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Traffic deaths in District of Columbia

Deaths, 2024: 47
Fatal crashes: 46
Population: 691.3K

In 2024, 47 people died in 46 fatal crashes in District of Columbia. That was 6.8% more than in 2023 (44) and the most since 2005. The death rate was 6.8 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. District of Columbia had the 51st most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 48th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 38% of deaths, and 37% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

6.8

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 60 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

+7%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

44 deaths in 2023, 47 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
1975	70	70
1976	56	52
1977	58	57
1978	49	47
1979	44	42
1980	41	38
1981	49	46
1982	35	34
1983	66	58
1984	64	56
1985	60	57
1986	44	44
1987	53	51
1988	61	56
1989	72	70
1990	48	46
1991	63	60
1992	50	47
1993	57	55
1994	69	65
1995	58	54
1996	62	58
1997	60	57
1998	54	50
1999	41	40
2000	48	45
2001	68	58
2002	47	43
2003	67	63
2004	43	41
2005	48	44
2006	37	33
2007	44	36
2008	34	32
2009	29	28
2010	24	24
2011	27	22
2012	15	14
2013	20	20
2014	23	21
2015	23	23
2016	27	26
2017	31	29
2018	31	30
2019	23	22
2020	36	34
2021	41	40
2022	32	28
2023	44	39
2024	47	46

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2000	8.4
2001	11.8
2002	8.2
2003	11.8
2004	7.6
2005	8.5
2006	6.5
2007	7.7
2008	5.9
2009	4.9
2010	4.0
2011	4.4
2012	2.4
2013	3.1
2014	3.5
2015	3.4
2016	3.9
2017	4.5
2018	4.4
2019	3.3
2020	5.4
2021	6.1
2022	4.7
2023	6.5
2024	6.8

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Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

38%

of deaths were pedestrians

About double the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	19
Pedestrians	18
Motorcyclists	9
Cyclists	1

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in District of Columbia	Share in the US
Pedestrians	18	38%	18%
Motorcyclists	9	19%	16%
Cyclists	1	2%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	14	30%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	18	38%	29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

37%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 28%

15%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 60 percent of the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	District of Columbia	United States
Speeding-related	15.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	37.0%	28.1%
At night	78.3%	53.6%
At weekends	32.6%	32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

78%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	14
1am	13
2am	9
3am	10
4am	7
5am	5
6am	6
7am	2
8am	5
9am	3
10am	3
11am	1
12pm	5
1pm	7
2pm	3
3pm	7
4pm	3
5pm	11
6pm	14
7pm	5
8pm	13
9pm	9
10pm	14
11pm	18

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	29
Mon	26
Tue	21
Wed	22
Thu	30
Fri	28
Sat	31

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	12
Feb	15
Mar	14
Apr	16
May	12
Jun	24
Jul	15
Aug	15
Sep	18
Oct	16
Nov	14
Dec	16

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	176
Rain	8
Other	1
Cloudy	1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Dark - Lighted	116
Daylight	59
Dark - Not Lighted	5
Dusk	4
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1
Dawn	1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

SOUTHERN AVE SE15
BENNING RD NE6
CONNECTICUT AVE NW5
EASTERN AVE NE5
I-3955
PENNSYLVANIA AVE SE5
ALABAMA AVE SE4
BENNING RD SE3
16TH ST NW3
14TH ST NE3

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	133
SUVs	55
Motorcycles	35
Other vehicles	19
Medium and heavy trucks	10
Vans	8
Pickup trucks	7
Buses	6
Other light trucks	2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Dec 24, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	C ST	1
Dec 12, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	DC-295	1
Dec 10, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	SOUTHERN AVE	1
Dec 9, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	SOUTHERN AVE SE	1
Nov 30, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	13TH ST NW	1
Nov 10, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	FLORIDA AVE NW	1
Nov 7, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	N ST NE	1
Oct 24, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	FOXHALL RD NW	1
Sep 29, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	13 STREET NW	1
Sep 14, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	4360 SOUTHERN AVE SE	1
Sep 4, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	MINNESOTA AVE SE	1
Sep 1, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	9 STREET NW	1
Aug 28, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	EASTERN AVE NE	1
Aug 25, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	U ST NW	1
Aug 20, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	4058 MINNESOTA AVE SE	1
Aug 15, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	ROCK CREEK DRIVE NW	1
Jul 28, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	EAST CAPITOL ST NE	1
Jul 22, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	702 CHESAPEAKE STREET SE	1
Jul 11, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	MARTIN LUTHER KING AVE SE	1
Jul 2, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	4100 SOUTHERN AVE SE	2
Jun 27, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	26 NEW YORK AVE NW	1
Jun 27, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	EASTERN AVE NE	1
Jun 19, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	NEW YORK AVE NW	1
Jun 17, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NE	1
Jun 17, 2024	Washington, District of Columbia	SOUTHERN AVE SE	1

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Counties in District of Columbia

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
District of Columbia	47	6.8

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	12
Feb	15
Mar	14
Apr	16
May	12
Jun	24
Jul	15
Aug	15
Sep	18
Oct	16
Nov	14
Dec	16

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	12
Feb	15
Mar	14
Apr	16
May	12
Jun	24
Jul	15
Aug	15
Sep	18
Oct	16
Nov	14
Dec	16

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	12
Feb	15
Mar	14
Apr	16
May	12
Jun	24
Jul	15
Aug	15
Sep	18
Oct	16
Nov	14
Dec	16