Autauga County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Autauga County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 97 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Alabama in the same years is 19.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Autauga County was number 30 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Autauga County fell by 9.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (118) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

In the counties of Alabama the deaths rose by 0.3% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 75.3% of the fatal crashes in Autauga County with a known setting were rural, against 59.4% in Alabama.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Autauga County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Autauga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	11	9	3
2022	10	9	1 or 2
2021	14	10	1 or 2
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	11	9	5
2018	9	9	3
2017	14	14	3
2016	15	15	4
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	107	97	26

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Autauga County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 22 (1986)2024: 8

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Autauga County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	11	9
2022	10	9
2021	14	10
2020	7	7
2019	11	9
2018	9	9
2017	14	14
2016	15	15
2015	8	7
2014	10	9
2013	12	10
2012	11	11
2011	8	8
2010	3	3
2009	14	13
2008	15	13
2007	12	12
2006	19	15
2005	14	13
2004	10	9
2003	16	13
2002	10	9
2001	11	11
2000	17	17
1999	10	8
1998	13	11
1997	18	16
1996	11	8
1995	10	7
1994	15	12
1993	19	15
1992	3	1 or 2
1991	21	15
1990	9	7
1989	9	9
1988	13	11
1987	19	17
1986	22	18
1985	7	6
1984	3	3
1983	16	9
1982	11	11
1981	9	8
1980	10	8
1979	12	12
1978	6	5
1977	15	15
1976	16	13
1975	1 or 2	1 or 2

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Autauga County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Autauga County	Alabama	United States
2024	13.0	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.6	19.3	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Autauga County had 61,476 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Autauga County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 97 fatal crashes	26	97 fatal crashes	26.8%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 97 fatal crashes	32	97 fatal crashes	33.0%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.1%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	6	107 deaths	5.6%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	3	107 deaths	2.8%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	9	107 deaths	8.4%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.3%	59.4%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	47.8%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Autauga County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	6	3	3	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	3	11
Thursday	1 or 2	0	6	3	10
Friday	1 or 2	3	9	6	20
Saturday	5	1 or 2	6	5	18
All days	18	15	38	26	97

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Autauga County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	18	18.6%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	18	18.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	25	25.8%	23.1%
Major collector	21	21.6%	21.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.1%	3.0%
Local	12	12.4%	12.0%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Autauga County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Autauga County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	17
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Autauga County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Autauga	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	18	437
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 14	State highway	14	66
US Route 31	US highway	3	104
US Route 82	US highway	11	59

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Alabama

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Autauga County on the county map of Alabama

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.96 counties
15 to 19.913 counties
20 to 29.928 counties
30 or more19 counties
Autauga County: 18.6

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Alabama

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Autauga County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chilton County	Alabama	16	136	30.2
Dallas County	Alabama	15	127	33.4
Elmore County	Alabama	8	120	14.0
Lowndes County	Alabama	5	67	67.2
Montgomery County	Alabama	42	391	17.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Alabama have a population nearest to that of Autauga County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Alabama Department of Economic and Community AffairsThe highway safety office of Alabama.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Autauga in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 118 deaths in Autauga County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Autauga in 2024?

The rate of Autauga County in 2024 was 13.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Alabama was 18.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Autauga had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 97 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Autauga?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.