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Traffic deaths in Virginia

State in United States

Deaths, 2024
917
Fatal crashes
867
Population
8.8M

In 2024, 917 people died in 867 fatal crashes in Virginia, about 3 a day. That was 0.3% more than in 2023 (914) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 10.4 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Virginia had the 16th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 32nd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 13% of deaths, and 31% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.4

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

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

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

914 deaths in 2023, 917 in 2024

  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
1975 993 867
1976 1,000 882
1977 1,118 975
1978 1,063 951
1979 1,016 923
1980 1,045 938
1981 1,011 907
1982 881 782
1983 901 803
1984 1,013 921
1985 976 895
1986 1,126 1,002
1987 1,021 906
1988 1,072 971
1989 1,004 918
1990 1,079 953
1991 948 845
1992 839 760
1993 879 793
1994 930 828
1995 900 826
1996 877 809
1997 984 900
1998 935 834
1999 878 795
2000 929 851
2001 935 855
2002 914 830
2003 943 861
2004 922 838
2005 947 876
2006 962 866
2007 1,027 941
2008 825 764
2009 758 696
2010 740 689
2011 764 700
2012 776 715
2013 740 682
2014 703 659
2015 754 712
2016 760 722
2017 839 783
2018 820 778
2019 831 774
2020 850 796
2021 973 906
2022 1,006 944
2023 914 856
2024 917 867

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 13.1
2001 13.0
2002 12.5
2003 12.8
2004 12.3
2005 12.5
2006 12.5
2007 13.3
2008 10.5
2009 9.6
2010 9.2
2011 9.4
2012 9.5
2013 9.0
2014 8.5
2015 9.0
2016 9.0
2017 9.9
2018 9.7
2019 9.7
2020 9.8
2021 11.2
2022 11.6
2023 10.5
2024 10.4

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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

Road users

Who died

13%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 648
Pedestrians 123
Motorcyclists 122
Cyclists 24
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Virginia Share in the US
Pedestrians 123 13% 18%
Motorcyclists 122 13% 16%
Cyclists 24 3% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 252 27% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 285 31% 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

31%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 28%

30%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Virginia United States
Speeding-related 29.5% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 30.8% 28.1%
At night 52.4% 53.6%
At weekends 34.0% 32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

52%

of fatal crashes happened at night

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

34%

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 184
1am 162
2am 173
3am 110
4am 92
5am 92
6am 151
7am 142
8am 105
9am 136
10am 128
11am 146
12pm 192
1pm 186
2pm 240
3pm 235
4pm 208
5pm 237
6pm 282
7pm 236
8pm 262
9pm 249
10pm 232
11pm 188

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 653
Mon 572
Tue 551
Wed 572
Thu 597
Fri 673
Sat 751

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 316
Feb 299
Mar 299
Apr 335
May 392
Jun 378
Jul 398
Aug 418
Sep 417
Oct 428
Nov 357
Dec 332

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Rain 445
Fog, Smog, Smoke 37
Clear 15
Snow 15
Sleet or Hail 5
Other 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 2,141
Dark - Not Lighted 1,373
Dark - Lighted 623
Dusk 123
Dawn 84
Dark - Unknown Lighting 20

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-95162
  2. I-64144
  3. US-58134
  4. I-81131
  5. US-460123
  6. US-1109
  7. US-2994
  8. US-1784
  9. US-6073
  10. US-36070

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 2,528
SUVs 1,357
Pickup trucks 1,008
Motorcycles 600
Medium and heavy trucks 596
Vans 270
Other vehicles 124
Buses 18
Other light trucks 10

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado177
  2. Ford F-150172
  3. Honda Accord167
  4. Honda Civic149
  5. Toyota Camry129
  6. Toyota Corolla97
  7. Nissan Altima95
  8. Freightliner Cascadia89
  9. Honda CR-V81
  10. Ford Explorer77

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 26, 2023 Rockingham County 1
Dec 26, 2023 Spotsylvania County 1
Dec 25, 2023 Rockingham County 1
Dec 25, 2023 Rockingham County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Franklin County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Spotsylvania County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Brunswick County 1
Dec 24, 2023 James City County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Louisa County 1
Dec 24, 2023 Henrico County 1
Dec 23, 2023 Dinwiddie County 1
Dec 22, 2023 Henrico County 1
Dec 21, 2023 Spotsylvania County 1
Dec 21, 2023 Powhatan County 1
Dec 21, 2023 Patrick County 1
Dec 20, 2023 Danville, Danville city 1
Dec 20, 2023 York County 1
Dec 19, 2023 Chesapeake, Chesapeake city 1
Dec 19, 2023 Portsmouth, Portsmouth city 1
Dec 18, 2023 Smithfield, Isle of Wight County 1
Dec 17, 2023 Berryville, Clarke County 1
Dec 17, 2023 Chesterfield County 1
Dec 16, 2023 Nelson County 1
Dec 16, 2023 Carroll County 1
Dec 16, 2023 Rappahannock County 1

