NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Virginia
Quick answer: Fairfax County recorded the most road deaths in Virginia from 2020 to 2024 (252), while Sussex County had the highest death rate, 66.9 per 100,000 residents a year against 10.7 for the state as a whole.
Per 100,000 residents a year · counties with 10,000+ people
Highest death rate
| # | County | Deaths per 100k / year | Deaths 2020–2024 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sussex County | 66.9 | 36 | 10,765 |
| 2 | Nelson County | 50.2 | 37 | 14,732 |
| 3 | Brunswick County | 48 | 38 | 15,841 |
| 4 | Charlotte County | 45.5 | 26 | 11,422 |
| 5 | Mecklenburg County | 37.4 | 57 | 30,516 |
| 6 | Greensville County | 37.2 | 21 | 11,275 |
| 7 | Northampton County | 36.5 | 22 | 12,058 |
| 8 | Middlesex County | 33.2 | 18 | 10,847 |
| 9 | Dinwiddie County | 32.6 | 46 | 28,191 |
| 10 | Essex County | 32 | 17 | 10,623 |
| 11 | Wythe County | 31.9 | 45 | 28,188 |
| 12 | Clarke County | 31.5 | 24 | 15,216 |
| 13 | Nottoway County | 30.8 | 24 | 15,597 |
| 14 | Halifax County | 27.9 | 47 | 33,639 |
| 15 | New Kent County | 27.9 | 35 | 25,105 |
130 counties · click a heading to sort
Every county in Virginia
| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 252 | 237 | 4.4 | 35% | 63% | 27% | I-495, US-1, I-95 | |
| Henrico County | 177 | 168 | 10.5 | 26% | 54% | 25% | I-295, I-64, I-95 | |
| Chesterfield County | 155 | 150 | 8.2 | 21% | 52% | 29% | I-95, US-360, US-1 | |
| Virginia Beach city | 152 | 149 | 6.7 | 19% | 56% | 39% | US-58, I-264, US-60 | |
| Prince William County | 137 | 131 | 5.6 | 27% | 55% | 21% | I-95, US-1, I-66 | |
| Richmond city | 124 | 122 | 10.8 | 30% | 52% | 26% | US-1, I-95, US-360 | |
| Norfolk city | 111 | 108 | 9.5 | 29% | 62% | 33% | I-64, US-460, US-58 | |
| Hanover County | 95 | 89 | 16.8 | 4% | 44% | 29% | I-95, I-295, US-1 | |
| Spotsylvania County | 95 | 88 | 13 | 18% | 49% | 27% | I-95, US-1, US-17 | |
| Augusta County | 88 | 82 | 22.6 | 15% | 44% | 22% | I-81, US-340, US-11 | |
| Chesapeake city | 85 | 84 | 6.7 | 14% | 51% | 26% | US-17, I-64, I-664 | |
| Newport News city | 85 | 81 | 9.2 | 25% | 62% | 33% | I-64, US-17, US-60 | |
| Hampton city | 81 | 78 | 11.8 | 15% | 47% | 28% | I-64, US-258, I-664 | |
| Pittsylvania County | 80 | 78 | 26.7 | 12% | 49% | 31% | US-29, US-58, SR-41 | |
| Albemarle County | 72 | 67 | 12.5 | 12% | 39% | 28% | US-29, I-64, US-250 | |
| Fauquier County | 69 | 61 | 18.5 | 6% | 34% | 31% | US-17, US-15, I-66 | |
| Rockingham County | 67 | 64 | 15.7 | 9% | 44% | 36% | I-81, US-33, US-11 | |
| Loudoun County | 65 | 61 | 3 | 11% | 41% | 30% | US-15, US-50, SR-28 | |
| Franklin County | 65 | 60 | 23.6 | 5% | 38% | 40% | US-220, SR-122, SR-40 | |
| Henry County | 64 | 59 | 25.6 | 5% | 37% | 20% | US-220, US-58, SR-57 | |
| Campbell County | 63 | 59 | 22.8 | 14% | 46% | 22% | US-501, US-29, US-460 | |
| Bedford County | 62 | 60 | 15.3 | 3% | 52% | 38% | US-460, SR-24, US-221 | |
| Frederick County | 59 | 51 | 12.4 | 5% | 51% | 33% | US-50, US-522, I-81 | |
| Mecklenburg County | 57 | 52 | 37.4 | 5% | 37% | 25% | US-58, US-1, I-85 | |
