COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Gaston County, North Carolina
Road fatality data for Gaston County (NC). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 200
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 26
- Latest Year Deaths
- 11.0
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Gaston County ranks #1,657 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #73 of 94 rated counties in NC. Gaston County's fatality rate of 11.0 per 100,000 residents leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure.
- #1,657 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #73 of 94
- in NC by rate
- 71%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
FARS milepost strip
Milepost GASTON-71 · Gaston 11.0/100k · #1,657 of 2,328
Gaston County · 11.0/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- NHTSA 11.0/100k
- MILE #1,657 of 2,328
- POST 200 book
- BAND Increasing
- VOL 194 crash
- AVG -41.4% vs NC
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How does Gaston County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Gaston County is 41% safer than the comparison
2023 road deaths from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System over population from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2023). Rates shown for counties with 10,000+ residents and a 2023 FARS record.
Among the 15 rated counties in North Carolina, Gaston County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 18.8 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate leaves it safer than most U.S. counties by that per-capita measure. The gap between Gaston County's rate and the state average is 7.8 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Edgecombe County, at 28.7 per 100,000 (a difference of 17.7). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Robeson County (55.4), Scotland County (52.4), Montgomery County (49.8), Bertie County (47.3), Halifax County (44.4), Sampson County (41.9), Duplin County (38.4), Warren County (37.2), Alexander County (32.9), Anson County (32.0), Columbus County (31.9), Bladen County (30.5), Gates County (29.0), Edgecombe County (28.7).
Gaston County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
11 Lower than most a lower per-capita rate than 71% of 2,328 rated counties
rated U.S. counties, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA FARS over U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · 2026-08-09
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) This information is for research and informational purposes only
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Source and method. PlainRoadSafety is rendered directly from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). PlainRoadSafety aggregates published FARS records and does not invent a fatality count the census does not report. County figures are computed directly from NHTSA FARS census data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our Editorial & Corrections Policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or Report a correction. Data current as of October 2024.