Spotsylvania County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Spotsylvania County in 2024.

FARS records 170 deaths in 157 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.2 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, Spotsylvania County was number 9 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Spotsylvania County rose by 17.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (145) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (170).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 49.7% of the fatal crashes in Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania 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.Spotsylvania County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	20	7
2023	23	22	1 or 2
2022	23	20	8
2021	15	13	6
2020	13	13	1 or 2
2019	22	17	4
2018	16	16	3
2017	12	11	7
2016	14	14	4
2015	11	11	4
2015 to 2024	170	157	46

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2022)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Spotsylvania County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	20
2023	23	22
2022	23	20
2021	15	13
2020	13	13
2019	22	17
2018	16	16
2017	12	11
2016	14	14
2015	11	11
2014	11	10
2013	11	10
2012	14	13
2011	15	14
2010	17	16
2009	11	10
2008	14	11
2007	21	19
2006	14	11
2005	17	17
2004	9	7
2003	18	18
2002	15	12
2001	15	15
2000	20	18
1999	16	15
1998	18	13
1997	15	14
1996	18	16
1995	16	13
1994	18	14
1993	18	16
1992	6	6
1991	19	19
1990	15	11
1989	16	14
1988	15	15
1987	12	10
1986	15	14
1985	15	14
1984	15	13
1983	10	9
1982	17	13
1981	12	12
1980	11	11
1979	17	14
1978	13	12
1977	13	12
1976	14	10
1975	9	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.Spotsylvania County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Spotsylvania County	Virginia	United States
2024	13.8	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.2	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. Spotsylvania County had 152,461 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Spotsylvania County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 157 fatal crashes	46	157 fatal crashes	29.3%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 157 fatal crashes	49	157 fatal crashes	31.2%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 112 occupant deaths with restraint use known	60	112 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.6%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 170 deaths	23	170 deaths	13.5%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 170 deaths	1 or 2	170 deaths	0.6%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 170 deaths	29	170 deaths	17.1%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 157 fatal crashes with the condition reported	78	157 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.7%	55.4%
In the darkof 157 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	157 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.3%	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.Spotsylvania 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	7	4	7	7	25
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	4	10	23
Wednesday	3	3	6	6	18
Thursday	6	5	6	12	29
Friday	6	4	8	5	23
Saturday	7	6	7	9	29
All days	31	30	40	56	157

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.Spotsylvania County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	23	15.0%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	34	22.2%	26.4%
Minor arterial	36	23.5%	24.4%
Major collector	36	23.5%	18.4%
Minor collector	10	6.5%	3.5%
Local	14	9.2%	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.Spotsylvania County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	73
Dark, not lighted	71
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Spotsylvania County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	0
Cloudy	10
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	129

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Spotsylvania County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Spotsylvania	In all of Virginia
Interstate 95	Interstate	23	290
State Route 3	State highway	19	71
State Route 208	State highway	23	29
US Route 1	US highway	13	203
US Route 17	US highway	8	164
US Route 301	US highway	1 or 2	48
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.Spotsylvania 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
Spotsylvania County: 12.2

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 Spotsylvania County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caroline County	Virginia	10	88	28.2
Culpeper County	Virginia	5	71	13.4
Fredericksburg city	Virginia	1 or 2	21	7.3
Hanover County	Virginia	12	164	15.0
Louisa County	Virginia	10	95	25.0
Orange County	Virginia	3	67	18.1
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 Spotsylvania 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 Spotsylvania in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 145 deaths in Spotsylvania County from 2005 to 2014. It records 170 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Spotsylvania in 2024?

The rate of Spotsylvania County in 2024 was 13.8 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 Spotsylvania had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 46 of 157 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 Spotsylvania?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 88 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.