| Suffolk city | 55 | 53 | 11.1 | 11% | 45% | 23% | US-58, US-460, US-17 | |
| Stafford County | 54 | 49 | 6.6 | 17% | 37% | 24% | I-95, US-1, US-17 | |
| Roanoke city | 53 | 51 | 10.8 | 32% | 51% | 18% | US-11, US-460, US-220 | |
| Louisa County | 51 | 49 | 25.5 | 6% | 51% | 41% | I-64, US-33, US-522 | |
| Washington County | 47 | 45 | 17.4 | 6% | 38% | 31% | I-81, US-58, US-11 | |
| Halifax County | 47 | 38 | 27.9 | 6% | 42% | 29% | US-360, US-501, US-58 | |
| Dinwiddie County | 46 | 45 | 32.6 | 2% | 40% | 38% | I-85, US-460, US-1 | |
| Roanoke County | 45 | 41 | 9.3 | 9% | 39% | 22% | I-81, US-11, US-220 | |
| Wythe County | 45 | 40 | 31.9 | 11% | 28% | 18% | I-81, US-21, I-77 | |
| Portsmouth city | 45 | 42 | 9.3 | 16% | 64% | 31% | US-58, US-17, I-264 | |
| Prince George County | 44 | 40 | 20.4 | 5% | 50% | 40% | I-95, US-301, I-295 | |
| James City County | 43 | 41 | 10.6 | 12% | 54% | 32% | I-64, US-60, SR-30 | |
| Isle of Wight County | 42 | 41 | 21 | 10% | 34% | 22% | US-258, US-17, US-460 | |
| Montgomery County | 42 | 37 | 8.5 | 10% | 38% | 32% | I-81, US-460, US-11 | |
| Caroline County | 41 | 39 | 25.5 | 12% | 41% | 28% | I-95, US-17, US-301 | |
| Botetourt County | 41 | 37 | 24.1 | 5% | 35% | 19% | I-81, US-220, US-11 | |
| York County | 39 | 36 | 11 | 10% | 58% | 39% | I-64, US-17, US-60 | |
| Shenandoah County | 39 | 37 | 17.4 | 5% | 43% | 30% | I-81, US-11, SR-263 | |
| Brunswick County | 38 | 36 | 48 | 3% | 44% | 25% | I-85, US-58, SR-46 | |
| Accomack County | 37 | 34 | 22.2 | 22% | 56% | 38% | US-13, SR-316 | |
| Nelson County | 37 | 36 | 50.2 | 3% | 31% | 22% | US-29, US-60, US-9 | |
| Culpeper County | 36 | 35 | 13.2 | 17% | 46% | 31% | US-15, US-29, US-522 | |
| Sussex County | 36 | 33 | 66.9 | 3% | 48% | 18% | I-95, US-460, US-301 | |
| New Kent County | 35 | 28 | 27.9 | 6% | 32% | 21% | I-64, US-60, SR-273 | |
| Carroll County | 34 | 30 | 23.3 | 3% | 40% | 20% | US-52, I-77, US-58 | |
| Gloucester County | 33 | 33 | 16.7 | 15% | 36% | 33% | US-17 | |
| Russell County | 32 | 27 | 25.1 | 3% | 15% | 4% | US-19, SR-67, US-58 | |
| Tazewell County | 32 | 32 | 16.2 | 6% | 28% | 22% | US-460, US-19, SR-16 | |
| Smyth County | 31 | 29 | 21.1 | 6% | 34% | 17% | I-81, US-11, SR-16 | |
| Orange County | 30 | 28 | 15.9 | 0% | 43% | 36% | US-522, US-33, SR-3 | |
| Danville city | 30 | 28 | 14.2 | 17% | 39% | 25% | US-29, US-58 | |
| Petersburg city | 29 | 26 | 17.3 | 14% | 46% | 23% | US-460, I-85, US-301 | |
| Rockbridge County | 28 | 26 | 24.9 | 7% | 62% | 46% | I-81, US-60, US-501 | |
| Powhatan County | 27 | 24 | 17.1 | 7% | 33% | 21% | US-60, US-360, SR-288 | |
| Alexandria city | 27 | 26 | 3.4 | 37% | 58% | 15% | I-495, I-395, US-1 | |
| Lynchburg city | 26 | 25 | 6.5 | 27% | 40% | 44% | US-460, US-501, US-29 | |
| Charlotte County | 26 | 24 | 45.5 | 8% | 50% | 33% | US-15, US-360, SR-40 | |
| Arlington County | 26 | 24 | 2.2 | 23% | 58% | 46% | I-395, I-66, US-50 | |
| King George County | 25 | 24 | 17.9 | 4% | 33% | 33% | SR-3, US-301, SR-218 | |
| Clarke County | 24 | 20 | 31.5 | 8% | 40% | 50% | US-340, SR-7, US-34 | |
