Fatal Road Accidents in North Carolina
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Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - U.S. Dept. of Transportation (Published February 2021)
Summary by County
| County | Fatal Accidents | Fatalities | Males | Females | Gender Unknown | Top Month | Deaths | Not Using Seat Belt | Ejected | Pedestrians Killed | Motorcyclists Killed | Bicyclists Killed | Vehicles Involved | Hit and Run | Caught Fire | Drinking Drivers | Drivers on Drugs | Speed Related |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg | 80 | 84 | 61 | 23 | 0 | August | 12 | 19 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 124 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 20 |
| Wake | 69 | 70 | 52 | 18 | 0 | June | 10 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 22 |
| Guilford | 58 | 61 | 41 | 20 | 0 | May | 10 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 88 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| Cumberland | 53 | 55 | 44 | 11 | 0 | December | 9 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 84 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 12 |
| New Hanover | 34 | 35 | 20 | 15 | 0 | September | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Robeson | 34 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 0 | November | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| Durham | 30 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | April | 5 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Randolph | 29 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | May | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Buncombe | 28 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | July | 5 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Nash | 26 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 0 | April | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| Forsyth | 25 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 0 | March | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| Cabarrus | 25 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 0 | April | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Johnston | 23 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | November | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| Iredell | 23 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 0 | February | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Harnett | 21 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 0 | June | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Brunswick | 20 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 0 | April | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Duplin | 20 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 0 | July | 4 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Union | 20 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0 | November | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Davidson | 19 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 0 | July | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Catawba | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | August | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Surry | 18 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | May | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Cleveland | 17 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | January | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burke | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | October | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gaston | 16 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | May | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Granville | 16 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | May | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Pender | 16 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | May | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Onslow | 16 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | January | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| Wayne | 16 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | January | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Lenoir | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | February | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Columbus | 15 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | June | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Orange | 14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | March | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Pitt | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | June | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Rockingham | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | October | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowan | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | August | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sampson | 13 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | June | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chatham | 13 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | October | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alamance | 13 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | August | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Bladen | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | March | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | August | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Edgecombe | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | August | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Craven | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | November | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Caldwell | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | October | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carteret | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | August | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Moore | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jackson | 11 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0 | September | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Halifax | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | September | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Yadkin | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | March | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wilkes | 10 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | October | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Scotland | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | January | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Haywood | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | April | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lincoln | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | June | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Northampton | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | April | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Lee | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | September | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Macon | 9 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | April | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Rutherford | 9 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | August | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Watauga | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | September | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoke | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | January | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Henderson | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | May | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Montgomery | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | July | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Caswell | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | July | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bertie | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | January | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Davie | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | July | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ashe | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | November | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherokee | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | June | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | August | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mcdowell | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pasquotank | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chowan | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | August | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilson | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | January | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vance | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | May | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanly | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | June | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stokes | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | November | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Currituck | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | June | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Dare | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | April | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hertford | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | July | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greene | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | February | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Anson | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beaufort | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | June | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Richmond | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | April | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Swain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | June | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Transylvania | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | January | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yancey | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | January | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Person | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | November | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Warren | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Graham | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | September | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Madison | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pamlico | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | May | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jones | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | October | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | September | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | February | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gates | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | November | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Polk | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | May | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alleghany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | February | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perquimans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | September | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1,284 | 1,373 | 985 | 388 | 0 | 431 | 185 | 209 | 178 | 17 | 1,973 | 62 | 65 | 245 | 71 | 288 |
