Rockingham County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Rockingham County in 2024.

FARS records 124 deaths in 117 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.9 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, Rockingham County was number 22 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Rockingham County fell by 21.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (158) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (124).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 88.9% of the fatal crashes in Rockingham 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 Rockingham 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.Rockingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	12	4
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	15	15	6
2021	11	11	4
2020	16	14	7
2019	15	14	3
2018	8	8	4
2017	12	10	4
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	10	10	0
2015 to 2024	124	117	36

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1991)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Rockingham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	12
2023	13	12
2022	15	15
2021	11	11
2020	16	14
2019	15	14
2018	8	8
2017	12	10
2016	12	11
2015	10	10
2014	18	17
2013	12	12
2012	18	17
2011	12	11
2010	18	17
2009	15	14
2008	17	16
2007	9	9
2006	24	20
2005	15	13
2004	16	16
2003	15	15
2002	8	7
2001	13	13
2000	17	17
1999	20	16
1998	12	10
1997	18	17
1996	15	15
1995	19	17
1994	23	23
1993	11	10
1992	14	12
1991	25	21
1990	13	12
1989	16	14
1988	15	14
1987	9	9
1986	13	12
1985	10	9
1984	14	12
1983	20	18
1982	11	9
1981	23	23
1980	13	12
1979	13	13
1978	19	16
1977	24	21
1976	12	10
1975	19	16

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.Rockingham County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rockingham County	Virginia	United States
2024	13.6	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.9	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. Rockingham County had 88,319 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rockingham County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 117 fatal crashes	36	117 fatal crashes	30.8%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 117 fatal crashes	47	117 fatal crashes	40.2%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 97 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	97 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.4%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 124 deaths	10	124 deaths	8.1%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 124 deaths	1 or 2	124 deaths	1.6%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 124 deaths	14	124 deaths	11.3%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 117 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	117 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.9%	55.4%
In the darkof 117 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	117 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.3%	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.Rockingham 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	12
Monday	0	1 or 2	6	9	16
Tuesday	0	8	5	11	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	8	5	17
Thursday	5	4	1 or 2	7	18
Friday	1 or 2	0	9	7	18
Saturday	3	0	6	3	12
All days	16	17	38	46	117

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.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	13	11.1%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	14	12.0%	26.4%
Minor arterial	40	34.2%	24.4%
Major collector	27	23.1%	18.4%
Minor collector	9	7.7%	3.5%
Local	14	12.0%	10.0%
Not reported	0	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.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rockingham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	10
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	100

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Rockingham County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rockingham	In all of Virginia
Interstate 81	Interstate	13	241
State Route 42	State highway	7	29
US Route 11	US highway	10	136
US Route 33	US highway	11	62
US Route 340	US highway	5	52

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.Rockingham 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
Rockingham County: 14.9

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 Rockingham County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Albemarle County	Virginia	10	134	12.0
Augusta County	Virginia	18	160	20.9
Greene County	Virginia	1 or 2	19	9.3
Harrisonburg city	Virginia	1 or 2	26	5.0
Page County	Virginia	5	45	18.9
Shenandoah County	Virginia	8	66	15.0
Hardy County	West Virginia	6	42	29.9
Pendleton County	West Virginia	1 or 2	18	27.6

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 Rockingham 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 Rockingham in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 158 deaths in Rockingham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 124 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rockingham in 2024?

The rate of Rockingham County in 2024 was 13.6 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 Rockingham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 36 of 117 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 Rockingham?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 46 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.