Interstate 95 fatal crashes in Virginia

FARS records 290 fatal crashes with 328 deaths on Interstate 95 in Virginia from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024 it records 30 fatal crashes with 30 deaths on the route.

By fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, Interstate 95 was number 1 of the 51 routes of Virginia with a page.

Fatal crashes on Interstate 95 rose by 46.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (198) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (290).

In Virginia they rose by 7.2% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 23.1% of fatal crashes on Interstate 95 and 29.4% in 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.Fatal crashes on Interstate 95 in Virginia by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this route has a change on record.

Fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Interstate 95 in Virginia: fatal crashes and deaths by year, 2000 to 2024
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths
2024	30	30
2023	35	39
2022	35	37
2021	39	47
2020	33	39
2019	23	29
2018	24	25
2017	28	33
2016	25	30
2015	18	19
2014	22	23
2013	26	30
2012	15	15
2011	20	29
2010	22	27
2009	13	15
2008	12	12
2007	17	21
2006	27	32
2005	24	30
2004	18	21
2003	15	18
2002	25	31
2001	16	19
2000	20	27

Note: the route is the trafficway that FARS records for the crash. The records of routes start in 2000. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2".

Counties on the route

Table 2.Interstate 95: fatal crashes on the route in each county, 2015 to 2024, in name order
County	On the route	On all roads of the county
Caroline County	23	77
Chesterfield County	25	282
Colonial Heights city	7	17
Dinwiddie County	1 or 2	89
Emporia city	1 or 2	6
Fairfax County	22	424
Fredericksburg city	9	20
Greensville County	9	31
Hanover County	31	153
Henrico County	16	280
Mecklenburg County	1 or 2	90
Petersburg city	6	40
Prince George County	19	74
Prince William County	26	228
Richmond city	29	200
Spotsylvania County	23	157
Stafford County	24	100
Sussex County	17	64

Note: the table has the counties where FARS records a fatal crash on the route in these years.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 3.Interstate 95 in Virginia: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share on all roads of Virginia
A driver recorded as drinkingof 290 fatal crashes	67	290 fatal crashes	23.1%	29.4%
A speeding-related driverof 290 fatal crashes	88	290 fatal crashes	30.3%	28.8%
Pedestriansof 328 deaths	39	328 deaths	11.9%	13.9%
Motorcyclistsof 328 deaths	35	328 deaths	10.7%	12.3%

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. One crash can be in two 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.

Time of day

Table 4.Interstate 95 in Virginia: fatal crashes by time of day, 2015 to 2024
Time of day	Fatal crashes	Share	Share on all roads of Virginia
Midnight to 6 a.m.	111	38.3%	18.5%
6 a.m. to noon	47	16.2%	19.0%
Noon to 6 p.m.	67	23.1%	30.4%
6 p.m. to midnight	65	22.4%	32.1%

Note: the table has the fatal crashes with a known hour.

Mile ranges

Table 5.Interstate 95 in Virginia: fatal crashes by range of five miles, 2015 to 2024
Milepoint	Fatal crashes
Mile 0 to 5	25
Mile 55 to 60	11
Mile 60 to 65	12
Mile 80 to 85	11
Mile 90 to 95	17
Mile 110 to 115	13

Note: the table has the six ranges of five miles with the largest counts, in the order of the milepoint. 95.5 percent of the fatal crashes on the route have a milepoint in FARS. A state can start its milepoints again at a county line.

Routes in the same counties

These routes of Virginia have a fatal crash on record in one or more of the same counties. The list is for navigation. The number is the fatal crashes on the route from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Virginia

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.
Virginia DMV Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Virginia.

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 2000 to 2024. A route page is built for a signed Interstate, US or state route with 20 or more fatal crashes in a state in ten years. 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 fatal crashes did FARS record on Interstate 95 in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 198 fatal crashes on Interstate 95 in Virginia from 2005 to 2014. It records 290 from 2015 to 2024.

What part of the fatal crashes in Virginia was on Interstate 95?

290 of the 8,138 fatal crashes in Virginia from 2015 to 2024 were on Interstate 95. That is 3.6 percent.

How many fatal crashes on Interstate 95 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 67 of 290 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 88 of them.

Does this page count the same route number in a different state?

No. This page counts the fatal crashes that FARS records on Interstate 95 in Virginia only. The route in a different state has its own page.