Elmore County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Elmore County in 2024.

FARS records 120 deaths in 107 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.0 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, Elmore County was number 27 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Elmore County fell by 34.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (182) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (120).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 40.2% of fatal crashes in Elmore County and 26.7% 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 Elmore 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.Elmore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	5
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	15	12	4
2021	13	11	3
2020	14	10	3
2019	9	9	4
2018	12	12	4
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	20	18	6
2015	18	16	8
2015 to 2024	120	107	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2010)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Elmore County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	5	5
2022	15	12
2021	13	11
2020	14	10
2019	9	9
2018	12	12
2017	6	6
2016	20	18
2015	18	16
2014	23	19
2013	16	15
2012	10	10
2011	13	11
2010	25	22
2009	19	18
2008	18	18
2007	16	16
2006	22	21
2005	20	15
2004	15	13
2003	20	16
2002	8	8
2001	12	11
2000	9	8
1999	21	20
1998	13	10
1997	20	18
1996	24	21
1995	11	11
1994	24	16
1993	19	19
1992	19	17
1991	16	16
1990	19	16
1989	15	15
1988	19	16
1987	13	12
1986	19	17
1985	10	10
1984	10	10
1983	19	17
1982	19	18
1981	13	11
1980	17	13
1979	15	14
1978	24	17
1977	12	10
1976	15	14
1975	18	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.Elmore County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Elmore County	Alabama	United States
2024	8.8	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.0	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. Elmore County had 91,051 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Elmore County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 107 fatal crashes	40	107 fatal crashes	37.4%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 107 fatal crashes	43	107 fatal crashes	40.2%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 101 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	101 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.4%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 120 deaths	3	120 deaths	2.5%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 120 deaths	3	120 deaths	2.5%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 120 deaths	10	120 deaths	8.3%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 107 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	107 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.0%	59.4%
In the darkof 105 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	105 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.7%	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.Elmore 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	5	1 or 2	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	12
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	7	6	17
Thursday	1 or 2	5	7	5	19
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	9
Saturday	9	1 or 2	9	5	25
All days	25	14	39	28	106

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.Elmore County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	1 or 2	1.9%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	22	20.6%	27.4%
Minor arterial	44	41.1%	23.1%
Major collector	28	26.2%	21.1%
Minor collector	3	2.8%	3.0%
Local	8	7.5%	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.Elmore County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	55
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Elmore County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	74
Cloudy	12
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Elmore County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Elmore	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	1 or 2	437
State Route 9	State highway	6	46
State Route 14	State highway	16	66
US Route 31	US highway	1 or 2	104
US Route 82	US highway	1 or 2	59
US Route 231	US highway	6	112

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.Elmore 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
Elmore County: 14.0

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 Elmore 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
Coosa County	Alabama	6	50	47.5
Macon County	Alabama	8	92	49.2
Montgomery County	Alabama	42	391	17.2
Tallapoosa County	Alabama	7	80	19.6

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 Elmore 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 Elmore in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 182 deaths in Elmore County from 2005 to 2014. It records 120 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Elmore in 2024?

The rate of Elmore County in 2024 was 8.8 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 Elmore had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 107 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 Elmore?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 32 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.