Calhoun County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Calhoun County in 2024.

FARS records 208 deaths in 195 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Calhoun County was number 11 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Calhoun County rose by 19.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (174) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (208).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 46.4% of the fatal crashes in Calhoun 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 Calhoun 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.Calhoun County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	23	1 or 2
2023	20	17	1 or 2
2022	18	18	6
2021	19	16	0
2020	21	21	4
2019	23	23	1 or 2
2018	21	19	4
2017	21	21	1 or 2
2016	26	22	4
2015	15	15	4
2015 to 2024	208	195	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 41 (1987)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Calhoun County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	23
2023	20	17
2022	18	18
2021	19	16
2020	21	21
2019	23	23
2018	21	19
2017	21	21
2016	26	22
2015	15	15
2014	13	11
2013	9	9
2012	8	8
2011	15	15
2010	15	14
2009	24	20
2008	23	20
2007	23	21
2006	22	22
2005	22	22
2004	20	18
2003	28	25
2002	20	18
2001	27	25
2000	25	24
1999	29	28
1998	28	27
1997	24	21
1996	29	26
1995	23	20
1994	14	13
1993	13	13
1992	20	19
1991	34	32
1990	36	34
1989	28	26
1988	20	19
1987	41	37
1986	28	26
1985	20	18
1984	15	14
1983	25	25
1982	18	18
1981	13	12
1980	17	16
1979	12	12
1978	23	20
1977	23	22
1976	22	17
1975	24	20

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.Calhoun County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Calhoun County	Alabama	United States
2024	20.6	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Calhoun County had 116,303 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Calhoun County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 195 fatal crashes	28	195 fatal crashes	14.4%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 195 fatal crashes	49	195 fatal crashes	25.1%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	70	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.5%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 208 deaths	38	208 deaths	18.3%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 208 deaths	1 or 2	208 deaths	1.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 208 deaths	23	208 deaths	11.1%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.4%	59.4%
In the darkof 195 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	195 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.2%	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.Calhoun 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	8	4	8	5	25
Monday	1 or 2	4	11	10	27
Tuesday	4	6	9	11	30
Wednesday	4	3	14	11	32
Thursday	5	1 or 2	8	6	20
Friday	8	7	13	15	43
Saturday	3	3	7	5	18
All days	34	28	70	63	195

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.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	8	4.1%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	68	35.1%	27.4%
Minor arterial	70	36.1%	23.1%
Major collector	22	11.3%	21.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.0%
Local	26	13.4%	12.0%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	95
Dark, not lighted	68
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	4
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	114
Cloudy	55
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Calhoun County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Calhoun	In all of Alabama
Interstate 20	Interstate	8	97
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 9	State highway	6	46
State Route 21	State highway	20	90
State Route 77	State highway	7	51
US Route 78	US highway	12	29
US Route 278	US highway	6	50
US Route 431	US highway	20	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.Calhoun 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
Calhoun County: 18.0

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 Calhoun County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cherokee County	Alabama	12	93	36.2
Cleburne County	Alabama	9	65	42.8
Etowah County	Alabama	22	198	19.2
St. Clair County	Alabama	18	196	21.5
Talladega County	Alabama	27	228	28.2

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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 174 deaths in Calhoun County from 2005 to 2014. It records 208 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Calhoun in 2024?

The rate of Calhoun County in 2024 was 20.6 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 Calhoun had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 195 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 Calhoun?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 81 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.