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Virginia fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 917 deaths in 867 fatal crashes in Virginia in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 10.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Virginia and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.04 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Virginia and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Virginia was number 32 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Virginia rose by 0.3% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 55.4% of the fatal crashes in Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Accomack County: 19.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAlbemarle County: 12.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAlleghany County: 18.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAmelia County: 26.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAmherst County: 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAppomattox County: 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearArlington County: 1.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAugusta County: 20.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBath County: 30.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBedford County: 15.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBland County: 20.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBotetourt County: 21.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBrunswick County: 41.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBuchanan County: 22.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBuckingham County: 28.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCampbell County: 19.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCaroline County: 28.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCarroll County: 21.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCharles City County: 42.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCharlotte County: 37.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChesterfield County: 8.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClarke County: 32.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCraig County: 14.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCulpeper County: 13.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCumberland County: 23.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDickenson County: 11.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDinwiddie County: 33.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEssex County: 26.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFairfax County: 3.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFauquier County: 19.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFloyd County: 10.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFluvanna County: 10.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFranklin County: 22.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFrederick County: 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGiles County: 19.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGloucester County: 14.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGoochland County: 22.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrayson County: 17.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreene County: 9.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGreensville County: 32.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHalifax County: 27.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHanover County: 15.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHenrico County: 8.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHenry County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHighland County: 48.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearIsle of Wight County: 17.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearJames City County: 9.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKing and Queen County: 45.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKing George County: 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearKing William County: 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLancaster County: 19.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLee County: 15.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLoudoun County: 3.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLouisa County: 25.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLunenburg County: 19.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMadison County: 22.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMathews County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMecklenburg County: 32.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMiddlesex County: 26.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMontgomery County: 8.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNelson County: 40.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNew Kent County: 24.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNorthampton County: 36.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNorthumberland County: 17.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNottoway County: 31.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOrange County: 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPage County: 18.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPatrick County: 20.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPittsylvania County: 26.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPowhatan County: 14.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPrince Edward County: 22.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPrince George County: 20.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPrince William County: 5.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPulaski County: 13.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRappahannock County: 17.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRichmond County: 21.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRoanoke County: 8.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRockbridge County: 30.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRockingham County: 14.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRussell County: 24.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearScott County: 19.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearShenandoah County: 15.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSmyth County: 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSouthampton County: 29.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSpotsylvania County: 12.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStafford County: 7.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSurry County: 26.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSussex County: 66.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTazewell County: 14.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWarren County: 10.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashington County: 15.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWestmoreland County: 16.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWise County: 12.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWythe County: 28.