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Traffic deaths in Clinton County, Pennsylvania

County in Pennsylvania · United States

Deaths, 2024
5
Fatal crashes
5
Population
37.8K

In 2024, 5 people died in 5 fatal crashes in Clinton County, Pennsylvania. That was 16.7% fewer than in 2023 (6) and the fewest in any year since 2020. The death rate was 13.2 per 100,000 residents, compared with 8.6 in Pennsylvania and 11.5 in the United States. Clinton County had the 49th most traffic deaths among Pennsylvania's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 34 people died, an average of 6.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 40% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

13.2

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.6
  • About 1.1 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

18.0

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About double the average in Pennsylvania: 9.0
  • About 1.5 times the average in the United States: 12.3

-17%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

6 deaths in 2023, 5 in 2024

  • Pennsylvania: -7%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 8 7
2021 7 7
2022 8 8
2023 6 6
2024 5 5

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, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 21.4
2021 18.4
2022 21.1
2023 15.9
2024 13.2

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Pennsylvania: 15%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 4
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Clinton County Share in Pennsylvania
Pedestrians 0 0% 15%
Motorcyclists 1 20% 19%
Cyclists 0 0% 2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 26%
Speeding-related crashes 2 40% 39%

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

40%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in Pennsylvania: 37%
  • About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Pennsylvania: 24%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Clinton County Pennsylvania United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 24.2% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 40.0% 37.4% 28.1%
At night 60.0% 48.4% 53.6%
At weekends 20.0% 31.4% 32.6%

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 1.2 times the share in Pennsylvania: 48%
  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

20%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About two-thirds of the share in Pennsylvania: 31%
  • About 60 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 2
1am 1
2am 1
3am 0
4am 1
5am 1
6am 1
7am 1
8am 0
9am 1
10am 1
11am 1
12pm 1
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 3
4pm 4
5pm 1
6pm 3
7pm 1
8pm 1
9pm 2
10pm 1
11pm 4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 9
Mon 3
Tue 5
Wed 5
Thu 3
Fri 2
Sat 6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 2
Feb 1
Mar 2
Apr 3
May 2
Jun 3
Jul 3
Aug 3
Sep 3
Oct 2
Nov 4
Dec 5

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 25
Rain 3
Snow 2

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
Daylight 15
Dark - Not Lighted 14
Dark - Lighted 2
Dawn 1
Dusk 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

  1. I-80 Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HWY5
  2. SR-120 RENOVO RD2
  3. BEECH CREEK RD1
  4. I-80 Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HW1
  5. PENNSYLVANIA AVE1
  6. I-80 ZH CONFAIR MEMORIAL HWY1
  7. LAUREL RUN RD1
  8. ISLAND RD1
  9. I-801
  10. CIDER PRESS RD1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Medium and heavy trucks 22
Cars 12
SUVs 12
Pickup trucks 5
Motorcycles 3
Other vehicles 3
Buses 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Freightliner Cascadia6
  2. Volvo Truck VNL5
  3. Jeep Wrangler3
  4. Saturn Ion3
  5. Freightliner New Cascadia 126" Sleepercab2
  6. Jeep Compass2
  7. Peterbilt 3792
  8. Peterbilt 5792
  9. Ram 15002
  10. Audi A41

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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Date Location Deaths
Dec 14, 2024 — 1
Dec 5, 2024 — 1
Jul 2, 2024 Lock Haven 1
Jun 28, 2024 — 1
Apr 3, 2024 — 1
Dec 10, 2023 — 1
Sep 17, 2023 — 1
Jul 4, 2023 — 1
Apr 1, 2023 — 1
Mar 25, 2023 — 1
Jan 8, 2023 — 1
Dec 8, 2022 — 1
Nov 29, 2022 Beech Creek 1
Nov 21, 2022 — 1
Jun 13, 2022 — 1
May 26, 2022 — 1
May 8, 2022 — 1
Feb 5, 2022 — 1
Jan 2, 2022 — 1
Nov 6, 2021 — 1
Oct 31, 2021 — 1
Aug 25, 2021 Mill Hall 1
Jul 21, 2021 — 1
Jun 28, 2021 — 1
Apr 23, 2021 Lamar 1

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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.