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

Residence and crash location

193

Deaths of county residents, CDC WONDER, 2018-2024

n=193 · window 2018-2024
177

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

n=177 · window 2018-2024
-16

Crash-location fatalities minus resident deaths, 2018-2024

n=177 · 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

8.9%

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

n=2213 · window 2016-2025

above somewhat above the state share

95% range: 8.5%–9.2%
2.7%

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

n=672 · window 2016-2025

below somewhat below the state share

95% range: 2.5%–2.9%
12.1%

Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged distracted, 2016-2025

n=3011 · window 2016-2025

above somewhat above the state share

95% range: 11.7%–12.5%
57.3%

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

n=14278 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

20.9%

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

n=5219 · window 2016-2025

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 20.4%–21.4%
18.1%

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

n=4509 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

17.3%

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

n=4318 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

5.1%

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

n=1281 · window 2016-2025

near near the state share

0.9%

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

n=212 · window 2016-2025

well below well below the state share

0.2%

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

n=43 · window 2016-2025

well below possibly well below the state share

95% range: 0.1%–0.2%

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

9.5

Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 9.5 per 1,000, 2016-2025

n=237 · window 2016-2025

near broadly near the state rate

95% range: 8.3–10.8
8.1%

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

n=946 · window 2016-2025

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 7.6%–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

33.9%

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

n=84 · window 2015-2024

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 28.3%–40.0%
34.3%

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

n=85 · window 2015-2024

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 28.6%–40.4%
27.8%

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

n=69 · window 2015-2024

near broadly near the state share

95% range: 22.6%–33.7%

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

88.0

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

n=2368 · window 2025

near near the state rate

90.5

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

n=12172 · window 2021-2025

near near 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

0.79

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

n=1126 · window 2015-2023

below somewhat below the state level

95% range: 0.74–0.83

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

2,368

Annual Reportable Crashes, 2025

n=2368 · window 2025
92.4

Annual Crash Index (2006=100), 2025

n=2368 · window 2025

near broadly near the state index

95% range: 87.4–97.7
90.8

Crash Index (2006=100), 2020

n=2327 · window 2020

near broadly near the state index

95% range: 85.9–96.1
95.0

Mean Recovery Index, 2021-2025

n=12172 · window 2021-2025

near near the state index

7.2

Mean Absolute County-State Index Gap, 2006-2025

n=2562 · window 2006-2025

below somewhat below the state level

95% range: 7.0–7.6

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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