Addison County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Addison County in 2024.

FARS records 46 deaths in 41 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Vermont in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Addison County was number 7 of 14 counties of Vermont.

Deaths in Addison County rose by 7.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (43) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (46).

In the counties of Vermont the deaths fell by 6.7% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 12.2% of the fatal crashes in Addison County with known light were in the dark, against 32.1% in Vermont.

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 Addison 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.Addison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	1 or 2
2023	3	3	1 or 2
2022	3	3	1 or 2
2021	3	3	0
2020	6	5	1 or 2
2019	3	3	1 or 2
2018	6	6	4
2017	8	5	1 or 2
2016	6	6	0
2015	3	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	46	41	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1982)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Addison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	3	3
2022	3	3
2021	3	3
2020	6	5
2019	3	3
2018	6	6
2017	8	5
2016	6	6
2015	3	3
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	4	4
2012	4	4
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	6	6
2008	9	7
2007	4	4
2006	9	8
2005	1 or 2	1 or 2
2004	5	5
2003	3	3
2002	7	5
2001	8	7
2000	7	7
1999	11	9
1998	7	7
1997	8	8
1996	7	6
1995	5	5
1994	7	6
1993	5	5
1992	4	4
1991	1 or 2	1 or 2
1990	7	7
1989	9	9
1988	12	11
1987	16	12
1986	9	7
1985	9	9
1984	5	4
1983	4	4
1982	16	11
1981	9	7
1980	14	11
1979	13	12
1978	9	9
1977	8	8
1976	13	13
1975	14	9

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.Addison County beside Vermont and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Addison County	Vermont	United States
2024	13.2	9.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	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. Addison County had 37,956 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Addison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Vermont
A driver recorded as drinkingof 41 fatal crashes	14	41 fatal crashes	34.1%	34.7%
A speeding-related driverof 41 fatal crashes	12	41 fatal crashes	29.3%	36.4%
No restraint usedof 33 occupant deaths with restraint use known	23	33 occupant deathswith restraint use known	69.7%	56.8%
Pedestriansof 46 deaths	4	46 deaths	8.7%	9.2%
Bicyclistsof 46 deaths	1 or 2	46 deaths	4.3%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 46 deaths	6	46 deaths	13.0%	17.9%
On a rural roadof 41 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	41 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.1%	84.7%
In the darkof 41 fatal crashes with the condition reported	5	41 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	12.2%	32.1%

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.Addison 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	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	3
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	4	3	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	3	0	5
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5
Friday	0	3	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	0	0	4	1 or 2	6
All days	1 or 2	8	22	9	41

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.Addison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Vermont
Interstate	0	0.0%	10.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.3%
Other principal arterial	11	26.8%	19.4%
Minor arterial	9	22.0%	22.7%
Major collector	9	22.0%	23.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	5.6%
Local	12	29.3%	18.1%
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.Addison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	31
Dark, not lighted	4
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Addison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	21
Cloudy	15
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Addison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Addison	In all of Vermont
US Route 7	US highway	11	57

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 Vermont

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Addison County on the county map of Vermont

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.98 counties
15 to 19.92 counties
20 to 29.90 counties
30 or more0 counties
Addison County: 12.3

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 Vermont

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Addison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Essex County	New York	6	39	10.5
Washington County	New York	8	75	12.3
Chittenden County	Vermont	9	82	4.9
Orange County	Vermont	4	25	8.5
Rutland County	Vermont	6	74	12.4
Washington County	Vermont	8	46	7.8
Windsor County	Vermont	3	67	11.8

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Vermont have a population nearest to that of Addison 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.
Vermont State Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Vermont.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Addison County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/vt/addison/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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 31 Dec 2024. 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 Addison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 43 deaths in Addison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 46 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Addison in 2024?

The rate of Addison County in 2024 was 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Vermont was 9.1. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 41 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 Addison?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on US Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024.