Butler County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 110 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 57.2 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, Butler County was number 28 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Butler County rose by 41.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (78) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.1% of the fatal crashes in Butler 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 Butler 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.Butler 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	8	8	1 or 2
2022	13	11	4
2021	20	10	1 or 2
2020	9	9	5
2019	11	11	4
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	14	12	5
2016	14	13	3
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	110	95	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1996)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Butler County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	8	8
2022	13	11
2021	20	10
2020	9	9
2019	11	11
2018	6	6
2017	14	12
2016	14	13
2015	7	7
2014	10	9
2013	3	3
2012	6	6
2011	4	4
2010	6	3
2009	4	3
2008	6	6
2007	10	9
2006	12	11
2005	17	12
2004	9	8
2003	17	16
2002	15	13
2001	8	6
2000	10	9
1999	14	11
1998	13	11
1997	13	11
1996	22	18
1995	7	6
1994	16	11
1993	12	11
1992	14	10
1991	11	9
1990	10	7
1989	19	14
1988	15	10
1987	5	5
1986	4	4
1985	7	6
1984	4	3
1983	4	4
1982	10	8
1981	7	7
1980	4	4
1979	5	5
1978	7	6
1977	15	12
1976	7	6
1975	12	11

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.Butler County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Butler County	Alabama	United States
2024	43.8	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	57.2	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. Butler County had 18,276 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Butler County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	28	95 fatal crashes	29.5%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	20	95 fatal crashes	21.1%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 93 occupant deaths with restraint use known	52	93 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.9%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	5	110 deaths	4.5%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	0	110 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	6	110 deaths	5.5%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.1%	59.4%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.4%	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.Butler 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	9	1 or 2	7	4	21
Monday	3	0	7	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	3	10
Wednesday	0	7	4	4	15
Thursday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	13
Friday	0	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	11
Saturday	0	1 or 2	5	7	13
All days	17	15	36	27	95

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.Butler County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	32	33.7%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	0	0.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	23	24.2%	23.1%
Major collector	30	31.6%	21.1%
Minor collector	4	4.2%	3.0%
Local	6	6.3%	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.Butler County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	50
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Butler County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	14
Rain	11
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 Butler County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Butler	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	32	437
State Route 10	State highway	8	36
US Route 31	US highway	7	104

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.Butler 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
Butler County: 57.2

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 Butler County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Conecuh County	Alabama	10	60	50.8
Covington County	Alabama	11	86	23.0
Crenshaw County	Alabama	3	35	25.9
Lowndes County	Alabama	5	67	67.2
Monroe County	Alabama	4	57	28.0
Wilcox County	Alabama	3	39	37.4

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 Butler 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 Butler in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 78 deaths in Butler County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Butler in 2024?

The rate of Butler County in 2024 was 43.8 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 Butler had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 95 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 Butler?

FARS records 32 fatal crashes on Interstate 65 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 8 fatal crashes on State Route 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on US Route 31 in the county from 2015 to 2024.