Chambers County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Chambers County in 2024.

FARS records 89 deaths in 81 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.2 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, Chambers County was number 37 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Chambers County rose by 1.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (88) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (89).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 74.1% of the fatal crashes in Chambers 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 Chambers 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.Chambers County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	4	0
2023	18	15	1 or 2
2022	7	6	1 or 2
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	12	12	3
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	13	12	4
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	89	81	19

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1997)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Chambers County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	4
2023	18	15
2022	7	6
2021	9	8
2020	12	12
2019	4	4
2018	6	6
2017	5	5
2016	13	12
2015	9	9
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	9	9
2012	16	15
2011	7	7
2010	8	7
2009	7	6
2008	10	10
2007	9	9
2006	11	10
2005	9	8
2004	13	13
2003	8	7
2002	9	8
2001	8	6
2000	10	9
1999	14	13
1998	10	9
1997	18	18
1996	10	10
1995	6	6
1994	4	4
1993	13	11
1992	12	11
1991	17	16
1990	10	9
1989	11	8
1988	5	5
1987	12	10
1986	8	8
1985	8	7
1984	7	7
1983	7	6
1982	1 or 2	1 or 2
1981	12	12
1980	11	11
1979	9	9
1978	10	10
1977	17	15
1976	9	8
1975	10	8

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.Chambers County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chambers County	Alabama	United States
2024	17.5	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.2	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. Chambers County had 34,309 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chambers County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 81 fatal crashes	19	81 fatal crashes	23.5%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 81 fatal crashes	28	81 fatal crashes	34.6%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 68 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	68 occupant deathswith restraint use known	64.7%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 89 deaths	9	89 deaths	10.1%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 89 deaths	0	89 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 89 deaths	6	89 deaths	6.7%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 81 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	81 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	74.1%	59.4%
In the darkof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	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.Chambers 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	7	1 or 2	3	7	19
Monday	1 or 2	4	3	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	8	0	10
Wednesday	0	0	3	5	8
Thursday	0	5	5	3	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Saturday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6	12
All days	11	18	26	26	81

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.Chambers County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	15	18.5%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	11	13.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	19	23.5%	23.1%
Major collector	21	25.9%	21.1%
Minor collector	4	4.9%	3.0%
Local	11	13.6%	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.Chambers County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Chambers County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	64
Cloudy	8
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Chambers County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chambers	In all of Alabama
Interstate 85	Interstate	15	98
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	33
State Route 77	State highway	5	51
US Route 29	US highway	3	26
US Route 431	US highway	7	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.Chambers 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
Chambers County: 26.2

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 Chambers County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lee County	Alabama	26	193	11.3
Randolph County	Alabama	6	57	25.2
Tallapoosa County	Alabama	7	80	19.6
Harris County	Georgia	8	76	21.7
Troup County	Georgia	17	148	21.0

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 Chambers 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. Chambers County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/al/chambers/. 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 Chambers in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 88 deaths in Chambers County from 2005 to 2014. It records 89 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chambers in 2024?

The rate of Chambers County in 2024 was 17.5 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 Chambers had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 19 of 81 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 Chambers?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 31 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.