	29
US Route 58	US highway	14	259
US Route 220	US highway	27	92
US Route 522	US highway	1 or 2	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.Henry 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
Henry County: 24.7

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 Henry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Rockingham County	North Carolina	13	155	16.9
Stokes County	North Carolina	6	70	15.4
Franklin County	Virginia	18	125	22.4
Martinsville city	Virginia	0	5	3.8
Patrick County	Virginia	3	36	20.4
Pittsylvania County	Virginia	18	162	26.7

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 Henry 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 Henry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 117 deaths in Henry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 125 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Henry in 2024?

The rate of Henry County in 2024 was 34.3 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 Henry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 25 of 115 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 Henry?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 62 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.