Greenbrier County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Greenbrier County in 2024.

FARS records 63 deaths in 58 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.7 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, Greenbrier County was number 13 of 55 counties of West Virginia.

Deaths in Greenbrier County fell by 25.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (63).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.8% of the fatal crashes in Greenbrier County with a known setting were rural, against 64.4% 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 Greenbrier 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.Greenbrier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	5	1 or 2
2023	7	6	1 or 2
2022	3	3	0
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	8	8	4
2019	5	4	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	7	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	63	58	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1975)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Greenbrier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	5
2023	7	6
2022	3	3
2021	9	8
2020	8	8
2019	5	4
2018	6	6
2017	6	6
2016	6	6
2015	7	6
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	14	13
2012	10	8
2011	10	10
2010	7	7
2009	10	9
2008	14	12
2007	6	4
2006	6	6
2005	5	5
2004	11	11
2003	8	8
2002	9	8
2001	4	4
2000	7	6
1999	4	3
1998	6	6
1997	9	9
1996	14	13
1995	8	8
1994	8	8
1993	8	8
1992	8	6
1991	14	13
1990	6	5
1989	7	5
1988	8	8
1987	13	13
1986	7	6
1985	6	6
1984	12	10
1983	10	8
1982	17	15
1981	9	5
1980	10	9
1979	6	5
1978	9	7
1977	10	10
1976	12	12
1975	19	15

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.Greenbrier County beside West Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Greenbrier County	West Virginia	United States
2024	18.8	14.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.7	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.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Greenbrier County had 31,832 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Greenbrier 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	17	58 fatal crashes	29.3%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 58 fatal crashes	10	58 fatal crashes	17.2%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 44 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	44 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.2%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 63 deaths	8	63 deaths	12.7%	8.7%
Bicyclistsof 63 deaths	1 or 2	63 deaths	3.2%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 63 deaths	3	63 deaths	4.8%	12.4%
On a rural roadof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.8%	64.4%
In the darkof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.9%	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.Greenbrier 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	5	1 or 2	9
Monday	3	4	1 or 2	0	9
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	6	3	10
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	0	7
Friday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
All days	15	13	20	10	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.Greenbrier County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in West Virginia
Interstate	14	24.1%	11.9%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	16	27.6%	25.0%
Minor arterial	18	31.0%	22.3%
Major collector	3	5.2%	22.8%
Minor collector	3	5.2%	6.1%
Local	4	6.9%	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.Greenbrier County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	32
Dark, not lighted	19
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Greenbrier County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	37
Cloudy	10
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 Greenbrier County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Greenbrier	In all of West Virginia
Interstate 64	Interstate	16	78
US Route 60	US highway	14	99
US Route 219	US highway	14	45

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.Greenbrier 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
Greenbrier County: 18.7

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 Greenbrier County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alleghany County	Virginia	6	27	18.0
Bath County	Virginia	4	13	30.9
Fayette County	West Virginia	1 or 2	62	14.9
Monroe County	West Virginia	1 or 2	23	17.8
Nicholas County	West Virginia	6	63	25.5
Pocahontas County	West Virginia	1 or 2	16	19.7
Summers County	West Virginia	6	24	19.5
Webster County	West Virginia	0	13	15.7

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 Greenbrier 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. Greenbrier County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/wv/greenbrier/. 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 Greenbrier in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Greenbrier County from 2005 to 2014. It records 63 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Greenbrier in 2024?

The rate of Greenbrier County in 2024 was 18.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of West Virginia was 14.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 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 Greenbrier?

FARS records 16 fatal crashes on Interstate 64 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on US Route 60 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on US Route 219 in the county from 2015 to 2024.