Newport News city, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Newport News city in 2024.

FARS records 167 deaths in 163 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 9.2 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, Newport News city was number 10 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Newport News city rose by 49.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (112) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (167).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 3.1% of the fatal crashes in Newport News 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 Newport News 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.Newport News city: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	17	6
2023	12	12	3
2022	16	15	6
2021	16	16	4
2020	22	21	8
2019	17	17	6
2018	17	17	10
2017	16	16	4
2016	17	17	5
2015	15	15	8
2015 to 2024	167	163	60

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2020)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Newport News city: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	17
2023	12	12
2022	16	15
2021	16	16
2020	22	21
2019	17	17
2018	17	17
2017	16	16
2016	17	17
2015	15	15
2014	11	10
2013	10	10
2012	9	9
2011	13	11
2010	12	12
2009	13	10
2008	9	9
2007	13	12
2006	8	7
2005	14	11
2004	12	11
2003	14	10
2002	11	11
2001	10	10
2000	10	10
1999	11	9
1998	16	15
1997	14	14
1996	16	16
1995	16	13
1994	11	11
1993	14	13
1992	14	14
1991	11	10
1990	18	18
1989	13	12
1988	19	18
1987	9	9
1986	10	10
1985	16	15
1984	19	15
1983	12	11
1982	13	10
1981	20	19
1980	16	15
1979	14	13
1978	14	13
1977	17	15
1976	15	15
1975	16	15

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.Newport News city beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Newport News city	Virginia	United States
2024	10.4	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	9.2	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. Newport News city had 183,401 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Newport News city: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 163 fatal crashes	60	163 fatal crashes	36.8%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 163 fatal crashes	58	163 fatal crashes	35.6%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 81 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	81 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.3%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 167 deaths	41	167 deaths	24.6%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 167 deaths	6	167 deaths	3.6%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 167 deaths	36	167 deaths	21.6%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 163 fatal crashes with the condition reported	5	163 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	3.1%	55.4%
In the darkof 163 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	163 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.4%	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.Newport News 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	21
Monday	1 or 2	5	6	6	19
Tuesday	8	0	5	4	17
Wednesday	5	1 or 2	7	10	23
Thursday	5	3	5	11	24
Friday	5	3	10	15	33
Saturday	6	3	7	10	26
All days	43	17	41	62	163

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.Newport News city: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	38	23.9%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	79	49.7%	26.4%
Minor arterial	12	7.5%	24.4%
Major collector	17	10.7%	18.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.6%	3.5%
Local	11	6.9%	10.0%
Not reported	4	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.Newport News city: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	16
Dark, lighted	87
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Newport News city: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	13
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	134

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Newport News city that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Newport News city	In all of Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	30	277
Interstate 664	Interstate	10	32
State Route 143	State highway	34	43
US Route 17	US highway	19	164
US Route 58	US highway	1 or 2	259
US Route 60	US highway	19	138
US Route 360	US highway	1 or 2	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.Newport News 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
Newport News city: 9.2

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 Newport News city
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hampton city	Virginia	13	129	9.5
Isle of Wight County	Virginia	5	66	17.2
James City County	Virginia	9	73	9.4
Portsmouth city	Virginia	6	88	9.1
Suffolk city	Virginia	14	110	11.6
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 Newport News 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 Newport News city in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 112 deaths in Newport News city from 2005 to 2014. It records 167 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Newport News city in 2024?

The rate of Newport News city in 2024 was 10.4 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 Newport News city had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 60 of 163 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 Newport News city?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 114 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.