Talladega County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Talladega County in 2024.

FARS records 228 deaths in 209 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.2 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, Talladega County was number 9 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Talladega County rose by 8.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (211) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (228).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 68.9% of the fatal crashes in Talladega 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 Talladega 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.Talladega County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	25	5
2023	21	19	5
2022	13	13	5
2021	25	21	1 or 2
2020	23	22	3
2019	24	22	8
2018	20	19	4
2017	26	25	5
2016	30	24	7
2015	19	19	6
2015 to 2024	228	209	50

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1990)2024: 27

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

Table 2.Talladega County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	25
2023	21	19
2022	13	13
2021	25	21
2020	23	22
2019	24	22
2018	20	19
2017	26	25
2016	30	24
2015	19	19
2014	15	13
2013	27	23
2012	19	16
2011	18	17
2010	16	14
2009	26	21
2008	17	17
2007	18	17
2006	24	23
2005	31	27
2004	23	20
2003	28	24
2002	20	19
2001	24	21
2000	22	20
1999	19	16
1998	25	22
1997	29	22
1996	29	28
1995	27	22
1994	15	13
1993	21	18
1992	31	21
1991	30	28
1990	31	23
1989	29	24
1988	26	20
1987	18	14
1986	25	20
1985	17	15
1984	20	16
1983	25	21
1982	15	12
1981	19	15
1980	14	14
1979	18	17
1978	26	23
1977	30	24
1976	18	16
1975	19	12

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.Talladega County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Talladega County	Alabama	United States
2024	33.1	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.2	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. Talladega County had 81,481 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Talladega County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 209 fatal crashes	50	209 fatal crashes	23.9%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 209 fatal crashes	72	209 fatal crashes	34.4%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 171 occupant deaths with restraint use known	105	171 occupant deathswith restraint use known	61.4%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 228 deaths	20	228 deaths	8.8%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 228 deaths	5	228 deaths	2.2%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 228 deaths	17	228 deaths	7.5%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 209 fatal crashes with the condition reported	144	209 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.9%	59.4%
In the darkof 207 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	207 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.7%	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.Talladega 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	13	1 or 2	6	8	29
Monday	4	5	12	10	31
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	12	7	25
Wednesday	7	1 or 2	7	6	22
Thursday	3	3	11	8	25
Friday	9	9	8	15	41
Saturday	11	3	10	10	34
All days	49	28	66	64	207

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.Talladega County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	18	8.6%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	77	36.8%	27.4%
Minor arterial	27	12.9%	23.1%
Major collector	48	23.0%	21.1%
Minor collector	13	6.2%	3.0%
Local	26	12.4%	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.Talladega County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	91
Dark, not lighted	96
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Talladega County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	130
Cloudy	49
Rain	26
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Talladega County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Talladega	In all of Alabama
Interstate 20	Interstate	18	97
State Route 21	State highway	32	90
State Route 77	State highway	22	51
US Route 78	US highway	3	29
US Route 280	US highway	9	60

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.Talladega 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
Talladega County: 28.2

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 Talladega County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calhoun County	Alabama	24	208	18.0
Clay County	Alabama	4	33	24.0
Cleburne County	Alabama	9	65	42.8
Coosa County	Alabama	6	50	47.5
Shelby County	Alabama	12	209	9.4
St. Clair County	Alabama	18	196	21.5

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 Talladega 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 Talladega in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 211 deaths in Talladega County from 2005 to 2014. It records 228 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Talladega in 2024?

The rate of Talladega County in 2024 was 33.1 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 Talladega had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 50 of 209 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 Talladega?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 84 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.