Anchorage Municipality, Alaska Car Accident Statistics
27 people died in 27 fatal crashes in Anchorage Municipality in 2024, according to NHTSA: 9.3 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 9.5 for Alaska and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 122 traffic deaths in 116 crashes, and 42% of the people killed were pedestrians.
Traffic deaths in Anchorage Municipality by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27 | 27 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 |
| 2022 | 22 | 20 |
| 2021 | 21 | 21 |
| 2020 | 20 | 17 |
| 2019 | 17 | 16 |
Who died
People killed in Anchorage Municipality crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| SR-1 GLENN HWY | 11 | 12 |
| SR-1 SEWARD HWY | 9 | 11 |
| Tudor Rd | 8 | 9 |
| Minnesota Dr | 6 | 6 |
| Seward Hwy | 6 | 6 |
| C St | 6 | 6 |
| Old Seward Hwy | 5 | 5 |
| Debarr Rd | 4 | 4 |
| Brayton Dr | 3 | 3 |
| A St | 3 | 4 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage | 112 | 116 |
| Girdwood | 1 | 2 |
| Eagle River | 1 | 1 |
| Chugiak | 1 | 1 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Sunday)
56% of fatal crashes in Anchorage Municipality happened in the dark, and 10% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Alaska
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See Alaska's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Car accident lawyers in Anchorage
Lawbamba lists 5 car accident lawyers with an office in Anchorage, Alaska, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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