Marshall County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Marshall County in 2024.

FARS records 185 deaths in 166 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.9 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, Marshall County was number 16 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Marshall County fell by 0.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (186) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (185).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 47.5% of the occupants killed in Marshall 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 Marshall 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.Marshall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	12	6
2023	22	21	4
2022	27	22	4
2021	24	24	6
2020	14	12	1 or 2
2019	14	12	3
2018	20	18	1 or 2
2017	14	14	5
2016	22	19	5
2015	13	12	4
2015 to 2024	185	166	40

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1988)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Marshall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	12
2023	22	21
2022	27	22
2021	24	24
2020	14	12
2019	14	12
2018	20	18
2017	14	14
2016	22	19
2015	13	12
2014	14	14
2013	19	13
2012	18	17
2011	16	16
2010	23	22
2009	25	23
2008	26	25
2007	13	12
2006	13	12
2005	19	17
2004	20	18
2003	13	12
2002	18	17
2001	19	18
2000	24	19
1999	24	23
1998	26	21
1997	27	24
1996	24	22
1995	24	21
1994	19	17
1993	23	21
1992	14	13
1991	23	21
1990	22	20
1989	25	22
1988	39	35
1987	31	23
1986	12	12
1985	5	5
1984	22	18
1983	19	12
1982	21	15
1981	17	17
1980	19	15
1979	9	9
1978	18	14
1977	25	22
1976	18	12
1975	21	17

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.Marshall County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marshall County	Alabama	United States
2024	14.6	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.9	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. Marshall County had 102,860 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marshall County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 166 fatal crashes	40	166 fatal crashes	24.1%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 166 fatal crashes	55	166 fatal crashes	33.1%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 139 occupant deaths with restraint use known	66	139 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.5%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 185 deaths	17	185 deaths	9.2%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 185 deaths	1 or 2	185 deaths	0.5%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 185 deaths	24	185 deaths	13.0%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 166 fatal crashes with the condition reported	86	166 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.8%	59.4%
In the darkof 166 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	166 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.4%	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.Marshall 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	3	6	12	22
Monday	6	1 or 2	7	3	18
Tuesday	6	1 or 2	10	5	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	4	9	21
Thursday	1 or 2	8	7	7	24
Friday	0	8	9	9	26
Saturday	6	3	6	17	32
All days	23	32	49	62	166

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.Marshall 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	0.6%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	52	31.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	53	31.9%	23.1%
Major collector	32	19.3%	21.1%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.6%	3.0%
Local	27	16.3%	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.Marshall County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	79
Dark, not lighted	65
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Marshall County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	99
Cloudy	43
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Marshall County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marshall	In all of Alabama
State Route 1	State highway	3	33
State Route 68	State highway	3	26
State Route 69	State highway	15	99
State Route 75	State highway	14	68
State Route 79	State highway	6	60
US Route 231	US highway	3	112
US Route 431	US highway	32	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.Marshall 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
Marshall County: 18.9

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 Marshall County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Blount County	Alabama	16	152	25.9
Cullman County	Alabama	22	240	27.7
DeKalb County	Alabama	21	174	24.2
Etowah County	Alabama	22	198	19.2
Jackson County	Alabama	14	147	28.0
Madison County	Alabama	44	424	11.0
Morgan County	Alabama	25	182	14.9

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 Marshall 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 Marshall in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 186 deaths in Marshall County from 2005 to 2014. It records 185 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marshall in 2024?

The rate of Marshall County in 2024 was 14.6 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 Marshall had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 166 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 Marshall?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.