Cullman County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Cullman County in 2024.

FARS records 240 deaths in 212 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.7 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, Cullman County was number 7 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Cullman County rose by 6.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (225) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (240).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 78.7% of the fatal crashes in Cullman 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 Cullman 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.Cullman County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	21	3
2023	22	21	6
2022	32	27	11
2021	19	17	1 or 2
2020	20	17	4
2019	19	19	3
2018	32	26	8
2017	24	21	6
2016	25	22	6
2015	25	21	6
2015 to 2024	240	212	55

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (2007)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Cullman County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	21
2023	22	21
2022	32	27
2021	19	17
2020	20	17
2019	19	19
2018	32	26
2017	24	21
2016	25	22
2015	25	21
2014	19	19
2013	14	14
2012	15	11
2011	17	16
2010	17	16
2009	20	15
2008	24	19
2007	39	34
2006	32	29
2005	28	25
2004	32	29
2003	27	25
2002	30	25
2001	17	16
2000	17	15
1999	33	29
1998	21	20
1997	28	24
1996	14	12
1995	26	23
1994	20	17
1993	19	16
1992	23	19
1991	18	16
1990	29	24
1989	21	18
1988	19	18
1987	23	19
1986	18	15
1985	29	24
1984	29	27
1983	24	21
1982	18	15
1981	11	11
1980	12	11
1979	14	13
1978	16	13
1977	12	10
1976	13	10
1975	15	15

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.Cullman County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cullman County	Alabama	United States
2024	23.7	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.7	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. Cullman County had 92,771 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cullman County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 212 fatal crashes	55	212 fatal crashes	25.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 212 fatal crashes	73	212 fatal crashes	34.4%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 185 occupant deaths with restraint use known	101	185 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.6%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 240 deaths	17	240 deaths	7.1%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 240 deaths	1 or 2	240 deaths	0.8%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 240 deaths	29	240 deaths	12.1%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 211 fatal crashes with the condition reported	166	211 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.7%	59.4%
In the darkof 211 fatal crashes with the condition reported	87	211 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.2%	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.Cullman 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	6	13	8	35
Monday	4	9	13	12	38
Tuesday	3	8	11	5	27
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	9	6	22
Thursday	1 or 2	9	12	8	31
Friday	6	7	10	5	28
Saturday	9	6	6	10	31
All days	34	50	74	54	212

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.Cullman County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	29	13.7%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	49	23.2%	27.4%
Minor arterial	47	22.3%	23.1%
Major collector	47	22.3%	21.1%
Minor collector	17	8.1%	3.0%
Local	22	10.4%	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.Cullman County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	116
Dark, not lighted	71
Dark, lighted	14
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cullman County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	135
Cloudy	44
Rain	28
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cullman County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cullman	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	29	437
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	52
State Route 67	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 69	State highway	21	99
State Route 157	State highway	21	55
US Route 31	US highway	9	104
US Route 231	US highway	5	112
US Route 278	US highway	15	50

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.Cullman 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
Cullman County: 27.7

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 Cullman County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Blount County	Alabama	16	152	25.9
Lawrence County	Alabama	11	103	31.1
Marshall County	Alabama	15	185	18.9
Morgan County	Alabama	25	182	14.9
Walker County	Alabama	22	195	30.2
Winston County	Alabama	7	69	29.1

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 Cullman 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 Cullman in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 225 deaths in Cullman County from 2005 to 2014. It records 240 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cullman in 2024?

The rate of Cullman County in 2024 was 23.7 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 Cullman had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 55 of 212 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 Cullman?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 105 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.