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Dauphin County, Pennsylvania context mapThe county is outlined and labeled within PA using 2025 Census TIGER geometry.Dauphin County
Census TIGER/Line 2025 county geometry.

Residence and crash location

213

Deaths of county residents, CDC WONDER, 2018-2024

n=213 · window 2018-2024
210

Deaths from crashes in this county, FARS, 2018-2024

n=210 · window 2018-2024
-3

Crash-location fatalities minus resident deaths, 2018-2024

n=210 · window 2018-2024

location minus resident A signed difference between the two source counts.

Keep in view: This difference is not a count of people traveling into or out of the county and does not identify where county residents crashed.

Reported crash flags

8.2%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged drinking driver, 2016-2025

n=2473 · window 2016-2025

above somewhat above the state share

95% range: 7.9%–8.5%
3.9%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged drugged driver, 2016-2025

n=1177 · window 2016-2025

well above possibly well above the state share

95% range: 3.7%–4.1%
9.4%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged distracted, 2016-2025

n=2854 · window 2016-2025

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 9.1%–9.8%
63.5%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged aggressive driving, 2016-2025

n=19223 · window 2016-2025

above above the state share

27.4%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged speeding related, 2016-2025

n=8275 · window 2016-2025

above above the state share

16.8%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged mature driver, 2016-2025

n=5096 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

18.2%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged young driver, 2016-2025

n=5516 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

3.8%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged deer related, 2016-2025

n=1152 · window 2016-2025

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 3.6%–4.0%
2.0%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged work zone, 2016-2025

n=614 · window 2016-2025

well above well above the state share

0.3%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged school zone, 2016-2025

n=78 · window 2016-2025

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 0.2%–0.3%

Keep in view: These reported-crash flags can overlap and do not measure how often individual drivers engage in a behavior or establish why a crash happened.

Crash severity

9.1

Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 9.1 per 1,000, 2016-2025

n=274 · window 2016-2025

near broadly near the state rate

95% range: 8.0–10.2
8.1%

Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2016-2025

n=1182 · window 2016-2025

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 7.7%–8.6%

Keep in view: The share of reported crashes that were fatal does not measure a county's danger, a traveler's risk, or the cause of any crash.

Fatal-crash timing

37.5%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2015-2024

n=102 · window 2015-2024

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 32.0%–43.4%
26.8%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2015-2024

n=73 · window 2015-2024

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 21.9%–32.4%
25.7%

Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2015-2024

n=70 · window 2015-2024

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 20.9%–31.2%

Keep in view: These time and involvement shares describe fatal crashes in FARS and do not measure an individual's risk or establish why a crash occurred.

Population context

99.7

Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025

n=2888 · window 2025

above above the state rate

99.0

Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2021-2025

n=14342 · window 2021-2025

above above the state rate

Keep in view: Crashes per resident use population as context, not miles traveled, and do not measure an individual resident's driving risk.

Truck-crash context

1.35

Truck-crash share relative to overall reported-crash share, 2015-2023

n=2324 · window 2015-2023

well above well above the state level

Keep in view: This location quotient compares shares of reported crashes and does not measure truck-driver fault, carrier safety, or roadway danger.

Long-run trajectory

2,888

Annual Reportable Crashes, 2025

n=2888 · window 2025
100.3

Annual Crash Index (2006=100), 2025

n=2888 · window 2025

near near the state index

88.0

Crash Index (2006=100), 2020

n=2534 · window 2020

below somewhat below the state index

95% range: 83.5–92.9
99.7

Mean Recovery Index, 2021-2025

n=14342 · window 2021-2025

near near the state index

10.2

Mean Absolute County-State Index Gap, 2006-2025

n=2878 · window 2006-2025

above somewhat above the state level

95% range: 9.6–10.6

Keep in view: An indexed trajectory compares reported-crash counts with a county's own 2006 base and does not measure safety, danger, or individual risk.

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