Lauderdale County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Lauderdale County in 2024.

FARS records 146 deaths in 133 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.5 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, Lauderdale County was number 23 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Lauderdale County rose by 5.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (139) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (146).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 44.0% of the occupants killed in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale 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.Lauderdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	18	6
2023	12	11	3
2022	9	8	1 or 2
2021	10	10	3
2020	16	14	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	27	23	3
2017	15	15	1 or 2
2016	13	10	3
2015	17	16	4
2015 to 2024	146	133	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1996)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Lauderdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	18
2023	12	11
2022	9	8
2021	10	10
2020	16	14
2019	8	8
2018	27	23
2017	15	15
2016	13	10
2015	17	16
2014	11	10
2013	12	11
2012	17	16
2011	17	16
2010	14	12
2009	12	12
2008	15	15
2007	8	8
2006	14	11
2005	19	17
2004	18	18
2003	14	14
2002	28	24
2001	11	10
2000	18	17
1999	12	12
1998	17	14
1997	19	15
1996	31	30
1995	23	22
1994	18	18
1993	20	19
1992	20	19
1991	22	21
1990	17	17
1989	17	16
1988	14	14
1987	17	15
1986	8	7
1985	10	9
1984	18	13
1983	24	20
1982	15	11
1981	19	15
1980	15	14
1979	18	15
1978	12	10
1977	15	15
1976	16	14
1975	18	16

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.Lauderdale County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lauderdale County	Alabama	United States
2024	19.5	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.5	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. Lauderdale County had 97,298 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lauderdale County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 133 fatal crashes	28	133 fatal crashes	21.1%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 133 fatal crashes	38	133 fatal crashes	28.6%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 109 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	109 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.0%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 146 deaths	11	146 deaths	7.5%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 146 deaths	1 or 2	146 deaths	0.7%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 146 deaths	18	146 deaths	12.3%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.4%	59.4%
In the darkof 132 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	132 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Lauderdale 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	1 or 2	5	4	6	17
Monday	1 or 2	5	7	7	20
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	11	5	22
Wednesday	0	0	1 or 2	3	4
Thursday	1 or 2	4	10	9	24
Friday	1 or 2	4	8	8	22
Saturday	8	3	5	6	22
All days	15	26	46	44	131

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.Lauderdale 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	1 or 2	0.8%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	45	33.8%	27.4%
Minor arterial	16	12.0%	23.1%
Major collector	27	20.3%	21.1%
Minor collector	16	12.0%	3.0%
Local	28	21.1%	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.Lauderdale County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lauderdale County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	28
Rain	8
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 Lauderdale County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lauderdale	In all of Alabama
State Route 2	State highway	5	49
State Route 17	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route 20	State highway	10	46
State Route 157	State highway	6	55
US Route 43	US highway	4	54
US Route 72	US highway	6	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.Lauderdale 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
Lauderdale County: 15.5

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 Lauderdale County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Colbert County	Alabama	12	132	23.4
Lawrence County	Alabama	11	103	31.1
Limestone County	Alabama	22	240	23.3
Tishomingo County	Mississippi	4	57	29.9
Giles County	Tennessee	10	84	28.0
Hardin County	Tennessee	6	78	29.5
Lawrence County	Tennessee	14	82	18.5
Wayne County	Tennessee	5	39	23.7

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 Lauderdale 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.

Cite this page

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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 Lauderdale in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 139 deaths in Lauderdale County from 2005 to 2014. It records 146 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lauderdale in 2024?

The rate of Lauderdale County in 2024 was 19.5 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 Lauderdale had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 133 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 Lauderdale?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 33 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.