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Maine fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 177 deaths in 167 fatal crashes in Maine in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Maine and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.17 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Maine and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Maine was number 20 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Maine rose by 31.1% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 81.0% of the fatal crashes in Maine with a known setting were rural, 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 .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Maine 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 map

Figure 2.Counties of Maine by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Androscoggin County: 10.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAroostook County: 12.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCumberland County: 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHancock County: 19.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKennebec County: 12.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKnox County: 10.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: 12.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOxford County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPenobscot County: 12.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPiscataquis County: 16.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSagadahoc County: 8.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSomerset County: 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWaldo County: 17.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 18.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearYork County: 10.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 102 counties
  • 10 to 14.97 counties
  • 15 to 19.97 counties
  • 20 to 29.90 counties
  • 30 or more0 counties

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.

In words: 2 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 7 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 7 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 0 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 0 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Maine: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Androscoggin County115,6001411810.7
Aroostook County66,925108512.6
Cumberland County314,665232127.0
Franklin County30,87554615.2
Hancock County57,130610819.4
Kennebec County128,6722015512.5
Knox County40,96434410.9
Lincoln County36,52434412.5
Oxford County59,9701310117.3
Penobscot County157,2832418712.2
Piscataquis County17,4631 or 22816.4
Sagadahoc County37,6945328.8
Somerset County51,490159719.1
Waldo County40,61156817.1
Washington County31,46645818.5
York County221,1062521010.0

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 3.Deaths in Maine by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 265 (1980)2024: 177

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

Table 2.Maine: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202417716712.61.17
20231351279.60.91
202218217113.11.24
202115313511.11.05
202016415112.01.25
201915714311.71.06
201813612710.10.92
201717316313.01.17
201616015012.01.08
201515614411.71.07
20141311159.8n/a
201314413610.8n/a
201216415112.3n/a
201113612610.2n/a
201016114412.1n/a
200915915312.0n/a
200815514411.6n/a
200718317013.8n/a
200618817114.2n/a
200516915112.8n/a
200419417814.8n/a
200320718615.8n/a
200221618616.7n/a
200119217014.9n/a
200016915713.2n/a
1999181168n/an/a
1998192176n/an/a
1997192172n/an/a
1996169157n/an/a
1995187170n/an/a
1994188166n/an/a
1993185168n/an/a
1992214189n/an/a
1991205181n/an/a
1990213196n/an/a
1989194179n/an/a
1988256231n/an/a
1987232212n/an/a
1986214191n/an/a
1985206189n/an/a
1984232211n/an/a
1983224198n/an/a
1982166151n/an/a
1981219191n/an/a
1980265236n/an/a
1979236200n/an/a
1978237206n/an/a
1977213195n/an/a
1976228202n/an/a
1975223200n/an/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.Maine beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodMaineUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202412.611.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year11.711.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.171.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.091.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Maine had 1,408,438 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Maine had 15,161 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Maine: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,478 fatal crashes5451,478 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 1,478 fatal crashes4141,478 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 1,141 occupant deaths with restraint use known5981,141 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 1,593 deaths1591,593 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 1,593 deaths171,593 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 1,593 deaths2591,593 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 1,471 fatal crashes with the condition reported1,1921,471 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 1,469 fatal crashes with the condition reported5661,469 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Maine: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday23456655189
Monday20557838191
Tuesday21408855204
Wednesday22678249220
Thursday23456251181
Friday24398372218
Saturday58438985275
All days1913345484051,478

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.Maine: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate1037.0%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways90.6%4.4%
Other principal arterial30120.5%29.8%
Minor arterial26918.3%22.1%
Major collector38426.1%15.5%
Minor collector1117.6%3.4%
Local29219.9%12.2%
Not reported9n/an/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

11 signed routes in Maine have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Maine

Interstate routes

Official channels

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Cite this page

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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 .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Maine in ten years?

FARS records 1,593 deaths in 1,478 fatal crashes in Maine from 2015 to 2024. It records 1,590 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Maine?

Maine had 177 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 0.5 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 545 of 1,478 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 414 of them.

How many pages does Maine have?

Maine has 16 county pages, 11 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.