| Nottoway County | 24 | 20 | 30.8 | 8% | 45% | 50% | US-460, US-360, SR-46 | |
| Southampton County | 24 | 22 | 26.7 | 0% | 23% | 36% | US-58, US-258 | |
| Buckingham County | 23 | 16 | 27.1 | 0% | 38% | 50% | US-15, US-60, SR-20 | |
| Buchanan County | 23 | 22 | 23.7 | 4% | 32% | 23% | US-460 | |
| Goochland County | 23 | 20 | 17.4 | 9% | 50% | 20% | I-64, SR-6, US-522 | |
| Northampton County | 22 | 20 | 36.5 | 9% | 20% | 25% | US-13, SR-183 | |
| Page County | 22 | 21 | 18.5 | 9% | 19% | 43% | US-340, US-211, US-34 | |
| Pulaski County | 22 | 20 | 13.1 | 5% | 40% | 30% | US-11, I-81 | |
| Scott County | 22 | 20 | 20.5 | 9% | 30% | 20% | US-23, US-58, SR-65 | |
| Prince Edward County | 21 | 20 | 19.1 | 0% | 30% | 30% | US-460, US-15, US-360 | |
| Greensville County | 21 | 15 | 37.2 | 14% | 53% | 27% | I-95, US-301, US-58 | |
| King William County | 20 | 18 | 21.5 | 5% | 44% | 33% | US-360, SR-30 | |
| Patrick County | 20 | 20 | 22.8 | 0% | 25% | 60% | US-58, SR-57, SR-203 | |
| Amherst County | 20 | 20 | 12.7 | 15% | 45% | 35% | US-29, US-60, SR-130 | |
| Giles County | 20 | 20 | 24.2 | 5% | 40% | 15% | US-460 | |
| Westmoreland County | 19 | 17 | 20.2 | 5% | 35% | 41% | SR-3, SR-202, SR-203 | |
| Charles City County | 19 | 18 | 57.3 | 0% | 39% | 44% | SR-5 | |
| King and Queen County | 18 | 17 | 53.8 | 6% | 24% | 24% | US-360, SR-14, SR-33 | |
| Wise County | 18 | 18 | 10.2 | 11% | 33% | 6% | US-23, US-58, US-58A | |
| Middlesex County | 18 | 16 | 33.2 | 6% | 62% | 44% | SR-33, US-17, SR-3 | |
| Madison County | 17 | 13 | 24.2 | 0% | 15% | 15% | US-29, US-15 | |
| Appomattox County | 17 | 15 | 20.5 | 6% | 33% | 20% | US-460, SR-265 | |
| Essex County | 17 | 16 | 32 | 6% | 38% | 31% | US-17, US-360 | |
| Amelia County | 16 | 16 | 23.8 | 0% | 38% | 25% | US-360 | |
| Harrisonburg city | 16 | 15 | 6.2 | 6% | 27% | 47% | US-11, I-81 | |
| Grayson County | 16 | 12 | 20.9 | 12% | 33% | 25% | US-58, SR-895, US-21 | |
| Cumberland County | 15 | 14 | 30.6 | 7% | 36% | 36% | SR-45, US-60 | |
| Warren County | 15 | 15 | 7.2 | 13% | 47% | 27% | I-66, US-522, US-340 | |
| Alleghany County | 15 | 15 | 20.2 | 0% | 40% | 40% | I-64, SR-311, SR-42 | |
| Lee County | 14 | 14 | 12.8 | 0% | 36% | 14% | US-58, US-421, SR-58 | |
| Fredericksburg city | 13 | 12 | 9 | 23% | 50% | 25% | I-95, US-1 | |
| Northumberland County | 12 | 11 | 19.7 | 0% | 45% | 64% | US-360 | |
| Charlottesville city | 12 | 11 | 5.3 | 33% | 64% | 18% | US-29, US-250, I-64 | |
| Fluvanna County | 10 | 10 | 7.1 | 0% | 50% | 40% | US-250, US-15 | |
| Lunenburg County | 10 | 10 | 16.6 | 0% | 40% | 20% | SR-138 | |
| Greene County | 10 | 10 | 9.5 | 20% | 60% | 50% | US-33, US-29 | |
| Dickenson County | 9 | 9 | 13.1 | 0% | 22% | 67% | ||
| Bath County | 9 | 8 | 43.9 | 0% | 25% | 50% | US-220, SR-39, SR-391 | |
| Mathews County | 9 | 8 | 21.1 | 0% | 25% | 50% | SR-14 | |
| Rappahannock County | 9 | 9 | 24.2 | 0% | 22% | 33% | US-211, US-522, US-11 | |
| Lancaster County | 9 | 8 | 16.5 | 11% | 38% | 75% | SR-354 | |
| Floyd County | 9 | 9 | 11.5 | 0% | 33% | 56% | US-221, US-58 | |
