Prince William County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Prince William County in 2024.

FARS records 238 deaths in 228 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.0 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, Prince William County was number 5 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Prince William County fell by 1.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (241) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (238).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 9.3% of the fatal crashes in Prince William 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 Prince William 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.Prince William County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	28	6
2023	27	26	6
2022	30	30	5
2021	32	29	8
2020	18	18	1 or 2
2019	14	13	4
2018	24	23	10
2017	22	21	4
2016	30	29	8
2015	11	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	238	228	55

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (2006)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Prince William County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	28
2023	27	26
2022	30	30
2021	32	29
2020	18	18
2019	14	13
2018	24	23
2017	22	21
2016	30	29
2015	11	11
2014	23	21
2013	18	18
2012	19	19
2011	15	14
2010	23	19
2009	16	15
2008	25	24
2007	28	28
2006	46	39
2005	28	27
2004	23	20
2003	30	28
2002	22	22
2001	31	28
2000	26	26
1999	24	23
1998	19	14
1997	31	25
1996	14	14
1995	27	24
1994	23	21
1993	21	18
1992	24	21
1991	24	19
1990	38	32
1989	36	32
1988	32	31
1987	30	27
1986	31	28
1985	25	21
1984	30	29
1983	24	23
1982	21	19
1981	42	31
1980	24	22
1979	29	27
1978	39	33
1977	27	26
1976	29	27
1975	28	22

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.Prince William County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Prince William County	Virginia	United States
2024	6.0	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.0	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. Prince William County had 498,352 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Prince William County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 228 fatal crashes	55	228 fatal crashes	24.1%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 228 fatal crashes	91	228 fatal crashes	39.9%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 133 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	133 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.6%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 238 deaths	56	238 deaths	23.5%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 238 deaths	1 or 2	238 deaths	0.8%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 238 deaths	44	238 deaths	18.5%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 227 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	227 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	9.3%	55.4%
In the darkof 228 fatal crashes with the condition reported	119	228 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.2%	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.Prince William 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	18	5	8	11	42
Monday	7	13	4	8	32
Tuesday	5	6	11	8	30
Wednesday	5	4	9	12	30
Thursday	4	10	6	9	29
Friday	6	9	9	10	34
Saturday	9	5	7	10	31
All days	54	52	54	68	228

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.Prince William County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	36	16.1%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	5	2.2%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	47	21.0%	26.4%
Minor arterial	61	27.2%	24.4%
Major collector	46	20.5%	18.4%
Minor collector	11	4.9%	3.5%
Local	18	8.0%	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.Prince William County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	96
Dark, not lighted	73
Dark, lighted	45
Dawn	7
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Prince William County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	10
Rain	26
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	188

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Prince William County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Prince William	In all of Virginia
Interstate 66	Interstate	10	62
Interstate 95	Interstate	26	290
State Route 28	State highway	9	33
State Route 234	State highway	21	23
US Route 1	US highway	17	203
US Route 15	US highway	3	87
US Route 29	US highway	6	193

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.Prince William 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
Prince William County: 5.0

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 Prince William County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Charles County	Maryland	37	246	14.9
Fairfax County	Virginia	57	447	3.9
Fauquier County	Virginia	13	142	19.7
Loudoun County	Virginia	14	133	3.2
Manassas city	Virginia	0	16	3.8
Manassas Park city	Virginia	0	1 or 2	n/a
Stafford County	Virginia	10	108	7.0

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 Prince William 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.

Cite this page

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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 Prince William in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 241 deaths in Prince William County from 2005 to 2014. It records 238 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Prince William in 2024?

The rate of Prince William County in 2024 was 6.0 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 Prince William had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 55 of 228 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 Prince William?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 92 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.