Chittenden County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Chittenden County in 2024.

FARS records 82 deaths in 75 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 4.9 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, Chittenden County was number 1 of 14 counties of Vermont.

Deaths in Chittenden County rose by 6.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (77) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (82).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.0% of the fatal crashes in Chittenden County with a known setting were rural, against 84.7% 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 Chittenden 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.Chittenden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	8	5
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	8	7	4
2020	14	12	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	6	6	3
2015	9	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	82	75	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1989)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Chittenden County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	8
2023	8	8
2022	9	9
2021	8	7
2020	14	12
2019	5	5
2018	6	6
2017	8	7
2016	6	6
2015	9	7
2014	9	8
2013	5	5
2012	10	8
2011	7	7
2010	13	11
2009	5	5
2008	6	5
2007	6	6
2006	9	9
2005	7	6
2004	14	11
2003	11	8
2002	8	6
2001	13	11
2000	6	6
1999	15	13
1998	12	10
1997	12	11
1996	6	6
1995	13	11
1994	6	6
1993	9	9
1992	11	8
1991	11	8
1990	14	13
1989	23	23
1988	15	12
1987	17	14
1986	19	19
1985	18	17
1984	15	14
1983	11	10
1982	5	5
1981	15	14
1980	20	19
1979	17	15
1978	21	19
1977	14	14
1976	11	11
1975	20	18

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.Chittenden County beside Vermont and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chittenden County	Vermont	United States
2024	5.3	9.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	4.9	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. Chittenden County had 169,667 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chittenden County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Vermont
A driver recorded as drinkingof 75 fatal crashes	21	75 fatal crashes	28.0%	34.7%
A speeding-related driverof 75 fatal crashes	27	75 fatal crashes	36.0%	36.4%
No restraint usedof 41 occupant deaths with restraint use known	18	41 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.9%	56.8%
Pedestriansof 82 deaths	13	82 deaths	15.9%	9.2%
Bicyclistsof 82 deaths	5	82 deaths	6.1%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 82 deaths	16	82 deaths	19.5%	17.9%
On a rural roadof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	27	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.0%	84.7%
In the darkof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.7%	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.Chittenden 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	1 or 2	4
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	12
Tuesday	0	0	4	7	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	4	10
Thursday	1 or 2	0	5	4	11
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Saturday	1 or 2	5	6	6	18
All days	7	12	24	31	74

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.Chittenden County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Vermont
Interstate	13	17.3%	10.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.3%
Other principal arterial	26	34.7%	19.4%
Minor arterial	15	20.0%	22.7%
Major collector	14	18.7%	23.0%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	5.6%
Local	7	9.3%	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.Chittenden County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	16
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Chittenden County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	45
Cloudy	18
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Chittenden County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chittenden	In all of Vermont
Interstate 89	Interstate	12	35
State Route 15	State highway	8	20
US Route 7	US highway	17	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.Chittenden 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
Chittenden County: 4.9

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 Vermont

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Chittenden County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clinton County	New York	5	56	7.0
Essex County	New York	6	39	10.5
Addison County	Vermont	5	46	12.3
Franklin County	Vermont	8	75	15.0
Grand Isle County	Vermont	1 or 2	6	8.3
Lamoille County	Vermont	0	26	10.1
Washington County	Vermont	8	46	7.8

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 Chittenden 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. Chittenden County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/vt/chittenden/. 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 Chittenden in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 77 deaths in Chittenden County from 2005 to 2014. It records 82 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chittenden in 2024?

The rate of Chittenden County in 2024 was 5.3 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 Chittenden had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 75 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 Chittenden?

FARS records 12 fatal crashes on Interstate 89 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 15 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 17 fatal crashes on US Route 7 in the county from 2015 to 2024.