Lawrence County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Lawrence County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.1 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, Lawrence County was number 32 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Lawrence County fell by 4.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (108) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.0% of the fatal crashes in Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.Lawrence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	13	13	1 or 2
2022	12	11	1 or 2
2021	16	15	1 or 2
2020	9	9	0
2019	6	6	0
2018	12	12	5
2017	7	6	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	8	7	0
2015 to 2024	103	98	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1978)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Lawrence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	13	13
2022	12	11
2021	16	15
2020	9	9
2019	6	6
2018	12	12
2017	7	6
2016	9	8
2015	8	7
2014	11	10
2013	7	7
2012	7	6
2011	14	14
2010	12	8
2009	12	11
2008	12	11
2007	10	10
2006	14	14
2005	9	9
2004	19	16
2003	12	11
2002	8	8
2001	5	5
2000	9	9
1999	19	15
1998	14	14
1997	8	7
1996	9	8
1995	12	9
1994	12	11
1993	13	13
1992	10	10
1991	11	11
1990	10	9
1989	11	10
1988	11	9
1987	20	17
1986	13	12
1985	10	10
1984	16	14
1983	11	7
1982	16	13
1981	6	6
1980	1 or 2	1 or 2
1979	15	14
1978	20	13
1977	6	6
1976	12	9
1975	7	6

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.Lawrence County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lawrence County	Alabama	United States
2024	32.7	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.1	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. Lawrence County had 33,651 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lawrence County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	15	98 fatal crashes	15.3%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	28	98 fatal crashes	28.6%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 80 occupant deaths with restraint use known	52	80 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.0%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	10	103 deaths	9.7%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	0	103 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	12	103 deaths	11.7%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.0%	59.4%
In the darkof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.9%	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.Lawrence 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	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	11
Monday	3	3	11	1 or 2	19
Tuesday	5	1 or 2	4	4	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	1 or 2	12
Thursday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	4	13
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	5	13
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	8	16
All days	16	21	33	28	98

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.Lawrence 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	46.9%	27.4%
Minor arterial	11	11.2%	23.1%
Major collector	27	27.6%	21.1%
Minor collector	3	3.1%	3.0%
Local	11	11.2%	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.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lawrence County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	9
Rain	5
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 Lawrence County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lawrence	In all of Alabama
State Route 20	State highway	12	46
State Route 24	State highway	14	26
State Route 157	State highway	19	55

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.Lawrence 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
Lawrence County: 31.1

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 Lawrence County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Colbert County	Alabama	12	132	23.4
Cullman County	Alabama	22	240	27.7
Franklin County	Alabama	7	65	20.4
Lauderdale County	Alabama	19	146	15.5
Limestone County	Alabama	22	240	23.3
Morgan County	Alabama	25	182	14.9
Winston County	Alabama	7	69	29.1

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 Lawrence 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 Lawrence in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 108 deaths in Lawrence County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lawrence in 2024?

The rate of Lawrence County in 2024 was 32.7 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 Lawrence had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 98 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 Lawrence?

FARS records 12 fatal crashes on State Route 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 24 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 19 fatal crashes on State Route 157 in the county from 2015 to 2024.