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Fatal crashes in North Carolina

Every fatal crash in North Carolina 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 North Carolina, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,563 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 1,509 1,619
2023 1,465 1,577
2022 1,501 1,631
2021 1,563 1,693
2020 1,415 1,538
2019 1,358 1,457
2018 1,321 1,436
2017 1,306 1,412
2016 1,348 1,450
2015 1,275 1,379
2014 1,188 1,284
2013 1,188 1,290
2012 1,229 1,299
2011 1,143 1,230
2010 1,218 1,320
2009 1,207 1,313
2008 1,319 1,428
2007 1,515 1,676
2006 1,424 1,554
2005 1,418 1,547
2004 1,417 1,573
2003 1,396 1,553
2002 1,427 1,576
2001 1,360 1,530
2000 1,408 1,557
1999 1,350 1,505
1998 1,433 1,596
1997 1,290 1,483
1996 1,329 1,494
1995 1,305 1,448
1994 1,254 1,431
1993 1,228 1,389
1992 1,124 1,265
1991 1,213 1,369
1990 1,250 1,385
1989 1,321 1,471
1988 1,400 1,573
1987 1,416 1,584
1986 1,489 1,647
1985 1,332 1,482
1984 1,291 1,450
1983 1,083 1,234
1982 1,168 1,303
1981 1,319 1,475
1980 1,327 1,503
1979 1,352 1,527
1978 1,331 1,492
1977 1,251 1,428
1976 1,304 1,502
1975 1,343 1,506

The fifteen North Carolina counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Mecklenburg 37119 115 121
Wake 37183 76 83
Guilford 37081 70 74
Cumberland 37051 58 59
Buncombe 37021 40 44
Forsyth 37067 39 39
Gaston 37071 37 37
Robeson 37155 37 46
Johnston 37101 34 40
Harnett 37085 33 35
Rowan 37159 32 32
Davidson 37057 30 33
Durham 37063 30 31
Randolph 37151 28 29
New Hanover 37129 27 29

Which roads, in North Carolina2024

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
Secondary Route 583 605 39%
U.S. Highway 347 383 23%
State Highway 316 345 21%
Interstate 170 189 11%
Not Signed 90 94 6%

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