Lee County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 26 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Lee County in 2024.

FARS records 193 deaths in 183 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.3 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, Lee County was number 15 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Lee County fell by 6.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (207) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (193).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 46.4% of the fatal crashes in Lee 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 Lee 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.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	26	25	10
2023	25	24	5
2022	17	16	4
2021	19	19	4
2020	21	19	4
2019	17	16	6
2018	23	20	5
2017	15	15	6
2016	18	17	5
2015	12	12	4
2015 to 2024	193	183	53

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2004)2024: 26

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

Table 2.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	26	25
2023	25	24
2022	17	16
2021	19	19
2020	21	19
2019	17	16
2018	23	20
2017	15	15
2016	18	17
2015	12	12
2014	19	17
2013	11	11
2012	13	13
2011	22	17
2010	24	24
2009	22	19
2008	26	23
2007	21	19
2006	23	20
2005	26	22
2004	29	28
2003	15	13
2002	24	23
2001	24	22
2000	24	23
1999	21	18
1998	18	17
1997	26	22
1996	24	24
1995	21	19
1994	20	20
1993	19	15
1992	18	17
1991	25	19
1990	27	24
1989	21	19
1988	16	16
1987	18	18
1986	26	22
1985	17	14
1984	16	13
1983	14	13
1982	12	12
1981	12	12
1980	16	16
1979	23	21
1978	16	15
1977	16	14
1976	20	19
1975	24	18

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.Lee County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lee County	Alabama	United States
2024	13.8	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.3	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. Lee County had 187,782 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 183 fatal crashes	53	183 fatal crashes	29.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 183 fatal crashes	44	183 fatal crashes	24.0%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 135 occupant deaths with restraint use known	67	135 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.6%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 193 deaths	22	193 deaths	11.4%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 193 deaths	1 or 2	193 deaths	1.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 193 deaths	20	193 deaths	10.4%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 183 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	183 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.4%	59.4%
In the darkof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.9%	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.Lee 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	8	1 or 2	4	11	24
Monday	4	5	10	7	26
Tuesday	6	6	5	10	27
Wednesday	4	5	9	7	25
Thursday	3	5	10	3	21
Friday	3	10	10	11	34
Saturday	9	3	6	8	26
All days	37	35	54	57	183

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.Lee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	25	13.7%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	43	23.5%	27.4%
Minor arterial	38	20.8%	23.1%
Major collector	48	26.2%	21.1%
Minor collector	6	3.3%	3.0%
Local	22	12.0%	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.Lee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	84
Dark, not lighted	62
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	3
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	136
Cloudy	34
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lee	In all of Alabama
Interstate 85	Interstate	24	98
State Route 14	State highway	8	66
State Route 51	State highway	9	27
US Route 29	US highway	3	26
US Route 80	US highway	1 or 2	71
US Route 280	US highway	9	60
US Route 431	US highway	3	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.Lee 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
Lee County: 11.3

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 Lee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chambers County	Alabama	6	89	26.2
Macon County	Alabama	8	92	49.2
Russell County	Alabama	10	164	28.1
Tallapoosa County	Alabama	7	80	19.6
Harris County	Georgia	8	76	21.7
Muscogee County	Georgia	25	232	11.6

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 Lee 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 Lee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 207 deaths in Lee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 193 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lee in 2024?

The rate of Lee County in 2024 was 13.8 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 Lee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 53 of 183 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 Lee?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.