Maine Car Accidents Today — Live Reports & Statistics
Quick answer: Maine recorded 177 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 — about 0.5 a day, 12.6 per 100,000 people (above the US average, rank #20 of 51). 1 Maine accident report tracked in the last 48 hours are listed below. Emergency number: 911.
Maine is a state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, and shares a maritime border with Nova Scotia. It is the only state to border only one other state.
- Capital
- Augusta
- Population
- 1,362,359 (2020)
- Area
- 91,646 km²
- Crash deaths 2024
- 177
- Deaths / 100k
- 12.6
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Maine Accident News — Last 48 Hours
Live traffic cameras in Maine
Public traffic-camera snapshots nearest to the latest geocoded reports on this page, straight from the transport authority. Images refresh on their own schedule (seconds to minutes); a camera is picked by distance and is not necessarily pointed at the incident.
Camera data: New England 511 (VTrans, NHDOT, MaineDOT) (all 408 cameras). Snapshots are served by the authority and are not stored by this site. Cameras marked Live video play inline; the rest are still images refreshed by the authority.
Road Safety in Maine
With a population of 1,405,012 and 15,161 million vehicle miles travelled, Maine recorded 177 crash deaths in 2024: 12.6 per 100,000 people and 1.17 per 100 million miles. Speeding was a factor in 24% of those deaths.
By road user: pedestrians 7%, motorcyclists 20%, bicyclists 1%.
About 49 deaths (28%) were in crashes involving a driver at or over the 0.08% alcohol limit, and 13 of those killed were teenagers aged 15–19. Compare: drunk driving deaths by state · teen deaths by state.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 via IIHS state-by-state tables. National context: US road deaths by year.
Maine on this site
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- Accidents today worldwide · daily digests
States With a Similar Death Rate
| State | Rank | Deaths 2024 | Per 100k | Per 100M miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #20 | 177 | 12.6 | 1.17 |
| Florida | #17 | 3,138 | 13.4 | 1.26 |
| Texas | #18 | 4,160 | 13.3 | 1.35 |
| Nevada | #19 | 417 | 12.8 | 1.47 |
| Oregon | #21 | 538 | 12.6 | 1.44 |
| Georgia | #22 | 1,403 | 12.5 | 1.15 |
| Nebraska | #23 | 251 | 12.5 | 1.15 |