Labor Day 2024: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Labor Day weekend 2024, Saturday to Monday (August 31 to September 2), 430 people died in 383 fatal car accidents on US roads, 18% more than the 366 on the same weekdays around it. It was the fourth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Labor Day (the Monday) alone: 120 deaths, against 98 on a normal day.
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Labor Day 2024 road deaths in every state
California had the most, 51 deaths, then Texas with 31. In 48 of 51 states and DC at least one person died; a 0 is a real count of none. One year's counts are too small to rank states by; every year together ranks them per resident.
| State | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Pedestrians |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 51 | 46 | 7 |
| Texas | 31 | 26 | 3 |
| Florida | 30 | 28 | 5 |
| Georgia | 21 | 17 | 2 |
| Mississippi | 20 | 11 | 1 |
| New York | 19 | 15 | 3 |
| Missouri | 16 | 15 | 2 |
| Colorado | 15 | 14 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| Ohio | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| Michigan | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| Washington | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Illinois | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Maryland | 11 | 10 | 3 |
| Arizona | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Virginia | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Indiana | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Alabama | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Kentucky | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Montana | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Oregon | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Utah | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| New Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Maine | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nevada | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermont | 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 Labor Day 2024 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Labor Day 2024?
- 430 people died in 383 fatal crashes on US roads over Labor Day weekend 2024, Saturday to Monday (August 31 to September 2), 18% more than the 366 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 58 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Labor Day 2024?
- California, with 51 deaths. In 48 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Labor Day 2024 deadlier than usual?
- 430 road deaths was the fourth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024; the average is 410. The deadliest was 2021 and the least deadly 2017.
Where the Labor Day 2024 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from Saturday to Monday of Labor Day weekend in 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 same weekdays in the weeks before and after, averaged (6 of them this year). How the holiday is counted.