Chilton County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Chilton County in 2024.

FARS records 136 deaths in 120 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.2 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, Chilton County was number 24 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Chilton County fell by 17.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (165) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (136).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.5% of the fatal crashes in Chilton 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 Chilton 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.Chilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	8
2023	9	9	4
2022	12	12	4
2021	15	15	1 or 2
2020	11	9	3
2019	8	6	1 or 2
2018	16	15	3
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	21	18	1 or 2
2015	17	10	3
2015 to 2024	136	120	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2007)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Chilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	9	9
2022	12	12
2021	15	15
2020	11	9
2019	8	6
2018	16	15
2017	11	11
2016	21	18
2015	17	10
2014	16	16
2013	15	15
2012	10	10
2011	24	18
2010	8	8
2009	15	12
2008	12	11
2007	25	18
2006	20	15
2005	20	17
2004	15	14
2003	13	11
2002	17	17
2001	15	14
2000	12	11
1999	11	10
1998	16	14
1997	18	13
1996	18	16
1995	11	11
1994	11	10
1993	9	9
1992	10	10
1991	15	14
1990	14	13
1989	9	9
1988	11	11
1987	22	20
1986	9	8
1985	13	11
1984	6	6
1983	6	4
1982	10	8
1981	15	14
1980	10	10
1979	13	11
1978	20	18
1977	18	13
1976	8	6
1975	15	13

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.Chilton County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chilton County	Alabama	United States
2024	33.8	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.2	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. Chilton County had 47,364 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chilton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 120 fatal crashes	31	120 fatal crashes	25.8%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 120 fatal crashes	34	120 fatal crashes	28.3%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	77	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	71.3%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 136 deaths	13	136 deaths	9.6%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 136 deaths	0	136 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 136 deaths	4	136 deaths	2.9%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	99	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.5%	59.4%
In the darkof 119 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	119 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.Chilton 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	5	1 or 2	5	6	18
Monday	1 or 2	4	3	5	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	10	4	18
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	4	11
Thursday	3	5	3	1 or 2	13
Friday	8	4	6	6	24
Saturday	8	4	6	4	22
All days	31	22	36	31	120

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.Chilton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	35	29.2%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	6	5.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	47	39.2%	23.1%
Major collector	11	9.2%	21.1%
Minor collector	4	3.3%	3.0%
Local	17	14.2%	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.Chilton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	3
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Chilton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	94
Cloudy	20
Rain	5
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 Chilton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chilton	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	35	437
State Route 3	State highway	3	32
State Route 22	State highway	15	46
US Route 31	US highway	8	104
US Route 82	US highway	1 or 2	59

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.Chilton 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
Chilton County: 30.2

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 Chilton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Autauga County	Alabama	8	107	18.6
Bibb County	Alabama	5	51	22.9
Coosa County	Alabama	6	50	47.5
Dallas County	Alabama	15	127	33.4
Elmore County	Alabama	8	120	14.0
Perry County	Alabama	5	27	31.2
Shelby County	Alabama	12	209	9.4

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 Chilton 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 Chilton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 165 deaths in Chilton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 136 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chilton in 2024?

The rate of Chilton County in 2024 was 33.8 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 Chilton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 120 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 Chilton?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 63 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.