Rutland County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Rutland County in 2024.

FARS records 74 deaths in 68 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.4 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, Rutland County was number 3 of 14 counties of Vermont.

Deaths in Rutland County rose by 2.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (72) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (74).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 12.2% of the deaths in Rutland County and 17.9% 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 Rutland County by year, 2015 to 2024

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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.Rutland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	3
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	7	7	4
2021	9	9	3
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	7	7	3
2016	10	7	4
2015	10	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	74	68	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1987)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Rutland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	13	12
2022	7	7
2021	9	9
2020	7	7
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	4	4
2017	7	7
2016	10	7
2015	10	8
2014	7	7
2013	9	8
2012	9	9
2011	7	4
2010	7	7
2009	11	9
2008	6	6
2007	5	5
2006	1 or 2	1 or 2
2005	10	10
2004	10	9
2003	1 or 2	1 or 2
2002	16	15
2001	8	8
2000	9	7
1999	10	8
1998	11	9
1997	13	9
1996	17	15
1995	13	12
1994	7	6
1993	9	9
1992	14	13
1991	8	8
1990	14	11
1989	10	9
1988	12	12
1987	20	18
1986	15	14
1985	13	12
1984	12	12
1983	11	9
1982	9	8
1981	15	14
1980	16	15
1979	17	15
1978	13	12
1977	16	12
1976	14	13
1975	17	16

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.Rutland County beside Vermont and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rutland County	Vermont	United States
2024	10.0	9.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.4	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. Rutland County had 60,073 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rutland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Vermont
A driver recorded as drinkingof 68 fatal crashes	23	68 fatal crashes	33.8%	34.7%
A speeding-related driverof 68 fatal crashes	21	68 fatal crashes	30.9%	36.4%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.3%	56.8%
Pedestriansof 74 deaths	9	74 deaths	12.2%	9.2%
Bicyclistsof 74 deaths	1 or 2	74 deaths	1.4%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 74 deaths	9	74 deaths	12.2%	17.9%
On a rural roadof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.8%	84.7%
In the darkof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	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.Rutland 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	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	10
Monday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	3	3	11
Thursday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Friday	1 or 2	0	3	7	11
Saturday	3	1 or 2	4	3	12
All days	11	14	21	21	67

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.Rutland 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	29	42.6%	19.4%
Minor arterial	14	20.6%	22.7%
Major collector	9	13.2%	23.0%
Minor collector	3	4.4%	5.6%
Local	13	19.1%	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.Rutland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	22
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rutland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	13
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Rutland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rutland	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.Rutland 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
Rutland County: 12.4

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 Rutland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Washington County	New York	8	75	12.3
Addison County	Vermont	5	46	12.3
Bennington County	Vermont	4	41	11.2
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 Rutland 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. Rutland County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/vt/rutland/. 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 Rutland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 72 deaths in Rutland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 74 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rutland in 2024?

The rate of Rutland County in 2024 was 10.0 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 Rutland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 68 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 Rutland?

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.