Halloween 2024: traffic deaths
On Halloween 2024, a Thursday, 119 people died in 113 fatal crashes on US roads, 17% more than the 101 on the same weekday in the three weeks before and after. Of them, 20 were pedestrians, including 2 children aged 14 and under. It was the fourth most of the ten Halloweens from 2015 to 2024.
2023 · Ten Halloweens together, with the evening hour by hour. 2024 is the latest year NHTSA has published.
Halloween 2024 road deaths in every state
Texas had the most, 18 deaths, then Florida with 10. In 38 of 51 states and DC at least one person died; a 0 is a day with no road death recorded. One day's counts are too small to rank states by; ten Halloweens together rank them per resident.
| State | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Pedestrians |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 18 | 13 | 4 |
| Florida | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| California | 9 | 9 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Alabama | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Georgia | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Ohio | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| North Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Colorado | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Michigan | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Missouri | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Oregon | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Indiana | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New York | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Montana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count
Questions about Halloween 2024 traffic deaths
- How many people died in car crashes on Halloween 2024?
- 119 people died in 113 fatal crashes on US roads on October 31, 2024, a Thursday. That is 17% more than the 101 on the same weekday in the three weeks before and after. Of them, 20 were pedestrians, including 2 children aged 14 and under. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Halloween 2024?
- Texas, with 18 deaths. In 38 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads that day.
- Was Halloween 2024 deadlier than usual?
- 119 road deaths was the fourth most of the ten Halloweens from 2015 to 2024; the ten-year average is 116. The deadliest was 2020 and the least deadly 2019.
Where the Halloween 2024 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated October 31, 2024, in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (2024 Annual Report File; the 2024 figures are from the Annual Report File and may be revised when NHTSA releases the final file.). The normal day is the average of the same weekday in the three weeks before and after: October 10, 17 and 24 and November 7, 14 and 21, 2024. Children are pedestrians aged 14 and under. The full method.