Windham County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Windham County in 2024.

FARS records 54 deaths in 52 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.2 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, Windham County was number 5 of 14 counties of Vermont.

Deaths in Windham County fell by 16.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (65) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (54).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 30.8% of fatal crashes in Windham County and 36.4% 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 Windham 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.Windham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	3
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	3	3	1 or 2
2021	3	3	1 or 2
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	6	6	0
2018	9	7	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	8	8	4
2015	3	3	0
2015 to 2024	54	52	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1976)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Windham County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	8	8
2022	3	3
2021	3	3
2020	3	3
2019	6	6
2018	9	7
2017	6	6
2016	8	8
2015	3	3
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	10	9
2012	6	6
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	4	4
2009	7	7
2008	9	8
2007	7	7
2006	10	10
2005	10	8
2004	8	6
2003	6	6
2002	7	7
2001	8	8
2000	5	4
1999	7	7
1998	11	10
1997	9	8
1996	3	3
1995	12	11
1994	5	5
1993	7	7
1992	15	12
1991	11	10
1990	4	4
1989	8	8
1988	13	10
1987	12	11
1986	7	7
1985	6	5
1984	5	5
1983	14	14
1982	9	8
1981	12	11
1980	16	16
1979	12	11
1978	15	13
1977	11	11
1976	16	15
1975	10	8

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.Windham County beside Vermont and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Windham County	Vermont	United States
2024	11.0	9.1	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.2	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. Windham County had 45,479 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Windham County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Vermont
A driver recorded as drinkingof 52 fatal crashes	18	52 fatal crashes	34.6%	34.7%
A speeding-related driverof 52 fatal crashes	16	52 fatal crashes	30.8%	36.4%
No restraint usedof 36 occupant deaths with restraint use known	20	36 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.6%	56.8%
Pedestriansof 54 deaths	7	54 deaths	13.0%	9.2%
Bicyclistsof 54 deaths	0	54 deaths	0.0%	1.6%
Motorcyclistsof 54 deaths	11	54 deaths	20.4%	17.9%
On a rural roadof 51 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	51 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.2%	84.7%
In the darkof 52 fatal crashes with the condition reported	17	52 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.7%	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.Windham 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	3	4	10
Monday	0	0	4	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Saturday	0	3	0	5	8
All days	4	10	19	19	52

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.Windham County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Vermont
Interstate	3	5.9%	10.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.3%
Other principal arterial	8	15.7%	19.4%
Minor arterial	12	23.5%	22.7%
Major collector	12	23.5%	23.0%
Minor collector	9	17.6%	5.6%
Local	7	13.7%	18.1%
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.Windham County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	33
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Windham County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	40
Cloudy	6
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Windham County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Windham	In all of Vermont
Interstate 91	Interstate	3	30
State Route 100	State highway	1 or 2	21

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.Windham 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
Windham County: 12.2

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 Windham County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Massachusetts	8	71	10.0
Cheshire County	New Hampshire	11	74	9.6
Sullivan County	New Hampshire	1 or 2	40	9.2
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 Windham 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. Windham County, Vermont: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/vt/windham/. 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 Windham in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 65 deaths in Windham County from 2005 to 2014. It records 54 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Windham in 2024?

The rate of Windham County in 2024 was 11.0 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 Windham had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 52 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 Windham?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on Interstate 91 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 100 in the county from 2015 to 2024.