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Agency Department of Transportation (501)
Measure Name Number of traffic crash related deaths on Virginia roadways
Measure Last Modified
11-10-2025 03:53 p.m.
Measure Last Published
12-01-2025 06:57 a.m.
Status
Active
Data Source and Calculation
Defined in federal regulations: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=bc67303dc1935616a170350e1d722916&mc=true&node=se23.1.490_1207&rgn=div8 Virginia's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) publishes the formal fatality report for the Commonwealth in its annual Crash Facts Report, which is compiled by calendar year.  This measure is updated as each year’s Crash Facts Report is made available, and provides the number of fatalities that occurred within the Commonwealth as the result of a traffic incident.
Enterprise Priorities and Strategies
Initiative Priority Strategy
Public Safety and Homeland Security Public Safety Protect our citizens and ensure everyone lives in a safe community.
Associated Service Areas
Service Area Code Service Area Name
60317 Virginia Highway Safety Improvement Program
60404 Transportation Operations Services
60405 Highway Maintenance Operations, Program Management and Direction
Targets and Baselines
Name Date Result Note
Baseline 12-31-2020 847.0 Initial Governor's OKR initiative's Baseline value; Department of Motor Vehicles 2020 Crash Facts Report
Short Target 2025 12-31-2025 819.0 Established by the Commonwealth Transportation Board for CY 2025
Long Target 2027 12-31-2026 882.0 CY2026 established by the Commonwealth Transportation Board
Baseline None
Results
Year Result Note
2007 1,026 Calendar Year 2007 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2008 821 Calendar Year 2008 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2009 756 Calendar Year 2009 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2010 740 Calendar Year 2010 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2011 764 Calendar Year 2011 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2012 775 Calendar Year 2012 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2013 741 Calendar Year 2013 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2014 700 Calendar Year 2014 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2015 753 Calendar Year 2015 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2016 761 Calendar Year 2016 result as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2017 843 Calendar Year 2017 results as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2018 819 Calendar Year 2018 results as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2019 827 Calendar Year 2019 results as published by the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2020 847 Calendar Year 2020 results as published by the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2021 968 Calendar Year 2021 results as published by the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2022 1,005 Calendar Year 2022 results as published by the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2023 907 Calendar Year 2023 results as published by the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2024 918 Calendar Year 2024 results as published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2025 TBD once Calendar Year 2025 completes and as results are published in the Department of Motor Vehicles Crash Facts Report for the year
2026
Measure ID 50160404.001.001
Measure Class Agency Key
Measure Type Outcome
Year Type Calendar
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Frequency Annually
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