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Traffic deaths in Woonsocket, Rhode Island

City in Providence County · Rhode Island · United States

Deaths, 2024: 2
Fatal crashes: 2
Population: 44.4K

In 2024, 2 people died in 2 fatal crashes in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. That was 60.0% fewer than in 2023 (5) and the fewest since 2022. The death rate was 4.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 4.4 in Providence County, 4.7 in Rhode Island and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 12 people died, an average of 2.4 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. 100% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

4.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About the same as the rate in Providence County, Rhode Island: 4.4
About the same as the rate in Rhode Island: 4.7
About 40 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

-60%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

5 deaths in 2023, 2 in 2024

Providence County, Rhode Island: -42%
Rhode Island: -27%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	2	2
2021	2	2
2022	1	1
2023	5	5
2024	2	2

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	4.6
2021	4.6
2022	2.3
2023	11.5
2024	4.5

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

of deaths were pedestrians

About 5 percent of the share in Providence County, Rhode Island: 20%
About 5 percent of the share in Rhode Island: 25%
About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	1
Pedestrians	0
Motorcyclists	1
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Woonsocket	Share in Providence County
Pedestrians	0	0%	20%
Motorcyclists	1	50%	17%
Cyclists	0	0%	10%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	1	50%	37%
Speeding-related crashes	2	100%	37%

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

100%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 3 times the share in Providence County, Rhode Island: 39%
About 3 times the share in Rhode Island: 29%
About 4 times the share in the United States: 28%

50%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.4 times the share in Providence County, Rhode Island: 36%
About 1.5 times the share in Rhode Island: 33%
About double the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Woonsocket	Providence County	Rhode Island	United States
Speeding-related	50.0%	35.7%	33.3%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	100.0%	39.3%	29.2%	28.1%
At night	100.0%	53.6%	52.1%	53.6%
At weekends	100.0%	25.0%	31.3%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.9 times the share in Providence County, Rhode Island: 54%
About 1.9 times the share in Rhode Island: 52%
About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

100%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 4 times the share in Providence County, Rhode Island: 25%
About 3 times the share in Rhode Island: 31%
About 3 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	3
Mon	1
Tue	1
Wed	0
Thu	2
Fri	3
Sat	2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	2
Feb	0
Mar	1
Apr	2
May	2
Jun	1
Jul	1
Aug	2
Sep	0
Oct	0
Nov	1
Dec	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	10
Rain	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	8
Dark - Lighted	3
Dark - Not Lighted	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

SR-114 DIAMOND HILL RD2
CASS AV1
HARRIS AV1
MAIN ST1
MAPLE ST1
PROVIDENCE ST1
SOUTH MAIN ST1
SR-1221
SR-122 HAMLET AV1
SR-122 HAMLET AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	6
SUVs	6
Motorcycles	4
Pickup trucks	2
Vans	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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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	Road	Deaths
Aug 24, 2024	TRUMAN DR	1
Mar 30, 2024	MAPLE ST	1
Nov 2, 2023	SR-114 DIAMOND HILL RD	1
Aug 28, 2023	MAIN ST	1
Jul 2, 2023	SR-122 HAMLET AV	1
Apr 21, 2023	SOUTH MAIN ST	1
Jan 22, 2023	CASS AV	1
May 3, 2022	SR-122	1
May 28, 2021	PROVIDENCE ST	1
Apr 16, 2021	HARRIS AV	1
Jun 7, 2020	SR-114 DIAMOND HILL RD	1
Jan 9, 2020	SR-122 HAMLET AVE	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.