Traffic fatalities in North Carolina

Traffic fatalities in North Carolina was 1,619 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is up 2.7% from 2023. That is the 4th highest of 51 states in 2024.

2024, count1,619 Provisional

Change on 2023+2.7%

Rank4th of 51US states ranked

Series high1,6932021

Series low1,2302011

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Traffic fatalities in North Carolina, 1975 to 2024

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-06-24.

All 50 values

Period	count
2024	1,619 Provisional
2023	1,577
2022	1,631
2021	1,693
2020	1,538
2019	1,457
2018	1,436
2017	1,412
2016	1,450
2015	1,379
2014	1,284
2013	1,290
2012	1,299
2011	1,230
2010	1,320
2009	1,313
2008	1,428
2007	1,676
2006	1,554
2005	1,547
2004	1,573
2003	1,553
2002	1,576
2001	1,530
2000	1,557
1999	1,505
1998	1,596
1997	1,483
1996	1,494
1995	1,448
1994	1,431
1993	1,389
1992	1,265
1991	1,369
1990	1,385
1989	1,471
1988	1,573
1987	1,584
1986	1,647
1985	1,482
1984	1,450
1983	1,234
1982	1,303
1981	1,475
1980	1,503
1979	1,527
1978	1,492
1977	1,428
1976	1,502
1975	1,506

Compared with United States

Place	2024
North Carolina	1,619
United States	39,254

Rankings

US states by traffic fatalities 51 places

Definition

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (Traffic fatalities, North Carolina, 1975 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip

MLA 9

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, North Carolina, 1975 to 2024. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/north-carolina. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Traffic fatalities, North Carolina, 1975 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/north-carolina.

Harvard

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states, Traffic fatalities, North Carolina, 1975 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states: Traffic fatalities, North Carolina, 1975 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/north-carolina. Publisher attribution: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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What is the traffic fatalities in North Carolina?

Traffic fatalities in North Carolina was 1,619 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is up 2.7% from 2023. That is the 4th highest of 51 states in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest traffic fatalities in North Carolina?

1,693 in 2021, the highest value since 1975 in this series.

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