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearYork County: 10.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearAlexandria city: 3.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBristol city: 4.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearBuena Vista city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownCharlottesville city: 3.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChesapeake city: 7.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearColonial Heights city: 9.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCovington city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownDanville city: 11.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEmporia city: 12.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFairfax city: 5.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFalls Church city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownFranklin city: 7.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearFredericksburg city: 7.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGalax city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownHampton city: 9.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarrisonburg city: 5.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHopewell city: 4.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLexington city: 0.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLynchburg city: 5.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearManassas city: 3.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearManassas Park city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownMartinsville city: 3.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNewport News city: 9.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNorfolk city: 8.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNorton city: count of 1 or 2, no rate shownPetersburg city: 13.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPoquoson city: 3.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPortsmouth city: 9.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRadford city: 2.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRichmond city: 9.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRoanoke city: 9.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSalem city: 2.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStaunton city: 2.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSuffolk city: 11.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearVirginia Beach city: 6.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWaynesboro city: 5.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWilliamsburg city: 4.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWinchester city: 2.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 1039 counties
  • 10 to 14.921 counties
  • 15 to 19.925 counties
  • 20 to 29.927 counties
  • 30 or more15 counties
  • Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown6 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: 39 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 21 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 25 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 27 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 15 counties have a rate of 30 or more; 6 counties have a count of 1 or 2 and no rate. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Virginia: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Accomack County33,74766519.6
Albemarle County117,3121013412.0
Alexandria city159,3676493.1
Alleghany County14,67462718.0
Amelia County13,7071 or 23526.5
Amherst County31,65354514.2
Appomattox County17,00343119.2
Arlington County239,6871 or 2451.9
Augusta County78,7641816020.9
Bath County4,05841330.9
Bedford County82,4671712715.9
Bland County6,1861 or 21320.6
Botetourt County34,05787121.1
Bristol city16,454074.1
Brunswick County15,76396741.4
Buchanan County18,72344722.8
Buckingham County17,11174928.8
Buena Vista city6,6111 or 21 or 2n/a
Campbell County55,5631210919.7
Caroline County33,586108828.2
Carroll County29,21186421.7
Charles City County6,58262942.5
Charlotte County11,32344437.5
Charlottesville city44,6091 or 2173.7
Chesapeake city254,770191777.2
Chesterfield County391,243322928.1
Clarke County15,63184832.4
Colonial Heights city18,6201 or 2179.5
Covington city5,68801 or 2n/a
Craig County4,8221 or 2714.0
Culpeper County56,75657113.4
Cumberland County10,20342323.4
Danville city41,95844811.5
Dickenson County13,38831711.9
Dinwiddie County28,787119433.1
Emporia city5,4104712.7
Essex County10,67772926.8
Fairfax city26,0380125.0
Fairfax County1,159,806574473.9
Falls Church city15,0461 or 21 or 2n/a
Fauquier County75,8651314219.7
Floyd County15,7131 or 21710.9
Fluvanna County28,78902810.2
Franklin city8,4041 or 267.3
Franklin County55,6121812522.4
Frederick County98,1801512814.1
Fredericksburg city29,9851 or 2217.3
Galax city6,70101 or 2n/a
Giles County16,6361 or 23319.8
Gloucester County40,06795614.6
Goochland County28,26395522.2
Grayson County15,33302717.4
Greene County21,7021 or 2199.3
Greensville County11,1751 or 23732.5
Halifax County33,55479427.5
Hampton city137,399131299.5
Hanover County115,5531216415.0
Harrisonburg city50,7921 or 2265.0
Henrico County340,024462948.9
Henry County49,5231712524.7
Highland County2,3361 or 21148.9
Hopewell city23,064094.0
Isle of Wight County40,89056617.2
James City County82,8969739.4
King and Queen County6,72643145.2
King George County28,90035219.2
King William County19,2791 or 23218.1
Lancaster County10,9711 or 22119.4
Lee County21,7771 or 23515.2
Lexington city7,701000.0
Loudoun County443,749141333.2
Louisa County42,176109525.0
Lunenburg County12,0781 or 22419.7
Lynchburg city80,3169465.7
Madison County14,22433022.1
Manassas city44,0380163.8
Manassas Park city16,42801 or 2n/a
Martinsville city13,789053.8
Mathews County8,58501517.3
Mecklenburg County30,809129932.3
Middlesex County10,94142826.0
Montgomery County98,35711888.9
Nelson County14,81796040.6
New Kent County27,19655824.8
Newport News city183,401191679.2
Norfolk city231,105202038.5
Northampton County12,02154436.7
Northumberland County12,4121 or 22117.2
Norton city3,51601 or 2n/a
Nottoway County15,69044931.6
Orange County39,19336718.1
Page County23,68754518.9
Patrick County17,39533620.4
Petersburg city34,03044313.3
Pittsylvania County59,5051816226.7
Poquoson city12,863043.2
Portsmouth city96,8456889.1
Powhatan County32,3621 or 24314.2
Prince Edward County22,31905022.3
Prince George County43,742128320.4
Prince William County498,352302385.0
Pulaski County33,5521 or 24613.6
Radford city17,239052.9
Rappahannock County7,44331317.6
Richmond city234,807182059.0
Richmond County9,22001921.1
Roanoke city98,6909899.0
Roanoke County97,3737848.8
Rockbridge County22,45786830.1
Rockingham County88,3191212414.9
Russell County25,43056524.7
Salem city25,7371 or 272.8
Scott County21,3881 or 24319.8
Shenandoah County45,46886615.0
Smyth County29,13375217.3
Southampton County18,01865229.0
Spotsylvania County152,4612117012.2
Stafford County168,788101087.0
Staunton city26,260052.0
Suffolk city103,0071411011.6
Surry County6,5931 or 21726.0
Sussex County10,74247466.9
Tazewell County38,98645914.5
Virginia Beach city453,763242716.0
Warren County42,48434210.4
Washington County54,11478615.9
Waynesboro city23,5751 or 2135.8
Westmoreland County19,3381 or 23016.4
Williamsburg city15,9441 or 274.6
Winchester city28,0821 or 262.1
Wise County35,03534512.2
Wythe County28,04688128.4
York County71,33857310.5

