Fayette County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 1 or 2 deaths in 1 or 2 fatal crashes in Fayette County in 2024.

FARS records 62 deaths in 58 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of West Virginia in the same years is 15.2.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Fayette County was number 15 of 55 counties of West Virginia.

Deaths in Fayette County fell by 44.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (112) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (62).

In the counties of West Virginia the deaths fell by 23.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 50.0% of the fatal crashes in Fayette County with known light were in the dark, against 38.3% in West Virginia.

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 Fayette 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.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	8	8	3
2021	7	5	1 or 2
2020	7	7	3
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	5	4	0
2017	10	10	1 or 2
2016	4	4	0
2015	10	9	3
2015 to 2024	62	58	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1978)2024: 1 or 2

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

Table 2.Fayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	1 or 2	1 or 2
2023	7	7
2022	8	8
2021	7	5
2020	7	7
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	5	4
2017	10	10
2016	4	4
2015	10	9
2014	5	5
2013	14	10
2012	13	13
2011	7	6
2010	9	8
2009	9	9
2008	17	13
2007	14	13
2006	10	10
2005	14	12
2004	13	12
2003	10	9
2002	11	11
2001	8	6
2000	10	7
1999	8	8
1998	6	6
1997	10	10
1996	8	7
1995	6	6
1994	10	10
1993	18	16
1992	12	9
1991	15	14
1990	10	9
1989	10	10
1988	17	13
1987	19	16
1986	10	10
1985	17	17
1984	11	9
1983	22	18
1982	23	17
1981	15	13
1980	19	16
1979	12	12
1978	25	22
1977	21	17
1976	15	15
1975	18	13

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.Fayette County beside West Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Fayette County	West Virginia	United States
2024	n/a	14.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.9	15.2	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. No rate is given for a count of 1 or 2.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Fayette County had 38,554 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Fayette County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in West Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 58 fatal crashes	15	58 fatal crashes	25.9%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 58 fatal crashes	17	58 fatal crashes	29.3%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 37 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	37 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.8%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 62 deaths	6	62 deaths	9.7%	8.7%
Bicyclistsof 62 deaths	1 or 2	62 deaths	3.2%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 62 deaths	8	62 deaths	12.9%	12.4%
On a rural roadof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.6%	64.4%
In the darkof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	29	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	38.3%

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.Fayette 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	0	3	4	10
Monday	0	3	3	5	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	3	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	3	5	9
Saturday	3	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
All days	11	9	17	21	58

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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in West Virginia
Interstate	1 or 2	1.7%	11.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	12	20.7%	25.0%
Minor arterial	20	34.5%	22.3%
Major collector	19	32.8%	22.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.7%	6.1%
Local	5	8.6%	11.5%
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.Fayette County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	26
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Fayette County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	39
Cloudy	7
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
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 Fayette County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Fayette	In all of West Virginia
Interstate 77	Interstate	1 or 2	94
State Route 16	State highway	9	57
State Route 20	State highway	3	45
US Route 19	US highway	12	75
US Route 60	US highway	6	99

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 West Virginia

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Fayette County on the county map of West Virginia

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

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.918 counties
15 to 19.915 counties
20 to 29.916 counties
30 or more1 county
Fayette County: 14.9

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 West Virginia

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Fayette County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Greenbrier County	West Virginia	6	63	18.7
Kanawha County	West Virginia	28	268	14.9
Nicholas County	West Virginia	6	63	25.5
Raleigh County	West Virginia	23	137	18.5
Summers County	West Virginia	6	24	19.5

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of West Virginia have a population nearest to that of Fayette 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Fayette County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wv/fayette/. 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 Fayette in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 112 deaths in Fayette County from 2005 to 2014. It records 62 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 58 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 Fayette?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 31 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.