Madison County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 44 deaths in 43 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 424 deaths in 402 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Madison County was number 3 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Madison County fell by 7.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (456) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (424).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.9% of the fatal crashes in Madison 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 Madison 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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	44	43	7
2023	51	48	10
2022	37	35	17
2021	52	48	16
2020	43	40	13
2019	49	47	13
2018	42	39	10
2017	37	35	15
2016	45	43	15
2015	24	24	3
2015 to 2024	424	402	119

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 75 (2006)2024: 44

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	44	43
2023	51	48
2022	37	35
2021	52	48
2020	43	40
2019	49	47
2018	42	39
2017	37	35
2016	45	43
2015	24	24
2014	33	30
2013	33	31
2012	53	50
2011	39	36
2010	33	32
2009	41	38
2008	46	43
2007	34	32
2006	75	71
2005	69	59
2004	41	38
2003	38	36
2002	46	39
2001	46	45
2000	45	42
1999	49	44
1998	45	39
1997	44	43
1996	29	26
1995	57	52
1994	39	37
1993	42	38
1992	37	33
1991	36	35
1990	31	29
1989	39	38
1988	30	29
1987	49	46
1986	47	43
1985	37	33
1984	47	40
1983	41	31
1982	27	25
1981	33	29
1980	35	31
1979	36	32
1978	51	48
1977	40	38
1976	33	28
1975	33	28

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.Madison County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Alabama	United States
2024	10.4	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Madison County had 423,071 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 402 fatal crashes	119	402 fatal crashes	29.6%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 402 fatal crashes	103	402 fatal crashes	25.6%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 246 occupant deaths with restraint use known	126	246 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.2%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 424 deaths	76	424 deaths	17.9%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 424 deaths	4	424 deaths	0.9%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 424 deaths	60	424 deaths	14.2%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 401 fatal crashes with the condition reported	104	401 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.9%	59.4%
In the darkof 402 fatal crashes with the condition reported	216	402 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.7%	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.Madison 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	17	7	11	23	58
Monday	14	15	12	14	55
Tuesday	4	8	14	16	42
Wednesday	11	14	16	11	52
Thursday	8	11	8	30	57
Friday	9	10	20	25	64
Saturday	23	9	13	28	73
All days	86	74	94	147	401

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	26	6.5%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	10	2.5%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	155	38.7%	27.4%
Minor arterial	78	19.5%	23.1%
Major collector	84	20.9%	21.1%
Minor collector	7	1.7%	3.0%
Local	41	10.2%	12.0%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	172
Dark, not lighted	82
Dark, lighted	128
Dawn	6
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	284
Cloudy	78
Rain	39
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 Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Alabama
Interstate 565	Interstate	26	33
State Route 1	State highway	16	33
State Route 2	State highway	26	49
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 53	State highway	27	52
US Route 72	US highway	10	68
US Route 231	US highway	11	112
US Route 431	US highway	8	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.Madison 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
Madison County: 11.0

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 Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jackson County	Alabama	14	147	28.0
Limestone County	Alabama	22	240	23.3
Marshall County	Alabama	15	185	18.9
Morgan County	Alabama	25	182	14.9
Franklin County	Tennessee	1 or 2	62	14.5
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 Madison 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 Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 456 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 424 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 10.4 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 119 of 402 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 Madison?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 125 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.