Limestone County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Limestone County in 2024.

FARS records 240 deaths in 220 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.3 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, Limestone County was number 7 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Limestone County rose by 15.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (207) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (240).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 31.8% of fatal crashes in Limestone County and 26.7% 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 Limestone 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.Limestone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	21	7
2023	18	18	8
2022	33	32	7
2021	23	20	8
2020	27	23	5
2019	23	22	5
2018	21	21	5
2017	23	22	6
2016	28	23	6
2015	22	18	3
2015 to 2024	240	220	60

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (2004)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Limestone County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	21
2023	18	18
2022	33	32
2021	23	20
2020	27	23
2019	23	22
2018	21	21
2017	23	22
2016	28	23
2015	22	18
2014	13	13
2013	23	19
2012	10	10
2011	24	20
2010	22	21
2009	18	15
2008	15	15
2007	23	21
2006	29	22
2005	30	23
2004	39	28
2003	23	20
2002	26	23
2001	21	19
2000	13	13
1999	20	15
1998	17	13
1997	30	27
1996	18	14
1995	20	20
1994	13	12
1993	13	10
1992	27	26
1991	23	16
1990	20	17
1989	17	15
1988	10	10
1987	19	19
1986	16	14
1985	14	12
1984	12	11
1983	13	13
1982	22	21
1981	14	11
1980	19	15
1979	11	10
1978	21	18
1977	21	18
1976	9	8
1975	9	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.Limestone County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Limestone County	Alabama	United States
2024	18.5	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.3	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. Limestone County had 119,051 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Limestone County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 220 fatal crashes	60	220 fatal crashes	27.3%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 220 fatal crashes	70	220 fatal crashes	31.8%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 175 occupant deaths with restraint use known	98	175 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.0%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 240 deaths	25	240 deaths	10.4%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 240 deaths	7	240 deaths	2.9%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 240 deaths	25	240 deaths	10.4%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 220 fatal crashes with the condition reported	136	220 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.8%	59.4%
In the darkof 220 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	220 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.2%	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.Limestone 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	10	5	5	16	36
Monday	5	6	5	6	22
Tuesday	9	7	10	9	35
Wednesday	4	6	12	8	30
Thursday	3	5	7	13	28
Friday	5	8	9	7	29
Saturday	10	7	13	10	40
All days	46	44	61	69	220

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.Limestone County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	30	13.6%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	73	33.2%	27.4%
Minor arterial	23	10.5%	23.1%
Major collector	46	20.9%	21.1%
Minor collector	5	2.3%	3.0%
Local	42	19.1%	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.Limestone County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	107
Dark, not lighted	84
Dark, lighted	20
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Limestone County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	162
Cloudy	35
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Limestone County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Limestone	In all of Alabama
Interstate 65	Interstate	23	437
Interstate 565	Interstate	7	33
State Route 2	State highway	4	49
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 20	State highway	7	46
State Route 53	State highway	8	52
US Route 31	US highway	16	104
US Route 72	US highway	23	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.Limestone 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
Limestone County: 23.3

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 Limestone County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lauderdale County	Alabama	19	146	15.5
Lawrence County	Alabama	11	103	31.1
Madison County	Alabama	44	424	11.0
Morgan County	Alabama	25	182	14.9
Giles County	Tennessee	10	84	28.0
Lincoln County	Tennessee	8	68	19.5

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 Limestone 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 Limestone in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 207 deaths in Limestone County from 2005 to 2014. It records 240 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Limestone in 2024?

The rate of Limestone County in 2024 was 18.5 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 Limestone had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 60 of 220 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 Limestone?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 89 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.