Delaware crash data · 2015–2025
Eleven years of Delaware car accidents and injuries.
Delaware State Police reported 88,059 people injured and 1,427 people killed in traffic crashes from 2015 through 2025. Choose a layer, tap a year, and compare counties below.
Solid line: People injured · Dashed: People killed (own scale). Click any point for that year's details.
2025 in detail
- Total crashes
- 27,682
- vs 2024: +0%
- Personal-injury crashes
- 4,963
- vs 2024: -3%
- People injured
- 7,477
- vs 2024: -2%
- People killed
- 116
- vs 2024: -13%
- Fatal crashes
- 113
- vs 2024: -12%
- Property-damage crashes
- 22,606
- vs 2024: +1%
Sub-data · 2025
Motorcycles
312 motorcycle crashes · 18 motorcyclists killed · 228 injured
Seat belts
44 of 66 occupants killed were belted (67%); 88% of 6,780 injured occupants were belted.
Share of crashes causing injury
18% of reported crashes involved an injury or death.
By county
The State Police report breaks out counties for its two most recent years.
New Castle County
- 4,154 injured · 49 killed
- 2,830 injury crashes · 49 fatal
- 15,767 total crashes
Kent County
- 1,353 injured · 27 killed
- 895 injury crashes · 27 fatal
- 4,698 total crashes
Sussex County
- 1,970 injured · 40 killed
- 1,238 injury crashes · 37 fatal
- 7,217 total crashes
2025 at a glance
- A reportable crash occurred every 19 minutes; one person was injured every 70 minutes.
- Alcohol was involved in 19% of fatal crashes (expected to rise as test results are finalized).
- 28 pedestrians were killed, down from 34 in 2024; for each pedestrian killed, 12 were injured.
- 4 bicyclists were killed and 141 were injured.
- 18 motorcyclists were killed; 11 were wearing helmets.
- Of 755 drivers killed over the last ten years, 41% were under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
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Source: Delaware State Police — 2025 Annual Traffic Statistical Report . Federal fatality records are also published by NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS); NHTSA counts can differ slightly because of definitions and reporting dates. Figures are reported crashes; informational only, not legal advice.