Stafford County, Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Stafford County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 100 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.0 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, Stafford County was number 25 of 133 counties of Virginia.

Deaths in Stafford County rose by 10.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (98) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.0% of the fatal crashes in Stafford 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 Stafford 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.Stafford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	11	9	3
2022	15	13	1 or 2
2021	11	11	1 or 2
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	7	6	3
2018	14	13	1 or 2
2017	9	9	4
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	15	14	3
2015 to 2024	108	100	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1990)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Stafford County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	11	9
2022	15	13
2021	11	11
2020	7	6
2019	7	6
2018	14	13
2017	9	9
2016	9	9
2015	15	14
2014	5	5
2013	8	8
2012	15	14
2011	9	7
2010	12	10
2009	10	8
2008	12	11
2007	16	15
2006	5	5
2005	6	5
2004	14	11
2003	8	8
2002	8	7
2001	10	9
2000	6	4
1999	8	8
1998	17	15
1997	10	10
1996	5	5
1995	21	16
1994	10	8
1993	10	9
1992	6	5
1991	8	8
1990	25	16
1989	7	7
1988	17	16
1987	20	18
1986	5	4
1985	17	15
1984	13	11
1983	5	4
1982	15	12
1981	12	10
1980	7	7
1979	17	16
1978	11	11
1977	7	5
1976	19	18
1975	12	12

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.Stafford County beside Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Stafford County	Virginia	United States
2024	5.9	10.4	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.0	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. Stafford County had 168,788 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Stafford County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 100 fatal crashes	26	100 fatal crashes	26.0%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 100 fatal crashes	30	100 fatal crashes	30.0%	28.8%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.9%	54.3%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	17	108 deaths	15.7%	13.9%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	1 or 2	108 deaths	0.9%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	20	108 deaths	18.5%	12.3%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.0%	55.4%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.0%	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.Stafford 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Monday	1 or 2	5	4	3	14
Tuesday	3	1 or 2	4	3	12
Wednesday	6	3	1 or 2	5	15
Thursday	5	6	9	3	23
Friday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Saturday	5	4	5	4	18
All days	24	25	29	22	100

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.Stafford County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Virginia
Interstate	24	24.2%	14.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	26	26.3%	26.4%
Minor arterial	12	12.1%	24.4%
Major collector	26	26.3%	18.4%
Minor collector	5	5.1%	3.5%
Local	5	5.1%	10.0%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Stafford County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	57
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Stafford County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1 or 2
Cloudy	12
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	70

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Stafford County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Stafford	In all of Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	1 or 2	277
Interstate 95	Interstate	24	290
State Route 3	State highway	3	71
US Route 1	US highway	15	203
US Route 17	US highway	12	164

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.Stafford 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
Stafford County: 7.0

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 Stafford County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Charles County	Maryland	37	246	14.9
Caroline County	Virginia	10	88	28.2
Culpeper County	Virginia	5	71	13.4
Fauquier County	Virginia	13	142	19.7
Fredericksburg city	Virginia	1 or 2	21	7.3
King George County	Virginia	3	52	19.2
Prince William County	Virginia	30	238	5.0
Spotsylvania County	Virginia	21	170	12.2

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 Stafford 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 Stafford in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 98 deaths in Stafford County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Stafford in 2024?

The rate of Stafford County in 2024 was 5.9 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 Stafford had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 100 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 Stafford?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 55 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.