Labor Day 2019: fatal car accidents and deaths
Over Labor Day weekend 2019, Saturday to Monday (August 31 to September 2), 385 people died in 346 fatal car accidents on US roads, 13% more than the 340 on the same weekdays around it. It was the eighth most of the ten from 2015 to 2024. Labor Day (the Monday) alone: 121 deaths, against 93 on a normal day.
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Labor Day 2019 road deaths in every state
California had the most, 44 deaths, then Texas with 28. In 46 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 | 44 | 36 | 7 |
| Texas | 28 | 26 | 6 |
| Florida | 23 | 18 | 4 |
| New York | 21 | 20 | 4 |
| Virginia | 15 | 13 | 1 |
| Illinois | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| South Carolina | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| Indiana | 13 | 13 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | 12 | 3 |
| Arizona | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| Georgia | 12 | 10 | 0 |
| Maryland | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Michigan | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Missouri | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Alabama | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Ohio | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| West Virginia | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Colorado | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Montana | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Maine | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Iowa | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Oregon | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Kansas | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Idaho | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Connecticut | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| North Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Delaware | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Utah | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alaska | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 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 2019 fatal car accidents
- How many people died in car crashes on Labor Day 2019?
- 385 people died in 346 fatal crashes on US roads over Labor Day weekend 2019, Saturday to Monday (August 31 to September 2), 13% more than the 340 on the same weekdays around it. Of them, 47 were pedestrians. Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
- Which state had the most road deaths on Labor Day 2019?
- California, with 44 deaths. In 46 of 51 states and DC at least one person died on the roads.
- Was Labor Day 2019 deadlier than usual?
- 385 road deaths was the eighth 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 2019 numbers come from
Every fatal crash NHTSA dated from Saturday to Monday of Labor Day weekend in 2019, in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 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.