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Northumberland County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Northumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 21 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Northumberland County was number 97 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Northumberland County fell by 25.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (28) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (21).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 100.0% of the fatal crashes in Northumberland 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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Northumberland 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.Northumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesCrashes with a driver recorded as drinking
20241 or 21 or 20
202331 or 21 or 2
20221 or 21 or 21 or 2
20211 or 21 or 21 or 2
2020441 or 2
2019441 or 2
20181 or 21 or 20
20171 or 21 or 20
20161 or 21 or 21 or 2
20151 or 21 or 20
2015 to 202421209
Each year from 1975
Figure 2.Deaths in Northumberland County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 9 (1987)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Northumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashes
20241 or 21 or 2
202331 or 2
20221 or 21 or 2
20211 or 21 or 2
202044
201944
20181 or 21 or 2
20171 or 21 or 2
20161 or 21 or 2
20151 or 21 or 2
20141 or 21 or 2
20131 or 21 or 2
20121 or 21 or 2
20111 or 21 or 2
201033
200900
200855
200733
200633
200564
200400
200343
20021 or 21 or 2
20011 or 21 or 2
200044
19991 or 21 or 2
19981 or 21 or 2
199744
19961 or 21 or 2
19951 or 21 or 2
19941 or 21 or 2
19931 or 21 or 2
19921 or 21 or 2
199100
19901 or 21 or 2
19891 or 21 or 2
198865
198796
198600
19851 or 21 or 2
198400
198300
198233
198164
19801 or 21 or 2
197900
19781 or 21 or 2
197731 or 2
19761 or 21 or 2
197500

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.Northumberland County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
PeriodNorthumberland CountyVirginiaUnited States
2024n/a10.411.5
2015 to 2024, in a year17.210.111.8

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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Northumberland County had 12,412 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Northumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 20 fatal crashes920 fatal crashes29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 20 fatal crashes820 fatal crashes28.8%
No restraint usedof 20 occupant deaths with restraint use known1520 occupant deathswith restraint use known54.3%
Pedestriansof 21 deaths021 deaths13.9%
Bicyclistsof 21 deaths1 or 221 deaths1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 21 deaths021 deaths12.3%
On a rural roadof 20 fatal crashes with the condition reported2020 fatal crasheswith the condition reported55.4%
In the darkof 20 fatal crashes with the condition reported820 fatal crasheswith the condition reported45.4%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday1 or 21 or 21 or 203
Monday1 or 21 or 201 or 25
Tuesday1 or 21 or 2036
Wednesday01 or 201 or 21 or 2
Thursday001 or 21 or 21 or 2
Friday0001 or 21 or 2
Saturday001 or 201 or 2
All days363820

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.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in Virginia
Interstate00.0%14.8%
Other freeways and expressways00.0%2.6%
Other principal arterial315.0%26.4%
Minor arterial1 or 25.0%24.4%
Major collector840.0%18.4%
Minor collector420.0%3.5%
Local420.0%10.0%
Not reported0n/an/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.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light conditionFatal crashes
Daylight10
Dark, not lighted8
Dark, lighted0
Dawn1 or 2
Dusk1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown0
Other or unknown0
Table 8.Northumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
WeatherFatal crashes
Clear0
Cloudy1 or 2
Rain1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain0
Fog, smog or smoke0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow0
Other or not reported17

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Northumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
RouteTypeIn NorthumberlandIn all of Virginia
US Route 360US highway3141

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.Northumberland 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
  • Northumberland County: 17.2

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 Northumberland County
CountyStateDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Somerset CountyMaryland43714.7
St. Mary's CountyMaryland1314112.4
Accomack CountyVirginia66519.6
Lancaster CountyVirginia1 or 22119.4
Richmond CountyVirginia01921.1
Westmoreland CountyVirginia1 or 23016.4

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 Northumberland County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

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Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Northumberland County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/va/northumberland/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

The address of this page does not change.

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 . The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Northumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 28 deaths in Northumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 21 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

How many fatal crashes in Northumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 9 of 20 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 Northumberland?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on US Route 360 in the county from 2015 to 2024.