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Traffic deaths in Maryland in 2020

State in United States

Deaths, 2020
573
Fatal crashes
546
Population
6.2M

In 2020, 573 people died in 546 fatal crashes in Maryland. The death rate was 9.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Maryland had the 27th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 38th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 23% of deaths, and 29% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

9.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

  • About 80 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.8

Maryland traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

23%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 17%
Who died in 2020
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 338
Pedestrians 134
Motorcyclists 86
Cyclists 15
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Deaths by type, 2020
Type Deaths Share in Maryland Share in the US
Pedestrians 134 23% 17%
Motorcyclists 86 15% 14%
Cyclists 15 3% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 189 33% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 170 30% 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

29%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 29%

29%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 27%
Crash factors in 2020
Category Maryland United States
Speeding-related 29.1% 26.7%
Alcohol-involved 28.9% 28.6%
At night 59.5% 53.4%
At weekends 33.3% 32.9%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

60%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 53%

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 27
1am 20
2am 21
3am 13
4am 15
5am 19
6am 14
7am 19
8am 9
9am 12
10am 15
11am 15
12pm 19
1pm 19
2pm 24
3pm 26
4pm 21
5pm 28
6pm 20
7pm 32
8pm 42
9pm 50
10pm 42
11pm 24

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 85
Mon 72
Tue 75
Wed 65
Thu 79
Fri 73
Sat 97

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 18
Feb 37
Mar 50
Apr 24
May 46
Jun 50
Jul 54
Aug 73
Sep 48
Oct 68
Nov 46
Dec 32

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 407
Rain 60
Cloudy 49
Fog, Smog, Smoke 5
Severe Crosswinds 5
Blowing Snow 1

All crashes 2020. 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 203
Dark - Lighted 178
Dark - Not Lighted 134
Dusk 12
Dawn 10
Dark - Unknown Lighting 8

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

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-9517
  2. US-117
  3. US-4015
  4. SR-29513
  5. US-30112
  6. SR-510
  7. SR-269
  8. I-6958
  9. I-708
  10. SR-2148

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 389
SUVs 148
Motorcycles 91
Pickup trucks 82
Medium and heavy trucks 58
Other vehicles 30
Vans 26
Buses 2

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda Civic33
  2. Honda Accord27
  3. Toyota Camry23
  4. Nissan Altima15
  5. Chevrolet Silverado14
  6. Ford F-15014
  7. Toyota Corolla14
  8. Hyundai Elantra11
  9. Nissan Sentra11
  10. Chevrolet Impala10

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 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Dec 30, 2020 Charles County 1
Dec 29, 2020 Harford County 1
Dec 27, 2020 Harford County 1
Dec 26, 2020 Howard County 1
Dec 25, 2020 Wicomico County 1
Dec 24, 2020 Charles County 1
Dec 24, 2020 Prince George's County 1
Dec 24, 2020 Calvert County 1
Dec 23, 2020 Baltimore, Baltimore city 1
Dec 23, 2020 Calvert County 1
Dec 22, 2020 Montgomery County 1
Dec 20, 2020 St. Mary's County 1
Dec 19, 2020 Baltimore, Baltimore city 1
Dec 19, 2020 Prince George's County 1
Dec 18, 2020 Laurel, Prince George's County 1
Dec 18, 2020 Wicomico County 1
Dec 18, 2020 St. Mary's County 1
Dec 18, 2020 Waldorf, Charles County 1
Dec 16, 2020 Frederick County 1
Dec 16, 2020 Charles County 1
Dec 15, 2020 Baltimore County 1
Dec 15, 2020 Cecil County 1
Dec 14, 2020 Carroll County 1
Dec 13, 2020 Prince George's County 1
Dec 12, 2020 Carroll County 1

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Counties in Maryland in 2020

Area Deaths, 2020 Per 100,000
Allegany County 6 8.8
Anne Arundel County 50 8.4
Baltimore County 63 7.4
Baltimore city 68 11.7
Calvert County 11 11.8
Caroline County 5 15.0
Carroll County 16 9.3
Cecil County 17 16.4
Charles County 26 15.6
Dorchester County 4 12.3
Frederick County 23 8.4
Garrett County 11 38.2
Harford County 17 6.5
Howard County 29 8.7
Kent County 6 31.4
Montgomery County 46 4.3
Prince George's County 109 11.3
Queen Anne's County 6 12.0
Somerset County 4 16.3
St. Mary's County 14 12.3
Talbot County 1 2.7
Washington County 10 6.5
Wicomico County 11 10.6
Worcester County 20 38.1

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