Choctaw County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Choctaw County in 2024.

FARS records 51 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 40.3 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, Choctaw County was number 55 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Choctaw County fell by 3.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (53) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (51).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.8% of the fatal crashes in Choctaw 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 Choctaw 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.Choctaw County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	5	1 or 2
2023	6	5	1 or 2
2022	9	8	1 or 2
2021	6	5	1 or 2
2020	3	3	1 or 2
2019	4	3	3
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2017	6	5	1 or 2
2016	6	6	4
2015	3	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	51	45	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (1999)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Choctaw County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	5
2023	6	5
2022	9	8
2021	6	5
2020	3	3
2019	4	3
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	6	5
2016	6	6
2015	3	3
2014	3	1 or 2
2013	6	6
2012	3	3
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	6	5
2009	7	7
2008	8	7
2007	4	4
2006	7	6
2005	7	7
2004	8	6
2003	7	6
2002	4	4
2001	8	8
2000	3	3
1999	15	12
1998	6	5
1997	7	6
1996	8	6
1995	10	10
1994	4	4
1993	6	6
1992	7	7
1991	7	6
1990	3	3
1989	11	10
1988	3	3
1987	7	5
1986	10	10
1985	9	8
1984	9	8
1983	5	4
1982	1 or 2	1 or 2
1981	6	4
1980	8	8
1979	5	5
1978	9	8
1977	7	6
1976	5	5
1975	3	3

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.Choctaw County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Choctaw County	Alabama	United States
2024	49.6	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	40.3	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. Choctaw County had 12,090 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Choctaw County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 45 fatal crashes	17	45 fatal crashes	37.8%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 45 fatal crashes	15	45 fatal crashes	33.3%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 44 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	44 occupant deathswith restraint use known	75.0%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 51 deaths	3	51 deaths	5.9%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 51 deaths	0	51 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 51 deaths	1 or 2	51 deaths	2.0%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.8%	59.4%
In the darkof 45 fatal crashes with the condition reported	17	45 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.8%	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.Choctaw 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4
Monday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	9
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Friday	1 or 2	3	0	1 or 2	6
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	9
All days	9	12	10	14	45

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.Choctaw 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	7	15.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	17	37.8%	23.1%
Major collector	13	28.9%	21.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.2%	3.0%
Local	7	15.6%	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.Choctaw County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	25
Dark, not lighted	15
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Choctaw County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	32
Cloudy	6
Rain	6
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 Choctaw County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Choctaw	In all of Alabama
State Route 10	State highway	4	36
State Route 17	State highway	10	47
US Route 84	US highway	4	47

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.Choctaw 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
Choctaw County: 40.3

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 Choctaw County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarke County	Alabama	7	73	31.3
Marengo County	Alabama	5	61	32.0
Sumter County	Alabama	6	61	49.4
Washington County	Alabama	4	38	24.0
Clarke County	Mississippi	3	43	27.7
Lauderdale County	Mississippi	14	178	24.1
Wayne County	Mississippi	9	63	31.4

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

FARS records 53 deaths in Choctaw County from 2005 to 2014. It records 51 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Choctaw in 2024?

The rate of Choctaw County in 2024 was 49.6 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 Choctaw had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 45 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 Choctaw?

FARS records 4 fatal crashes on State Route 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on State Route 17 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 84 in the county from 2015 to 2024.