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Traffic deaths in Maine in 2024

Deaths, 2024: 177
Fatal crashes: 167
Population: 1.4M

In 2024, 177 people died in 167 fatal crashes in Maine. That was 31.1% more than in 2023 (135) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 12.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Maine had the 41st most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 21st-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 7% of deaths, and 23% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

12.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.5

+31%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

135 deaths in 2023, 177 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Maine traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 40 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	128
Pedestrians	13
Motorcyclists	35
Cyclists	1

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Maine	Share in the US
Pedestrians	13	7%	18%
Motorcyclists	35	20%	16%
Cyclists	1	1%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	49	28%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	42	24%	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

23%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

34%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Maine	United States
Speeding-related	33.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	22.8%	28.1%
At night	35.3%	53.6%
At weekends	25.1%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

35%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 54%

25%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	3
1am	2
2am	5
3am	0
4am	2
5am	6
6am	6
7am	5
8am	6
9am	9
10am	8
11am	10
12pm	8
1pm	12
2pm	11
3pm	11
4pm	11
5pm	11
6pm	8
7pm	8
8pm	5
9pm	7
10pm	9
11pm	4

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	12
Mon	29
Tue	24
Wed	26
Thu	27
Fri	19
Sat	30

All crashes 2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	11
Feb	4
Mar	10
Apr	9
May	20
Jun	17
Jul	20
Aug	17
Sep	22
Oct	15
Nov	7
Dec	15

All crashes 2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	123
Cloudy	24
Rain	13
Blowing Snow	3
Snow	2
Fog, Smog, Smoke	1

All crashes 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
Daylight	99
Dark - Not Lighted	36
Dark - Lighted	14
Dawn	9
Dusk	7
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1

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

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-9516
US-16
US-2 MAIN ST4
US-2014
US-23
US-302 FOREST AVE2
US-2022
US-201 AUGUSTA RD2
SR-4 TURNER RD2
PLEASANT HILL RD2

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	89
SUVs	49
Pickup trucks	46
Motorcycles	36
Medium and heavy trucks	28
Vans	6
Other vehicles	3

All crashes 2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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
Sep 9, 2024	Canaan, Somerset County	US-2 MAIN ST	1
Sep 9, 2024	Buckfield, Oxford County	SR-117 DEPOT ST	1
Sep 9, 2024	Orono, Penobscot County	US-2 MAIN ST	1
Sep 6, 2024	Kittery, York County	I-95	1
Sep 4, 2024	Rockland, Knox County	US-1 PARK STREET	1
Sep 4, 2024	Ellsworth, Hancock County	SR-180	1
Sep 3, 2024	South Eliot, York County	SR-236 HAROLD L DOW HWY	1
Sep 2, 2024	Palmyra, Somerset County	US-2 MAIN ST	1
Sep 2, 2024	Dresden, Lincoln County	SR-27 GARDINER RD	1
Aug 31, 2024	Washington, Knox County	SR-105 LIBERTY RD	1
Aug 24, 2024	Berwick, York County	SR-4 PORTLAND ST	1
Aug 24, 2024	Benton, Kennebec County	I-95	1
Aug 24, 2024	Corinth, Penobscot County	BEANS MILLS RD	1
Aug 23, 2024	Arrowsic, Sagadahoc County	OLD STAGE RD	1
Aug 22, 2024	Buxton, York County	SR-112 BEECH PLAINS RD	1
Aug 22, 2024	Woolwich, Sagadahoc County	US-1	1
Aug 17, 2024	Bethel, Oxford County	SR-26 WALKERS MILLS RD	1
Aug 16, 2024	Gorham, Cumberland County	US-202 GRAY RD	1
Aug 15, 2024	Sabattus, Androscoggin County	SR-197 LITCHFIELD RD	1
Aug 10, 2024	Ellsworth, Hancock County	US-1A BANGOR RD	1
Aug 10, 2024	Penobscot County	GOLDEN RD	1
Aug 8, 2024	Old Town, Penobscot County	US-2 WATER ST	1
Aug 7, 2024	Solon, Somerset County	MERRILL LN	1
Aug 6, 2024	Falmouth, Cumberland County	SR-26 GRAY RD	1
Aug 4, 2024	Waldo County	SR-137 BELFAST RD	1

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Counties in Maine in 2024

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Androscoggin County	14	12.1
Aroostook County	10	14.9
Cumberland County	23	7.3
Franklin County	5	16.2
Hancock County	6	10.5
Kennebec County	20	15.5
Knox County	3	7.3
Lincoln County	3	8.2
Oxford County	13	21.7
Penobscot County	24	15.3
Piscataquis County	2	11.5
Sagadahoc County	5	13.3
Somerset County	15	29.1
Waldo County	5	12.3
Washington County	4	12.7
York County	25	11.3

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