Dallas County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Dallas County in 2024.

FARS records 127 deaths in 118 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 33.4 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, Dallas County was number 26 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Dallas County rose by 15.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (110) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (127).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 77.2% of the occupants killed in Dallas County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 57.6% 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 Dallas 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.Dallas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	13	7
2023	18	17	6
2022	19	19	10
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	15	14	4
2018	12	10	5
2017	11	11	3
2016	11	11	6
2015	8	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	127	118	46

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1976)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Dallas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	13
2023	18	17
2022	19	19
2021	10	10
2020	8	7
2019	15	14
2018	12	10
2017	11	11
2016	11	11
2015	8	6
2014	11	11
2013	8	8
2012	12	11
2011	12	11
2010	7	7
2009	12	10
2008	15	14
2007	7	7
2006	19	16
2005	7	7
2004	9	8
2003	10	10
2002	16	13
2001	9	9
2000	16	15
1999	8	8
1998	16	14
1997	12	10
1996	15	13
1995	13	12
1994	11	9
1993	7	7
1992	15	13
1991	18	14
1990	13	10
1989	6	6
1988	13	12
1987	13	12
1986	15	15
1985	9	9
1984	11	10
1983	9	7
1982	12	12
1981	10	8
1980	7	7
1979	14	10
1978	21	19
1977	6	6
1976	22	20
1975	17	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.Dallas County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dallas County	Alabama	United States
2024	42.2	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	33.4	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. Dallas County had 35,584 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dallas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 118 fatal crashes	46	118 fatal crashes	39.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 118 fatal crashes	39	118 fatal crashes	33.1%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 92 occupant deaths with restraint use known	71	92 occupant deathswith restraint use known	77.2%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 127 deaths	25	127 deaths	19.7%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 127 deaths	0	127 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 127 deaths	4	127 deaths	3.1%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	74.6%	59.4%
In the darkof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.5%	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.Dallas 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	1 or 2	3	5	17
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	10
Tuesday	7	4	3	0	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	3	1 or 2	10	3	17
Friday	1 or 2	3	6	9	20
Saturday	9	1 or 2	7	15	32
All days	32	13	34	39	118

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.Dallas 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	36	30.5%	27.4%
Minor arterial	35	29.7%	23.1%
Major collector	28	23.7%	21.1%
Minor collector	5	4.2%	3.0%
Local	14	11.9%	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.Dallas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	48
Dark, not lighted	54
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Dallas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	19
Rain	13
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 Dallas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dallas	In all of Alabama
State Route 5	State highway	5	69
State Route 14	State highway	9	66
State Route 22	State highway	15	46
US Route 80	US highway	16	71

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.Dallas 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
Dallas County: 33.4

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 Dallas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Autauga County	Alabama	8	107	18.6
Chilton County	Alabama	16	136	30.2
Lowndes County	Alabama	5	67	67.2
Marengo County	Alabama	5	61	32.0
Perry County	Alabama	5	27	31.2
Wilcox County	Alabama	3	39	37.4

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 Dallas 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 Dallas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 110 deaths in Dallas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 127 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dallas in 2024?

The rate of Dallas County in 2024 was 42.2 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 Dallas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 46 of 118 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 Dallas?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 45 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.