Bennington County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Bennington County in 2024.

FARS records 41 deaths in 39 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.2 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, Bennington County was number 9 of 14 counties of Vermont.

Deaths in Bennington County fell by 10.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (46) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (41).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 0.0% of the deaths in Bennington County and 9.2% 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 Bennington County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Bennington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	4	4	0
2022	7	7	3
2021	8	7	5
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	5	5	3
2015	3	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	41	39	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1979)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Bennington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	4	4
2022	7	7
2021	8	7
2020	1 or 2	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	5	5
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	5	5
2015	3	1 or 2
2014	4	3
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	4	4
2011	4	1 or 2
2010	4	4
2009	7	7
2008	6	5
2007	1 or 2	1 or 2
2006	5	5
2005	8	7
2004	3	3
2003	5	5
2002	3	3
2001	7	7
2000	4	4
1999	7	7
1998	5	5
1997	11	11
1996	10	6
1995	8	7
1994	5	4
1993	7	5
1992	4	4
1991	13	10
1990	9	9
1989	4	4
1988	11	10
1987	5	5
1986	14	9
1985	3	1 or 2
1984	7	7
1983	4	4
1982	6	5
1981	6	5
1980	11	9
1979	33	20
1978	5	5
1977	10	8
1976	21	15
1975	11	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.Bennington County beside Vermont and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bennington County	Vermont	United States
2024	10.8	9.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.2	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. Bennington County had 36,985 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bennington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Vermont
A driver recorded as drinkingof 39 fatal crashes	15	39 fatal crashes	38.5%	34.7%
A speeding-related driverof 39 fatal crashes	16	39 fatal crashes	41.0%	36.4%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	14	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.3%	56.8%
Pedestriansof 41 deaths	0	41 deaths	0.0%	9.2%
Bicyclistsof 41 deaths	0	41 deaths	0.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 41 deaths	10	41 deaths	24.4%	17.9%
On a rural roadof 39 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	39 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.7%	84.7%
In the darkof 39 fatal crashes with the condition reported	12	39 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.8%	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.Bennington 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	0	6
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	0	0	3	0	3
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Friday	0	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
All days	4	12	15	8	39

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.Bennington 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	20	51.3%	19.4%
Minor arterial	3	7.7%	22.7%
Major collector	7	17.9%	23.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.6%	5.6%
Local	8	20.5%	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.Bennington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	25
Dark, not lighted	12
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Bennington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	23
Cloudy	10
Rain	4
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bennington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bennington	In all of Vermont
State Route 100	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 7	US highway	12	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.Bennington 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
Bennington County: 11.2

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 Vermont

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Bennington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berkshire County	Massachusetts	13	122	9.5
Franklin County	Massachusetts	8	71	10.0
Rensselaer County	New York	13	95	5.9
Washington County	New York	8	75	12.3
Rutland County	Vermont	6	74	12.4
Windham County	Vermont	5	54	12.2
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 Bennington 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. Bennington County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/vt/bennington/. 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 Bennington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 46 deaths in Bennington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 41 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bennington in 2024?

The rate of Bennington County in 2024 was 10.8 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 Bennington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 39 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 Bennington?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 100 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024.