| Manassas city | 9 | 9 | 4.2 | 22% | 67% | 56% | SR-28, SR-0234 | |
| Colonial Heights city | 9 | 9 | 9.8 | 11% | 56% | 11% | I-95, US-1 | |
| Surry County | 8 | 7 | 24.4 | 12% | 57% | 14% | SR-617, SR-10 | |
| Hopewell city | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12% | 29% | 43% | ||
| Waynesboro city | 8 | 8 | 7 | 50% | 50% | 25% | US-250, US-340 | |
| Highland County | 8 | 8 | 69.7 | 0% | 75% | 25% | US-220, US-250, SR-0084 | |
| Richmond County | 6 | 6 | 13.2 | 0% | 50% | 50% | US-360 | |
| Bland County | 6 | 6 | 19.4 | 0% | 17% | 17% | I-77 | |
| Williamsburg city | 5 | 5 | 6.3 | 0% | 20% | 0% | US-460, SR-5, US-5 | |
| Emporia city | 5 | 4 | 18 | 0% | 50% | 0% | US-58, I-95 | |
| Martinsville city | 4 | 4 | 5.9 | 25% | 50% | 25% | US-220 | |
| Bristol city | 4 | 4 | 4.7 | 75% | 50% | 0% | I-81 | |
| Fairfax city | 4 | 4 | 3.2 | 50% | 50% | 0% | US-29, US-50 | |
| Franklin city | 4 | 4 | 9.7 | 0% | 50% | 25% | US-58 | |
| Staunton city | 3 | 3 | 2.3 | 0% | 67% | 33% | US-434, SR-262 | |
| Craig County | 3 | 3 | 12.4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Winchester city | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 0% | 33% | 33% | SR-7 | |
| Poquoson city | 1 | 1 | 1.6 | 0% | 100% | 100% | ||
| Covington city | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 100% | 100% | 0% | US-220 | |
| Norton city | 1 | 1 | 5.6 | 0% | 100% | 0% | US-23 | |
| Manassas Park city | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 100% | 100% | 0% | ||
| Falls Church city | 1 | 1 | 1.4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | US-29 | |
| Buena Vista city | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | ||
| Salem city | 1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0% | 100% | 0% | SR-419 |
Deaths = people killed in crashes in the county, 2020–2024. Pedestrians = share of deaths who were on foot. At night = share of fatal crashes in the dark. Alcohol = share of fatal crashes where police reported a driver had been drinking. Rate = yearly average deaths ÷ average population × 100,000. Source: NHTSA FARS, U.S. Census Bureau.
More for Virginia: deadliest highways and roads · Virginia accidents today · get a police report · every state
Questions
Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Virginia for driving?
Fairfax County recorded the most road deaths in Virginia from 2020 to 2024 (252), while Sussex County had the highest death rate, 66.9 per 100,000 residents a year against 10.7 for the state as a whole. Big counties lead on counts because more people drive there; the rate shows the risk for each resident.
How many people died on Virginia roads from 2020 to 2024?
4,660 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 932 a year.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every fatal crash in NHTSA's FARS census for 2020–2024, placed in the county where it happened, divided by the county's average population from the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates are only ranked for counties with at least 10,000 residents.