Mobile County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 74 deaths in 66 fatal crashes in Mobile County in 2024.

FARS records 758 deaths in 691 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.3 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, Mobile County was number 2 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Mobile County fell by 1.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (771) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (758).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.7% of the fatal crashes in Mobile 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 Mobile 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.Mobile County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	74	66	24
2023	89	84	32
2022	73	67	20
2021	79	67	25
2020	61	58	17
2019	84	76	25
2018	74	69	21
2017	75	71	20
2016	77	70	28
2015	72	63	23
2015 to 2024	758	691	235

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 105 (2007)2024: 74

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

Table 2.Mobile County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	74	66
2023	89	84
2022	73	67
2021	79	67
2020	61	58
2019	84	76
2018	74	69
2017	75	71
2016	77	70
2015	72	63
2014	76	68
2013	65	61
2012	55	54
2011	67	63
2010	69	63
2009	58	49
2008	81	76
2007	105	99
2006	100	92
2005	95	90
2004	85	81
2003	81	75
2002	84	77
2001	75	67
2000	76	70
1999	81	65
1998	66	62
1997	79	72
1996	98	84
1995	57	51
1994	63	58
1993	68	63
1992	85	77
1991	79	71
1990	52	50
1989	51	47
1988	69	59
1987	61	53
1986	92	82
1985	65	58
1984	61	59
1983	73	61
1982	64	54
1981	88	80
1980	80	75
1979	85	77
1978	96	77
1977	66	60
1976	63	54
1975	59	52

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.Mobile County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Mobile County	Alabama	United States
2024	18.0	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.3	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. Mobile County had 412,193 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Mobile County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 691 fatal crashes	235	691 fatal crashes	34.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 691 fatal crashes	150	691 fatal crashes	21.7%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 472 occupant deaths with restraint use known	297	472 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.9%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 758 deaths	147	758 deaths	19.4%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 758 deaths	8	758 deaths	1.1%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 758 deaths	84	758 deaths	11.1%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 691 fatal crashes with the condition reported	240	691 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.7%	59.4%
In the darkof 690 fatal crashes with the condition reported	398	690 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.7%	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.Mobile 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	38	10	25	40	113
Monday	19	17	20	29	85
Tuesday	19	20	23	43	105
Wednesday	15	16	27	30	88
Thursday	20	12	22	31	85
Friday	16	13	24	39	92
Saturday	33	13	27	45	118
All days	160	101	168	257	686

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.Mobile County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	121	17.5%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	220	31.8%	27.4%
Minor arterial	137	19.8%	23.1%
Major collector	107	15.5%	21.1%
Minor collector	8	1.2%	3.0%
Local	98	14.2%	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.Mobile County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	260
Dark, not lighted	206
Dark, lighted	190
Dawn	16
Dusk	16
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Mobile County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	454
Cloudy	168
Rain	61
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Mobile County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Mobile	In all of Alabama
Interstate 10	Interstate	57	94
Interstate 65	Interstate	63	437
State Route 17	State highway	7	47
State Route 193	State highway	20	20
State Route 217	State highway	21	21
US Route 43	US highway	5	54
US Route 90	US highway	19	28
US Route 98	US highway	15	26

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.Mobile 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
Mobile County: 18.3

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 Mobile County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baldwin County	Alabama	26	316	13.7
Washington County	Alabama	4	38	24.0
George County	Mississippi	9	80	32.6
Greene County	Mississippi	4	44	32.3
Jackson County	Mississippi	26	263	18.3

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 Mobile 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 Mobile in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 771 deaths in Mobile County from 2005 to 2014. It records 758 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Mobile in 2024?

The rate of Mobile County in 2024 was 18.0 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 Mobile had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 235 of 691 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 Mobile?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 207 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.