Monongalia County, West Virginia: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Monongalia County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.1 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, Monongalia County was number 5 of 55 counties of West Virginia.

Deaths in Monongalia County fell by 21.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.7% of the fatal crashes in Monongalia 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 Monongalia 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.Monongalia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	1 or 2
2023	11	9	6
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	9	8	3
2020	8	7	3
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	16	13	4
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	12	12	0
2015	13	12	5
2015 to 2024	107	98	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1980)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Monongalia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	11	9
2022	8	8
2021	9	8
2020	8	7
2019	8	8
2018	16	13
2017	7	7
2016	12	12
2015	13	12
2014	10	9
2013	14	14
2012	9	9
2011	12	12
2010	12	11
2009	16	12
2008	23	20
2007	17	13
2006	11	11
2005	13	12
2004	16	15
2003	11	11
2002	13	11
2001	12	10
2000	15	13
1999	12	12
1998	6	5
1997	17	15
1996	12	12
1995	13	13
1994	7	7
1993	14	13
1992	7	7
1991	17	15
1990	21	17
1989	17	16
1988	17	13
1987	16	16
1986	17	13
1985	16	14
1984	8	8
1983	15	13
1982	12	11
1981	10	7
1980	27	24
1979	11	9
1978	14	14
1977	10	10
1976	15	15
1975	10	9

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.Monongalia County beside West Virginia and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monongalia County	West Virginia	United States
2024	13.9	14.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.1	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. Monongalia County had 107,931 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monongalia County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in West Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	27	98 fatal crashes	27.6%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	19	98 fatal crashes	19.4%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 60 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	60 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.3%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	8	107 deaths	7.5%	8.7%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	1 or 2	107 deaths	0.9%	1.0%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	20	107 deaths	18.7%	12.4%
On a rural roadof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	64.4%
In the darkof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.7%	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.Monongalia 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	4	1 or 2	6	3	15
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	4	7	17
Wednesday	0	3	6	1 or 2	11
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	3	13
Friday	4	4	4	4	16
Saturday	3	3	5	5	16
All days	15	21	37	25	98

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.Monongalia County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in West Virginia
Interstate	25	26.0%	11.9%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	29	30.2%	25.0%
Minor arterial	22	22.9%	22.3%
Major collector	8	8.3%	22.8%
Minor collector	7	7.3%	6.1%
Local	4	4.2%	11.5%
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.Monongalia County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	27
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monongalia County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	80
Cloudy	9
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Monongalia County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monongalia	In all of West Virginia
Interstate 79	Interstate	18	92
Interstate 81	Interstate	1 or 2	32
US Route 19	US highway	8	75
US Route 119	US highway	17	87

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.Monongalia 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
Monongalia County: 10.1

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 Monongalia County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fayette County	Pennsylvania	19	212	16.5
Greene County	Pennsylvania	5	57	15.9
Marion County	West Virginia	3	45	8.0
Preston County	West Virginia	1 or 2	50	14.7
Taylor County	West Virginia	1 or 2	15	9.0
Wetzel County	West Virginia	1 or 2	21	14.2

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 Monongalia 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.

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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.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Monongalia in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Monongalia County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monongalia in 2024?

The rate of Monongalia County in 2024 was 13.9 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 Monongalia had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 98 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 Monongalia?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 44 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.