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Traffic deaths in Pennsylvania

Deaths, 2024: 1,127
Fatal crashes: 1,060
Population: 13M

In 2024, 1,127 people died in 1,060 fatal crashes in Pennsylvania, about 3 a day. That was 6.9% fewer than in 2023 (1,211) and the fewest since 2019. The death rate was 8.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Pennsylvania had the 10th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 42nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 15% of deaths, and 37% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

8.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About three-quarters of the rate in the United States: 11.5

-7%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1,211 deaths in 2023, 1,127 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

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

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	12.4
2001	12.5
2002	13.1
2003	12.7
2004	12.0
2005	13.0
2006	12.2
2007	11.9
2008	11.6
2009	9.9
2010	10.4
2011	10.1
2012	10.3
2013	9.5
2014	9.3
2015	9.4
2016	9.3
2017	8.9
2018	9.3
2019	8.3
2020	8.7
2021	9.5
2022	9.1
2023	9.3
2024	8.6

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

Road users

Who died

15%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	715
Pedestrians	173
Motorcyclists	217
Cyclists	22

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Pennsylvania	Share in the US
Pedestrians	173	15%	18%
Motorcyclists	217	19%	16%
Cyclists	22	2%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	290	26%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	437	39%	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%

24%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Pennsylvania	United States
Speeding-related	24.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	37.4%	28.1%
At night	48.4%	53.6%
At weekends	31.4%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

48%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

31%

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	197
1am	182
2am	177
3am	133
4am	112
5am	160
6am	194
7am	168
8am	160
9am	164
10am	176
11am	205
12pm	231
1pm	282
2pm	294
3pm	327
4pm	295
5pm	325
6pm	307
7pm	312
8pm	332
9pm	273
10pm	264
11pm	222

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	777
Mon	676
Tue	724
Wed	756
Thu	730
Fri	892
Sat	943

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	363
Feb	319
Mar	370
Apr	398
May	441
Jun	527
Jul	547
Aug	578
Sep	496
Oct	551
Nov	472
Dec	436

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	3,704
Rain	463
Cloudy	276
Snow	91
Fog, Smog, Smoke	48
Blowing Snow	19

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	2,845
Dark - Not Lighted	1,263
Dark - Lighted	1,088
Dusk	143
Dawn	114
Dark - Unknown Lighting	26

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

I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HWY49
US-30 LINCOLN HWY48
SR-611 BROAD ST43
I-76 MAINLINE TPKE33
US-1 ROOSEVELT BLVD29
US-22 WILLIAM PENN HWY27
I-95 DELAWARE EXPY26
US-30 LINCOLN HW25
I-80 Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HWY25
I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HW24

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	3,094
SUVs	1,878
Motorcycles	1,139
Pickup trucks	868
Medium and heavy trucks	848
Vans	337
Other vehicles	220
Buses	34
Other light trucks	15

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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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 19, 2024	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County	SR-3 CHESTNUT ST	1
Dec 19, 2024	Wrightstown, Bucks County	SSR-2036 SWAMP RD	1
Dec 19, 2024	Muncy, Lycoming County	SR-54	1
Dec 19, 2024	Plymouth Valley, Montgomery County	W GERMANTOWN PKE	1
Dec 18, 2024	Bucks County	RIVER RD	1
Dec 18, 2024	Abington, Montgomery County	SR-232 HUNTINGTON PKE	1
Dec 18, 2024	Crawford County	SR-77 BLOOMING VALLEY RD	1
Dec 17, 2024	Wrightstown, Bucks County	SR-413 DURHAM RD	1
Dec 17, 2024	Luzerne County	SR-115 BUCK BLVD	1
Dec 17, 2024	McCandless, Allegheny County	HIGHLAND RD	1
Dec 16, 2024	Susquehanna County	SR-29 SNAKE CREEK RD	1
Dec 16, 2024	Snyder County	US-11 SUSQUEHANNA TRL	1
Dec 15, 2024	Berks County	SR-61 POTTSVILLE PKE	1
Dec 15, 2024	Franklin County	I-81	1
Dec 15, 2024	Pike County	SSR-2004 SALT LAKE RD	1
Dec 14, 2024	Monaca, Beaver County	SSR-4044 PENNSYLVANIA AVE	1
Dec 14, 2024	Cumberland County	I-81 AMERICAN LEGION MEM HWY	1
Dec 14, 2024	Clarion, Clarion County	SR-322 TWENTY EIGHTH DIV HWY	1
Dec 14, 2024	Clinton County	I-80 ZH CONFAIR MEMORIAL HWY	1
Dec 13, 2024	Manheim, Lancaster County	US-222	1
Dec 12, 2024	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County	I-95 DELAWARE EXPWY	1
Dec 11, 2024	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County	SR-13 FRANKFORD RD	1
Dec 11, 2024	Philadelphia, Philadelphia County	HAVERFORD AVE	1
Dec 11, 2024	Erie, Erie County	SR-5 TWELFTH ST	1
Dec 9, 2024	York County	SR-382 OLD TRAIL RD	1

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Counties in Pennsylvania

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Adams County	13	12.1
Allegheny County	74	6.0
Armstrong County	8	12.5
Beaver County	4	2.4
Bedford County	9	18.9
Berks County	47	10.7
Blair County	10	8.3
Bradford County	16	26.8
Bucks County	45	6.9
Butler County	15	7.5
Cambria County	12	9.2
Cameron County	1	23.1
Carbon County	13	19.8
Centre County	7	4.4
Chester County	24	4.3
Clarion County	7	19.1
Clearfield County	12	15.4
Clinton County	5	13.2
Columbia County	6	9.1
Crawford County	14	17.1
Cumberland County	18	6.6
Dauphin County	26	8.9
Delaware County	32	5.5
Elk County	0	—
Erie County	36	13.5
Fayette County	19	15.3
Forest County	1	15.2
Franklin County	21	13.2
Fulton County	2	13.8
Greene County	5	14.6
Huntingdon County	3	6.9
Indiana County	7	8.4
Jefferson County	3	6.9
Juniata County	2	8.5
Lackawanna County	20	9.2
Lancaster County	52	9.3
Lawrence County	6	7.1
Lebanon County	20	13.8
Lehigh County	32	8.4
Luzerne County	18	5.4
Lycoming County	15	13.3
McKean County	2	5.1
Mercer County	15	13.9
Mifflin County	1	2.2
Monroe County	18	10.8
Montgomery County	50	5.7
Montour County	6	33.5
Northampton County	15	4.6
Northumberland County	8	8.9
Perry County	7	15.0
Philadelphia County	137	8.7
Pike County	10	16.1
Potter County	2	12.5
Schuylkill County	22	15.2
Snyder County	6	15.1
Somerset County	9	12.5
Sullivan County	1	17.0
Susquehanna County	11	28.8
Tioga County	3	7.4
Union County	4	9.4
Venango County	4	8.1
Warren County	5	13.4
Washington County	29	13.8
Wayne County	9	17.5
Westmoreland County	28	8.0
Wyoming County	4	15.5
York County	41	8.7

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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	363
Feb	319
Mar	370
Apr	398
May	441
Jun	527
Jul	547
Aug	578
Sep	496
Oct	551
Nov	472
Dec	436

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	363
Feb	319
Mar	370
Apr	398
May	441
Jun	527
Jul	547
Aug	578
Sep	496
Oct	551
Nov	472
Dec	436

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	363
Feb	319
Mar	370
Apr	398
May	441
Jun	527
Jul	547
Aug	578
Sep	496
Oct	551
Nov	472
Dec	436