# Traffic fatalities in West Virginia

Traffic fatalities in West Virginia was 256 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- Unit: count
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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 (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-54

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 256 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 260 |
| 2022 | 266 |
| 2021 | 282 |
| 2020 | 267 |
| 2019 | 260 |
| 2018 | 294 |
| 2017 | 304 |
| 2016 | 269 |
| 2015 | 268 |
| 2014 | 272 |
| 2013 | 332 |
| 2012 | 339 |
| 2011 | 338 |
| 2010 | 315 |
| 2009 | 357 |
| 2008 | 378 |
| 2007 | 432 |
| 2006 | 410 |
| 2005 | 374 |
| 2004 | 410 |
| 2003 | 394 |
| 2002 | 439 |
| 2001 | 376 |
| 2000 | 411 |
| 1999 | 395 |
| 1998 | 354 |
| 1997 | 381 |
| 1996 | 348 |
| 1995 | 376 |
| 1994 | 356 |
| 1993 | 429 |
| 1992 | 420 |
| 1991 | 414 |
| 1990 | 481 |
| 1989 | 468 |
| 1988 | 460 |
| 1987 | 471 |
| 1986 | 440 |
| 1985 | 420 |
| 1984 | 438 |
| 1983 | 425 |
| 1982 | 450 |
| 1981 | 410 |
| 1980 | 523 |
| 1979 | 512 |
| 1978 | 457 |
| 1977 | 514 |
| 1976 | 489 |
| 1975 | 461 |