Jackson County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 147 deaths in 138 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.0 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, Jackson County was number 22 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Jackson County fell by 6.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (157) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (147).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 30.1% of the fatal crashes in Jackson County with known light were in the dark, against 47.8% 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 Jackson 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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	3
2023	17	16	5
2022	16	14	3
2021	11	10	1 or 2
2020	15	14	1 or 2
2019	15	15	3
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	17	15	4
2016	17	17	4
2015	18	17	3
2015 to 2024	147	138	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1997)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	17	16
2022	16	14
2021	11	10
2020	15	14
2019	15	15
2018	7	7
2017	17	15
2016	17	17
2015	18	17
2014	9	9
2013	11	10
2012	7	7
2011	23	22
2010	15	15
2009	18	17
2008	11	9
2007	25	24
2006	21	19
2005	17	17
2004	11	11
2003	20	19
2002	16	14
2001	16	16
2000	12	11
1999	9	9
1998	19	18
1997	26	22
1996	23	22
1995	9	7
1994	13	11
1993	25	21
1992	9	9
1991	17	16
1990	14	12
1989	20	17
1988	14	13
1987	11	11
1986	22	17
1985	18	16
1984	19	16
1983	18	16
1982	12	12
1981	7	7
1980	20	16
1979	20	17
1978	19	19
1977	24	22
1976	11	8
1975	11	9

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.Jackson County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Alabama	United States
2024	26.0	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.0	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. Jackson County had 53,935 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 138 fatal crashes	30	138 fatal crashes	21.7%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 138 fatal crashes	38	138 fatal crashes	27.5%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.7%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 147 deaths	10	147 deaths	6.8%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 147 deaths	1 or 2	147 deaths	1.4%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 147 deaths	20	147 deaths	13.6%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 138 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	138 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.7%	59.4%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	30.1%	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.Jackson 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	5	7	6	3	21
Monday	4	6	8	6	24
Tuesday	1 or 2	9	7	4	21
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	5	3	17
Thursday	1 or 2	5	8	3	17
Friday	1 or 2	7	5	1 or 2	15
Saturday	3	3	8	9	23
All days	18	44	47	29	138

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.Jackson 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	46	33.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	37	26.8%	23.1%
Major collector	34	24.6%	21.1%
Minor collector	7	5.1%	3.0%
Local	14	10.1%	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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	90
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	27
Rain	11
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 Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Alabama
State Route 2	State highway	4	49
State Route 35	State highway	11	25
State Route 79	State highway	12	60
US Route 72	US highway	22	68

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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 28.0

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 Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeKalb County	Alabama	21	174	24.2
Madison County	Alabama	44	424	11.0
Marshall County	Alabama	15	185	18.9
Dade County	Georgia	4	50	30.9
Franklin County	Tennessee	1 or 2	62	14.5
Marion County	Tennessee	10	97	33.6

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 157 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 147 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 26.0 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 138 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 Jackson?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 49 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.