Houston County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Houston County in 2024.

FARS records 162 deaths in 152 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.2 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, Houston County was number 20 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Houston County fell by 1.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (164) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (162).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 46.7% of the fatal crashes in Houston 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 Houston 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.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	10	4
2023	12	11	4
2022	17	17	6
2021	17	17	3
2020	21	19	7
2019	18	18	6
2018	11	11	1 or 2
2017	15	15	1 or 2
2016	27	23	10
2015	12	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	162	152	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2007)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Houston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	10
2023	12	11
2022	17	17
2021	17	17
2020	21	19
2019	18	18
2018	11	11
2017	15	15
2016	27	23
2015	12	11
2014	19	18
2013	15	13
2012	13	13
2011	12	12
2010	15	13
2009	18	18
2008	10	10
2007	31	22
2006	21	17
2005	10	10
2004	15	13
2003	11	11
2002	10	8
2001	17	16
2000	12	11
1999	21	18
1998	20	17
1997	22	20
1996	20	17
1995	28	25
1994	14	12
1993	15	12
1992	13	12
1991	19	18
1990	18	18
1989	18	16
1988	18	16
1987	24	18
1986	28	23
1985	21	20
1984	16	14
1983	18	16
1982	19	19
1981	30	24
1980	21	21
1979	16	15
1978	17	15
1977	17	17
1976	18	15
1975	12	12

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.Houston County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Houston County	Alabama	United States
2024	10.9	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.2	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. Houston County had 109,707 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Houston County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 152 fatal crashes	43	152 fatal crashes	28.3%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 152 fatal crashes	29	152 fatal crashes	19.1%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.4%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 162 deaths	25	162 deaths	15.4%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 162 deaths	1 or 2	162 deaths	1.2%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 162 deaths	23	162 deaths	14.2%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 152 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	152 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.7%	59.4%
In the darkof 152 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	152 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.7%	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.Houston 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	6	1 or 2	5	6	18
Monday	1 or 2	3	10	1 or 2	17
Tuesday	4	3	9	5	21
Wednesday	0	4	5	5	14
Thursday	6	1 or 2	5	8	21
Friday	9	4	7	12	32
Saturday	8	5	3	12	28
All days	35	22	44	50	151

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.Houston 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	81	53.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	24	15.8%	23.1%
Major collector	31	20.4%	21.1%
Minor collector	4	2.6%	3.0%
Local	12	7.9%	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.Houston County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	69
Dark, not lighted	60
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	0
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Houston County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	108
Cloudy	26
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Houston County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Houston	In all of Alabama
State Route 52	State highway	7	21
State Route 53	State highway	6	52
US Route 31	US highway	1 or 2	104
US Route 84	US highway	14	47
US Route 231	US highway	10	112
US Route 431	US highway	1 or 2	122

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.Houston 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
Houston County: 15.2

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 Houston County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dale County	Alabama	6	90	18.2
Geneva County	Alabama	7	70	26.3
Henry County	Alabama	1 or 2	28	16.1
Jackson County	Florida	12	174	36.2
Early County	Georgia	1 or 2	38	36.3
Seminole County	Georgia	1 or 2	26	29.8

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 Houston 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 Houston in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 164 deaths in Houston County from 2005 to 2014. It records 162 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Houston in 2024?

The rate of Houston County in 2024 was 10.9 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 Houston had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 152 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 Houston?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 40 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.