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 Virginia by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 1,126 (1986)2024: 917

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

Table 2.Virginia: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202491786710.41.04
202391485610.51.04
20221,00694411.61.23
202197390611.21.21
20208507969.81.12
20198317749.70.97
20188207789.60.96
20178397839.90.98
20167607229.00.90
20157547129.00.91
20147036598.5n/a
20137406829.0n/a
20127767159.5n/a
20117647009.4n/a
20107406899.2n/a
20097586969.6n/a
200882576410.5n/a
20071,02794113.2n/a
200696286612.5n/a
200594787612.5n/a
200492283812.3n/a
200394386112.8n/a
200291483012.5n/a
200193585513.0n/a
200092985113.1n/a
1999878795n/an/a
1998935834n/an/a
1997984900n/an/a
1996877809n/an/a
1995900826n/an/a
1994930828n/an/a
1993879793n/an/a
1992839760n/an/a
1991948845n/an/a
19901,079953n/an/a
19891,004918n/an/a
19881,072971n/an/a
19871,021906n/an/a
19861,1261,002n/an/a
1985976895n/an/a
19841,013921n/an/a
1983901803n/an/a
1982881782n/an/a
19811,011907n/an/a
19801,045938n/an/a
19791,016923n/an/a
19781,063951n/an/a
19771,118975n/an/a
19761,000882n/an/a
1975993867n/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.Virginia beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodVirginiaUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202410.411.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year10.111.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.041.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.031.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Virginia had 8,819,642 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Virginia had 88,511 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Virginia: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 8,138 fatal crashes2,3918,138 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 8,138 fatal crashes2,3438,138 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 6,169 occupant deaths with restraint use known3,3496,169 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 8,664 deaths1,2068,664 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 8,664 deaths1358,664 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 8,664 deaths1,0648,664 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 8,115 fatal crashes with the condition reported4,4968,115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 8,126 fatal crashes with the condition reported3,6888,126 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.Virginia: 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
Sunday3541663393641,223
Monday1512343553161,056
Tuesday1402463583141,058
Wednesday1402193353391,033
Thursday1772253433681,113
Friday2082373694441,258
Saturday3392163724691,396
All days1,5091,5432,4712,6148,137

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.Virginia: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate1,18814.8%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways2082.6%4.4%
Other principal arterial2,11926.4%29.8%
Minor arterial1,95424.4%22.1%
Major collector1,47518.4%15.5%
Minor collector2813.5%3.4%
Local79910.0%12.2%
Not reported114n/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

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

All routes in Virginia

Interstate routes

Official channels

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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 Virginia in ten years?

FARS records 8,664 deaths in 8,138 fatal crashes in Virginia from 2015 to 2024. It records 8,242 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

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

Virginia had 917 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 2.3 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 2,391 of 8,138 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 2,343 of them.

How many pages does Virginia have?

Virginia has 133 county pages, 51 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.