Traffic fatalities in Wake County

Traffic fatalities in Wake County was 83 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 17.8% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 100 counties in 2024.

2024, count83 Provisional

Change on 2023-17.8%

Rank2nd of 100Counties in North Carolina ranked

Series high1012023

Series low532017

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Traffic fatalities in Wake County, 2000 to 2024

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

All 25 values

Period	count
2024	83 Provisional
2023	101
2022	97
2021	86
2020	65
2019	75
2018	66
2017	53
2016	81
2015	65
2014	63
2013	73
2012	71
2011	63
2010	75
2009	69
2008	75
2007	61
2006	78
2005	60
2004	71
2003	75
2002	78
2001	54
2000	64

Compared with North Carolina and United States

Place	2024
Wake County	83
North Carolina	1,619
United States	39,254

Rankings

US states by traffic fatalities 51 places
Counties in North Carolina by traffic fatalities 100 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) by county of the crash. 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) by county of the crash (Traffic fatalities, Wake County, 2000 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) by county of the crash, Traffic fatalities, Wake County, 2000 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/wake-county-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) by county of the crash. Traffic fatalities, Wake County, 2000 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/wake-county-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) by county of the crash, Traffic fatalities, Wake County, 2000 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/wake-county-north-carolina (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{national_traffic_fatalities_wake_county_2024,
  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Traffic fatalities, Wake County, 2000 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/wake-county-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) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the traffic fatalities in Wake County?

Traffic fatalities in Wake County was 83 in 2024, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That is down 17.8% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 100 counties 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) by county of the crash. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest traffic fatalities in Wake County?

101 in 2023, the highest value since 2000 in this series.

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