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Fatal crashes in Pennsylvania

Every fatal crash in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,923 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 1,060 1,127
2023 1,133 1,211
2022 1,092 1,179
2021 1,153 1,230
2020 1,060 1,129
2019 990 1,059
2018 1,103 1,190
2017 1,083 1,137
2016 1,088 1,188
2015 1,102 1,200
2014 1,107 1,195
2013 1,119 1,210
2012 1,211 1,310
2011 1,191 1,286
2010 1,208 1,324
2009 1,143 1,256
2008 1,358 1,468
2007 1,393 1,491
2006 1,409 1,525
2005 1,497 1,616
2004 1,362 1,490
2003 1,433 1,577
2002 1,462 1,614
2001 1,378 1,532
2000 1,396 1,520
1999 1,382 1,549
1998 1,354 1,481
1997 1,412 1,557
1996 1,353 1,469
1995 1,337 1,480
1994 1,320 1,441
1993 1,402 1,529
1992 1,385 1,545
1991 1,510 1,661
1990 1,514 1,646
1989 1,714 1,877
1988 1,770 1,931
1987 1,789 1,987
1986 1,710 1,894
1985 1,580 1,771
1984 1,562 1,727
1983 1,544 1,721
1982 1,611 1,819
1981 1,820 2,029
1980 1,882 2,089
1979 1,923 2,153
1978 1,878 2,081
1977 1,856 2,067
1976 1,789 2,021
1975 1,870 2,078

The fifteen Pennsylvania counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Philadelphia 42101 133 137
Allegheny 42003 74 74
Lancaster 42071 49 52
Berks 42011 47 47
Montgomery 42091 45 50
Bucks 42017 41 45
York 42133 37 41
Erie 42049 33 36
Lehigh 42077 30 32
Delaware 42045 27 32
Washington 42125 27 29
Westmoreland 42129 27 28
Dauphin 42043 26 26
Chester 42029 24 24
Schuylkill 42107 21 22

Which roads, in Pennsylvania2024

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 430 453 41%
Not Signed 208 215 20%
Secondary Route 180 188 17%
Interstate 99 115 9%
U.S. Highway 95 107 9%
Township 17 17 2%
Municipal 12 12 1%
County 3 4 0%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 3 3 0%

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