Baldwin County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 26 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Baldwin County in 2024.

FARS records 316 deaths in 288 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.7 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, Baldwin County was number 6 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Baldwin County fell by 3.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (328) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (316).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 50.2% of the occupants killed in Baldwin County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 57.6% 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 Baldwin 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.Baldwin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	26	25	5
2023	22	22	4
2022	33	30	12
2021	26	22	10
2020	30	28	10
2019	50	40	14
2018	34	32	8
2017	26	24	10
2016	37	35	9
2015	32	30	8
2015 to 2024	316	288	90

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 50 (2019)2024: 26

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

Table 2.Baldwin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	26	25
2023	22	22
2022	33	30
2021	26	22
2020	30	28
2019	50	40
2018	34	32
2017	26	24
2016	37	35
2015	32	30
2014	27	27
2013	38	37
2012	26	26
2011	26	26
2010	25	22
2009	28	27
2008	31	26
2007	35	30
2006	45	39
2005	47	46
2004	43	31
2003	30	26
2002	46	42
2001	28	25
2000	37	36
1999	31	24
1998	46	35
1997	32	27
1996	35	32
1995	36	35
1994	47	40
1993	26	25
1992	27	25
1991	25	25
1990	25	21
1989	20	18
1988	36	31
1987	36	33
1986	29	26
1985	30	24
1984	46	36
1983	40	34
1982	20	18
1981	26	24
1980	42	38
1979	24	23
1978	29	27
1977	42	35
1976	36	30
1975	30	28

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.Baldwin County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Baldwin County	Alabama	United States
2024	9.9	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.7	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. Baldwin County had 261,652 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Baldwin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 288 fatal crashes	90	288 fatal crashes	31.3%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 288 fatal crashes	79	288 fatal crashes	27.4%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 215 occupant deaths with restraint use known	108	215 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.2%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 316 deaths	38	316 deaths	12.0%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 316 deaths	7	316 deaths	2.2%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 316 deaths	36	316 deaths	11.4%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 288 fatal crashes with the condition reported	172	288 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.7%	59.4%
In the darkof 288 fatal crashes with the condition reported	146	288 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.7%	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.Baldwin 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	16	6	15	12	49
Monday	3	8	12	12	35
Tuesday	8	7	7	13	35
Wednesday	8	8	11	11	38
Thursday	8	8	13	13	42
Friday	9	6	13	18	46
Saturday	12	6	9	16	43
All days	64	49	80	95	288

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.Baldwin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	59	20.5%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	69	24.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	65	22.6%	23.1%
Major collector	61	21.2%	21.1%
Minor collector	3	1.0%	3.0%
Local	31	10.8%	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.Baldwin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	119
Dark, not lighted	107
Dark, lighted	38
Dawn	7
Dusk	16
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Baldwin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	202
Cloudy	54
Rain	21
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Baldwin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Baldwin	In all of Alabama
Interstate 10	Interstate	37	94
Interstate 65	Interstate	22	437
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 59	State highway	21	23
US Route 31	US highway	10	104
US Route 80	US highway	1 or 2	71
US Route 90	US highway	9	28
US Route 98	US highway	11	26

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.Baldwin 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
Baldwin County: 13.7

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 Baldwin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarke County	Alabama	7	73	31.3
Escambia County	Alabama	9	108	29.3
Mobile County	Alabama	74	758	18.3
Monroe County	Alabama	4	57	28.0
Washington County	Alabama	4	38	24.0
Escambia County	Florida	61	587	18.3

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 Baldwin 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 Baldwin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 328 deaths in Baldwin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 316 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Baldwin in 2024?

The rate of Baldwin County in 2024 was 9.9 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 Baldwin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 90 of 288 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 Baldwin?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 112 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.