District of Columbia fatal crash statistics by county

Name: District of Columbia: deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024
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FARS records 47 deaths in 46 fatal crashes in the District of Columbia in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 6.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in the District of Columbia and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.33 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in the District of Columbia and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, the District of Columbia was number 48 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in the District of Columbia rose by 6.8% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 0.0% of the fatal crashes in the District of Columbia were on a rural road, against 42.7% in the United States.

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 District of Columbia by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

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

County

Table 1.District of Columbia: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
County	Residents	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
District of Columbia	691,310	47	335	4.9

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 2.Deaths in District of Columbia by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 72 (1989)2024: 47

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

Table 2.District of Columbia: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	For each 100,000 residents	For each 100 million vehicle-miles
2024	47	46	6.8	1.33
2023	44	39	6.4	1.26
2022	32	28	4.7	0.94
2021	41	40	6.1	1.26
2020	36	34	5.4	1.19
2019	23	22	3.2	0.61
2018	31	30	4.4	0.84
2017	31	29	4.4	0.83
2016	27	26	3.9	0.75
2015	23	23	3.4	0.65
2014	23	21	3.5	n/a
2013	20	20	3.1	n/a
2012	15	14	2.4	n/a
2011	27	22	4.4	n/a
2010	24	24	4.0	n/a
2009	29	28	4.9	n/a
2008	34	32	5.9	n/a
2007	44	36	7.7	n/a
2006	37	33	6.5	n/a
2005	48	44	8.5	n/a
2004	43	41	7.6	n/a
2003	67	63	11.8	n/a
2002	47	43	8.2	n/a
2001	68	58	11.8	n/a
2000	48	45	8.4	n/a
1999	41	40	n/a	n/a
1998	54	50	n/a	n/a
1997	60	57	n/a	n/a
1996	62	58	n/a	n/a
1995	58	54	n/a	n/a
1994	69	65	n/a	n/a
1993	57	55	n/a	n/a
1992	50	47	n/a	n/a
1991	63	60	n/a	n/a
1990	48	46	n/a	n/a
1989	72	70	n/a	n/a
1988	61	56	n/a	n/a
1987	53	51	n/a	n/a
1986	44	44	n/a	n/a
1985	60	57	n/a	n/a
1984	64	56	n/a	n/a
1983	66	58	n/a	n/a
1982	35	34	n/a	n/a
1981	49	46	n/a	n/a
1980	41	38	n/a	n/a
1979	44	42	n/a	n/a
1978	49	47	n/a	n/a
1977	58	57	n/a	n/a
1976	56	52	n/a	n/a
1975	70	70	n/a	n/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.District of Columbia beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
Rate	Period	District of Columbia	United States
For each 100,000 residents	2024	6.8	11.5
For each 100,000 residents	2015 to 2024, in a year	4.9	11.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2024	1.33	1.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2015 to 2024	0.96	1.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. District of Columbia had 691,310 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. District of Columbia had 3,539 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.District of Columbia: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 317 fatal crashes	80	317 fatal crashes	25.2%	26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 317 fatal crashes	140	317 fatal crashes	44.2%	27.2%
No restraint usedof 93 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	93 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.8%	49.0%
Pedestriansof 335 deaths	128	335 deaths	38.2%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 335 deaths	19	335 deaths	5.7%	2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 335 deaths	58	335 deaths	17.3%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 316 fatal crashes with the condition reported	0	316 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	0.0%	42.7%
In the darkof 316 fatal crashes with the condition reported	211	316 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.8%	49.2%

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.District of Columbia: 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	25	2	3	20	50
Monday	12	9	6	15	42
Tuesday	7	5	5	22	39
Wednesday	6	5	8	18	37
Thursday	12	6	12	13	43
Friday	17	5	12	20	54
Saturday	21	8	7	16	52
All days	100	40	53	124	317

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.District of Columbia: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in the United States
Interstate	20	6.3%	12.6%
Other freeways and expressways	9	2.8%	4.4%
Other principal arterial	55	17.4%	29.8%
Minor arterial	81	25.6%	22.1%
Major collector	26	8.2%	15.5%
Minor collector	2	0.6%	3.4%
Local	123	38.9%	12.2%
Not reported	1	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

Routes

No signed route in District of Columbia has a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes 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.
District of Columbia Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of the District of Columbia.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. District of Columbia fatal crash statistics by county. https://fatalroads.com/state/district-of-columbia/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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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. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in the District of Columbia in ten years?

FARS records 335 deaths in 317 fatal crashes in the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2024. It records 301 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in the District of Columbia?

The District of Columbia had 47 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 0.1 percent.

How many fatal crashes in the District of Columbia had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 80 of 317 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 140 of them.

How many pages does the District of Columbia have?

The District of Columbia has one county page, no route page and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.