Barbour County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Barbour County in 2024.

FARS records 66 deaths in 63 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.4 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, Barbour County was number 46 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Barbour County rose by 22.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (54) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (66).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.2% of the fatal crashes in Barbour 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 Barbour County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Barbour County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	6	3
2023	11	10	4
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	8	8	0
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	8	8	5
2017	6	6	3
2016	5	4	1 or 2
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	66	63	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1985)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Barbour County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	6
2023	11	10
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	8	8
2020	6	6
2019	7	7
2018	8	8
2017	6	6
2016	5	4
2015	7	7
2014	4	3
2013	5	5
2012	7	6
2011	3	1 or 2
2010	4	4
2009	4	4
2008	3	3
2007	6	5
2006	5	5
2005	13	10
2004	13	13
2003	7	7
2002	4	4
2001	5	3
2000	5	4
1999	9	9
1998	8	7
1997	9	9
1996	5	5
1995	13	12
1994	4	4
1993	4	4
1992	3	3
1991	4	4
1990	5	5
1989	12	10
1988	10	10
1987	7	4
1986	3	3
1985	13	9
1984	6	4
1983	11	8
1982	6	6
1981	8	7
1980	4	4
1979	11	10
1978	8	8
1977	5	5
1976	7	7
1975	9	5

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.Barbour County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Barbour County	Alabama	United States
2024	28.5	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.4	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. Barbour County had 24,520 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Barbour County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 63 fatal crashes	22	63 fatal crashes	34.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 63 fatal crashes	12	63 fatal crashes	19.0%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 51 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	51 occupant deathswith restraint use known	66.7%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 66 deaths	8	66 deaths	12.1%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 66 deaths	0	66 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 66 deaths	6	66 deaths	9.1%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.2%	59.4%
In the darkof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.0%	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.Barbour 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	3	0	1 or 2	5	9
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	4	12
Saturday	4	3	3	4	14
All days	14	9	18	22	63

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.Barbour County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	0	0.0%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	18	28.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	21	33.3%	23.1%
Major collector	14	22.2%	21.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.0%
Local	10	15.9%	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.Barbour County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	26
Dark, not lighted	26
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Barbour County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	48
Cloudy	5
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Barbour County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Barbour	In all of Alabama
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 10	State highway	6	36
State Route 51	State highway	6	27
US Route 82	US highway	5	59
US Route 431	US highway	10	122

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.Barbour 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
Barbour County: 26.4

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 Barbour County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bullock County	Alabama	4	52	51.2
Dale County	Alabama	6	90	18.2
Henry County	Alabama	1 or 2	28	16.1
Pike County	Alabama	8	97	29.2
Russell County	Alabama	10	164	28.1
Clay County	Georgia	1 or 2	12	41.3
Quitman County	Georgia	0	1 or 2	n/a
Stewart County	Georgia	1 or 2	18	32.3

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 Barbour 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Barbour County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/al/barbour/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 54 deaths in Barbour County from 2005 to 2014. It records 66 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Barbour in 2024?

The rate of Barbour County in 2024 was 28.5 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 Barbour had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 63 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 Barbour?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 29 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.