The deadliest roads in the District of Columbia
No numbered road in the District of Columbia had 10 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. The 2 roads listed held 4.4% of all fatal crashes in the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2024; 2 are interstates.
8 numbered roads in the District of Columbia recorded a fatal crash in those years; the 2 with 5 or more are ranked below, and 0 have a page of their own. All fatal crashes in the District of Columbia.
Every numbered road in the District of Columbia, ranked by fatal crashes
| Road | Kind | Fatal crashes | Deaths | 2022 to 2024 | Counties with the most | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I-295 | Interstate | 7 | 8 | 5 | District of Columbia |
| 2 | I-395 | Interstate | 7 | 7 | 4 | District of Columbia |
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2024 Annual Report File (released April 2026, subject to revision). How we count
Download every numbered road in the District of Columbia as CSV. Free to reuse with credit: “Fatal Crash Data, fatalcrashdata.com/deadliest-roads/district-of-columbia/, from NHTSA FARS (2024 Annual Report File).”
Questions about the deadliest roads in the District of Columbia
- How many fatal crashes in the District of Columbia happen on numbered roads?
- 28 of 317 fatal crashes in the District of Columbia from 2015 to 2024 (8.8%) were filed on an interstate, US or state route; the rest were on county roads, city streets and unnamed roads, which are in the state's total but not ranked here. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
Where the the District of Columbia road numbers come from
Counted from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 2024 Annual Report File: every fatal crash filed on a numbered interstate, US or state route in the District of Columbia, read from the road name NHTSA filed, with ramps, frontage and service roads left out. A road gets its own page with 15 or more fatal crashes from 2022 to 2024. The full method.