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Fatal crashes in Maine

Every fatal crash in Maine is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in Maine, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 236 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 167 177
2023 127 135
2022 171 182
2021 135 153
2020 151 164
2019 143 157
2018 127 136
2017 163 173
2016 150 160
2015 144 156
2014 115 131
2013 136 144
2012 151 164
2011 126 136
2010 144 161
2009 153 159
2008 144 155
2007 170 183
2006 171 188
2005 151 169
2004 178 194
2003 186 207
2002 186 216
2001 170 192
2000 157 169
1999 168 181
1998 176 192
1997 172 192
1996 157 169
1995 170 187
1994 166 188
1993 168 185
1992 189 214
1991 181 205
1990 196 213
1989 179 194
1988 231 256
1987 212 232
1986 191 214
1985 189 206
1984 211 232
1983 198 224
1982 151 166
1981 191 219
1980 236 265
1979 200 236
1978 206 237
1977 195 213
1976 202 228
1975 200 223

The fifteen Maine counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
York 23031 25 25
Cumberland 23005 21 23
Penobscot 23019 21 24
Kennebec 23011 20 20
Somerset 23025 14 15
Androscoggin 23001 13 14
Oxford 23017 12 13
Aroostook 23003 10 10
Hancock 23009 6 6
Franklin 23007 5 5
Sagadahoc 23023 5 5
Waldo 23027 5 5
Knox 23013 3 3
Lincoln 23015 3 3
Washington 23029 3 4

Which roads, in Maine2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 69 74 41%
U.S. Highway 42 43 25%
Not Signed 39 42 23%
Interstate 16 17 10%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 1 1 1%

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