New Hampshire fatal crash statistics by county

Name: New Hampshire: deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024
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FARS records 133 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in New Hampshire in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 9.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in New Hampshire and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 0.96 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in New Hampshire and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, New Hampshire was number 37 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in New Hampshire rose by 4.7% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 69.2% of the occupants killed in New Hampshire with restraint use known had no restraint, against 49.0% 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 New Hampshire by year, 2015 to 2024

114

136

102

147

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118

146

127

133

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 New Hampshire by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Fewer than 105 counties
10 to 14.93 counties
15 to 19.92 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: 5 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 3 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 2 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.New Hampshire: 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
Belknap County	65,169	14	87	13.9
Carroll County	52,566	10	85	17.0
Cheshire County	78,168	11	74	9.6
Coos County	31,377	1 or 2	53	16.8
Grafton County	92,993	6	96	10.5
Hillsborough County	430,442	32	262	6.2
Merrimack County	157,547	20	173	11.3
Rockingham County	322,001	30	239	7.6
Strafford County	134,331	7	119	9.1
Sullivan County	43,924	1 or 2	40	9.2

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 New Hampshire by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 194 (1980)2024: 133

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

Table 2.New Hampshire: 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	133	120	9.4	0.96
2023	127	119	9.1	0.94
2022	146	137	10.5	1.10
2021	118	106	8.5	0.90
2020	104	98	7.5	0.87
2019	101	90	7.4	0.73
2018	147	134	10.8	1.07
2017	102	98	7.6	0.75
2016	136	130	10.1	1.01
2015	114	103	8.5	0.87
2014	95	89	7.1	n/a
2013	135	124	10.2	n/a
2012	108	101	8.2	n/a
2011	90	84	6.8	n/a
2010	128	120	9.7	n/a
2009	110	97	8.4	n/a
2008	138	127	10.5	n/a
2007	129	122	9.8	n/a
2006	127	116	9.7	n/a
2005	166	156	12.8	n/a
2004	171	158	13.3	n/a
2003	127	116	9.9	n/a
2002	127	117	10.0	n/a
2001	142	124	11.3	n/a
2000	126	117	10.2	n/a
1999	140	130	n/a	n/a
1998	128	115	n/a	n/a
1997	125	120	n/a	n/a
1996	134	125	n/a	n/a
1995	118	107	n/a	n/a
1994	119	105	n/a	n/a
1993	121	108	n/a	n/a
1992	122	110	n/a	n/a
1991	144	135	n/a	n/a
1990	158	140	n/a	n/a
1989	187	165	n/a	n/a
1988	166	151	n/a	n/a
1987	179	162	n/a	n/a
1986	172	162	n/a	n/a
1985	191	180	n/a	n/a
1984	192	172	n/a	n/a
1983	191	166	n/a	n/a
1982	173	154	n/a	n/a
1981	148	131	n/a	n/a
1980	194	175	n/a	n/a
1979	184	159	n/a	n/a
1978	171	155	n/a	n/a
1977	149	138	n/a	n/a
1976	157	146	n/a	n/a
1975	151	138	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.New Hampshire beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
Rate	Period	New Hampshire	United States
For each 100,000 residents	2024	9.4	11.5
For each 100,000 residents	2015 to 2024, in a year	8.9	11.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2024	0.96	1.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2015 to 2024	0.92	1.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. New Hampshire had 1,408,518 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. New Hampshire had 13,854 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.New Hampshire: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,135 fatal crashes	371	1,135 fatal crashes	32.7%	26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 1,135 fatal crashes	453	1,135 fatal crashes	39.9%	27.2%
No restraint usedof 737 occupant deaths with restraint use known	510	737 occupant deathswith restraint use known	69.2%	49.0%
Pedestriansof 1,228 deaths	119	1,228 deaths	9.7%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 1,228 deaths	21	1,228 deaths	1.7%	2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 1,228 deaths	277	1,228 deaths	22.6%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 1,131 fatal crashes with the condition reported	598	1,131 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.9%	42.7%
In the darkof 1,130 fatal crashes with the condition reported	419	1,130 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	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.New Hampshire: 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	32	41	47	56	176
Monday	20	38	54	39	151
Tuesday	15	26	57	39	137
Wednesday	15	33	60	51	159
Thursday	22	26	71	44	163
Friday	24	33	58	60	175
Saturday	17	28	76	53	174
All days	145	225	423	342	1,135

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.New Hampshire: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in the United States
Interstate	124	11.0%	12.6%
Other freeways and expressways	29	2.6%	4.4%
Other principal arterial	298	26.3%	29.8%
Minor arterial	240	21.2%	22.1%
Major collector	163	14.4%	15.5%
Minor collector	59	5.2%	3.4%
Local	218	19.3%	12.2%
Not reported	4	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

8 signed routes in New Hampshire have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in New Hampshire

Interstate routes

Interstate 93

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.
New Hampshire Office of Highway SafetyThe highway safety office of New Hampshire.

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

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. New Hampshire fatal crash statistics by county. https://fatalroads.com/state/new-hampshire/. 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 New Hampshire in ten years?

FARS records 1,228 deaths in 1,135 fatal crashes in New Hampshire from 2015 to 2024. It records 1,226 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire had 133 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 0.3 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 371 of 1,135 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 453 of them.

How many pages does New Hampshire have?

New Hampshire has 10 county pages, 8 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.