219
Deaths of county residents, CDC WONDER, 2018-2024
County evidence
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
County identity and carefully framed public-data context.
2024 ACS population327,675
Coverage levelT1
Data through2025
UpdatedAug. 2, 2026
Technical build details
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Residence and crash location
215
Deaths from crashes in this county, FARS, 2018-2024
-4
Crash-location fatalities minus resident deaths, 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
8.6%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged drinking driver, 2016-2025
above above the state share
3.0%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged drugged driver, 2016-2025
near near the state share
10.8%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged distracted, 2016-2025
near near the state share
51.3%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged aggressive driving, 2016-2025
near near the state share
20.7%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged speeding related, 2016-2025
below somewhat below the state share
95% range: 20.3%–21.1%18.3%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged mature driver, 2016-2025
near near the state share
17.4%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged young driver, 2016-2025
near near the state share
5.3%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged deer related, 2016-2025
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 5.0%–5.5%1.5%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged work zone, 2016-2025
above somewhat above the state share
95% range: 1.4%–1.7%0.4%
Share of PennDOT reported crashes flagged school zone, 2016-2025
above somewhat above the state share
95% range: 0.3%–0.4%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
9.0
Share of reported crashes that were fatal: 9.0 per 1,000, 2016-2025
near broadly near the state rate
95% range: 8.0–10.08.7%
Suspected-serious share of the source-defined reported-crash injury universe, 2016-2025
near near the state share
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
29.5%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were night, 2015-2024
below somewhat below the state share
95% range: 24.6%–34.9%30.5%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were weekend, 2015-2024
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 25.5%–36.0%26.8%
Share of FARS fatal crashes that were impaired involved, 2015-2024
near broadly near the state share
95% range: 22.0%–32.1%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
94.8
Annual reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 2025
above somewhat above the state rate
95% range: 91.5–98.299.5
Five-year annualized reported crashes per 10,000 residents (2024 ACS population), 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
1.09
Truck-crash share relative to overall reported-crash share, 2015-2023
near broadly near the state level
95% range: 1.05–1.14Keep 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
3,107
Annual Reportable Crashes, 2025
99.8
Annual Crash Index (2006=100), 2025
near near the state index
95.3
Crash Index (2006=100), 2020
near near the state index
104.7
Mean Recovery Index, 2021-2025
near near the state index
13.8
Mean Absolute County-State Index Gap, 2006-2025
well above well above the state level
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.
Source notices
- Source: CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System, Underlying Cause of Death on CDC WONDER.
- Retain the query edition and CDC WONDER data-use conditions
- CountyCase CC BY does not convey or replace WONDER obligations; downstream users remain independently bound
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (Final files).
- Final-release and source-universe notice
- Source: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, public crash open-data files.
- Aggregate-only use; no source-record redistribution
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
- Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, MCMIS Crash File, U.S. DOT Data Portal.
- Matured years and deduplicated crash-event notice