Rhode Island fatal crash statistics by county

Name: Rhode Island: deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024
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FARS records 52 deaths in 48 fatal crashes in Rhode Island in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 4.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Rhode Island and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 0.68 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Rhode Island and 1.19 in the United States.

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

Deaths in Rhode Island fell by 26.8% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 18.7% of the fatal crashes in Rhode Island 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 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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island 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 14.90 counties
15 to 19.90 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; 0 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 0 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.Rhode Island: 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
Bristol County	50,148	4	10	2.0
Kent County	172,278	4	98	5.8
Newport County	83,357	4	30	3.6
Providence County	674,674	30	357	5.5
Washington County	129,958	10	105	8.2

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 Rhode Island by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 133 (1977)2024: 52

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

Table 2.Rhode Island: 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	52	48	4.7	0.68
2023	71	67	6.4	0.94
2022	52	51	4.7	0.69
2021	63	61	5.7	0.84
2020	67	66	6.1	0.98
2019	57	53	5.4	0.75
2018	59	56	5.6	0.74
2017	84	77	8.0	1.05
2016	51	48	4.8	0.64
2015	45	41	4.3	0.57
2014	51	51	4.8	n/a
2013	65	62	6.2	n/a
2012	64	62	6.1	n/a
2011	66	63	6.3	n/a
2010	67	65	6.4	n/a
2009	83	76	7.9	n/a
2008	65	63	6.2	n/a
2007	69	64	6.5	n/a
2006	81	72	7.6	n/a
2005	87	80	8.1	n/a
2004	83	78	7.7	n/a
2003	104	96	9.7	n/a
2002	84	81	7.9	n/a
2001	81	78	7.7	n/a
2000	80	73	7.6	n/a
1999	88	85	n/a	n/a
1998	74	70	n/a	n/a
1997	75	66	n/a	n/a
1996	69	65	n/a	n/a
1995	69	64	n/a	n/a
1994	63	62	n/a	n/a
1993	74	70	n/a	n/a
1992	79	73	n/a	n/a
1991	88	84	n/a	n/a
1990	84	79	n/a	n/a
1989	100	97	n/a	n/a
1988	125	118	n/a	n/a
1987	113	108	n/a	n/a
1986	124	115	n/a	n/a
1985	109	99	n/a	n/a
1984	79	75	n/a	n/a
1983	100	96	n/a	n/a
1982	105	97	n/a	n/a
1981	102	100	n/a	n/a
1980	129	118	n/a	n/a
1979	123	105	n/a	n/a
1978	108	100	n/a	n/a
1977	133	117	n/a	n/a
1976	119	112	n/a	n/a
1975	110	100	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.Rhode Island beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
Rate	Period	Rhode Island	United States
For each 100,000 residents	2024	4.7	11.5
For each 100,000 residents	2015 to 2024, in a year	5.6	11.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2024	0.68	1.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles	2015 to 2024	0.79	1.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Rhode Island had 1,110,415 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Rhode Island had 7,656 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rhode Island: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 568 fatal crashes	222	568 fatal crashes	39.1%	26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 568 fatal crashes	250	568 fatal crashes	44.0%	27.2%
No restraint usedof 324 occupant deaths with restraint use known	173	324 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.4%	49.0%
Pedestriansof 601 deaths	113	601 deaths	18.8%	17.1%
Bicyclistsof 601 deaths	16	601 deaths	2.7%	2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 601 deaths	115	601 deaths	19.1%	14.5%
On a rural roadof 562 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	562 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	18.7%	42.7%
In the darkof 566 fatal crashes with the condition reported	287	566 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.7%	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.Rhode Island: 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	36	9	24	30	99
Monday	19	13	24	28	84
Tuesday	9	16	24	18	67
Wednesday	7	19	23	26	75
Thursday	17	8	29	28	82
Friday	10	13	20	29	72
Saturday	30	7	23	28	88
All days	128	85	167	187	567

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.Rhode Island: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in the United States
Interstate	95	16.9%	12.6%
Other freeways and expressways	48	8.5%	4.4%
Other principal arterial	198	35.2%	29.8%
Minor arterial	87	15.5%	22.1%
Major collector	39	6.9%	15.5%
Minor collector	6	1.1%	3.4%
Local	90	16.0%	12.2%
Not reported	5	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

4 signed routes in Rhode Island have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Rhode Island

Interstate routes

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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Rhode Island fatal crash statistics by county. https://fatalroads.com/state/rhode-island/. 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 Rhode Island in ten years?

FARS records 601 deaths in 568 fatal crashes in Rhode Island from 2015 to 2024. It records 698 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Rhode Island?

Rhode Island had 52 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 0.1 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 222 of 568 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 250 of them.

How many pages does Rhode Island have?

Rhode Island has 5 county pages, 4 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.