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Counties in Virginia

Area Deaths, 2024 Per 100,000
Accomack County 6 17.8
Albemarle County 10 8.5
Alexandria city 6 3.8
Alleghany County 6 40.9
Amelia County 2 14.6
Amherst County 5 15.8
Appomattox County 4 23.5
Arlington County 2 0.8
Augusta County 18 22.9
Bath County 4 98.6
Bedford County 17 20.6
Bland County 1 16.2
Botetourt County 8 23.5
Bristol city 0 —
Brunswick County 9 57.1
Buchanan County 4 21.4
Buckingham County 7 40.9
Buena Vista city 1 15.1
Campbell County 12 21.6
Caroline County 10 29.8
Carroll County 8 27.4
Charles City County 6 91.2
Charlotte County 4 35.3
Charlottesville city 2 4.5
Chesapeake city 19 7.5
Chesterfield County 32 8.2
Clarke County 8 51.2
Colonial Heights city 2 10.7
Covington city 0 —
Craig County 1 20.7
Culpeper County 5 8.8
Cumberland County 4 39.2
Danville city 4 9.5
Dickenson County 3 22.4
Dinwiddie County 11 38.2
Emporia city 4 73.9
Essex County 7 65.6
Fairfax County 57 4.9
Fairfax city 0 —
Falls Church city 1 6.6
Fauquier County 13 17.1
Floyd County 2 12.7
Fluvanna County 0 —
Franklin County 18 32.4
Franklin city 1 11.9
Frederick County 15 15.3
Fredericksburg city 1 3.3
Giles County 2 12.0
Gloucester County 9 22.5
Goochland County 9 31.8
Grayson County 0 —
Greene County 1 4.6
Greensville County 2 17.9
Halifax County 7 20.9
Hampton city 13 9.5
Hanover County 12 10.4
Harrisonburg city 1 2.0
Henrico County 46 13.5
Henry County 17 34.3
Highland County 1 42.8
Hopewell city 0 —
Isle of Wight County 5 12.2
James City County 9 10.9
King George County 3 10.4
King William County 2 10.4
King and Queen County 4 59.5
Lancaster County 1 9.1
Lee County 2 9.2
Loudoun County 14 3.2
Louisa County 10 23.7
Lunenburg County 1 8.3
Lynchburg city 9 11.2
Madison County 3 21.1
Manassas Park city 0 —
Manassas city 0 —
Martinsville city 0 —
Mathews County 0 —
Mecklenburg County 12 38.9
Middlesex County 4 36.6
Montgomery County 11 11.2
Nelson County 9 60.7
New Kent County 5 18.4
Newport News city 19 10.4
Norfolk city 20 8.7
Northampton County 5 41.6
Northumberland County 2 16.1
Norton city 0 —
Nottoway County 4 25.5
Orange County 3 7.7
Page County 5 21.1
Patrick County 3 17.2
Petersburg city 4 11.8
Pittsylvania County 18 30.2
Poquoson city 0 —
Portsmouth city 6 6.2
Powhatan County 2 6.2
Prince Edward County 0 —
Prince George County 12 27.4
Prince William County 30 6.0
Pulaski County 2 6.0
Rappahannock County 3 40.3
Richmond County 0 —
Richmond city 18 7.7
Roanoke County 7 7.2
Roanoke city 9 9.1
Rockbridge County 8 35.6
Rockingham County 12 13.6
Russell County 5 19.7
Salem city 1 3.9
Scott County 2 9.4
Shenandoah County 8 17.6
Smyth County 7 24.0
Southampton County 6 33.3
Spotsylvania County 21 13.8
Stafford County 10 5.9
Staunton city 0 —
Suffolk city 14 13.6
Surry County 2 30.3
Sussex County 4 37.2
Tazewell County 4 10.3
Virginia Beach city 24 5.3
Warren County 3 7.1
Washington County 7 12.9
Waynesboro city 1 4.2
Westmoreland County 2 10.3
Williamsburg city 2 12.5
Winchester city 2 7.1
Wise County 3 8.6
Wythe County 8 28.5
York County 5 7.0

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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.