Walker County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 195 deaths in 180 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.2 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, Walker County was number 14 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Walker County fell by 13.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (226) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (195).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 86.1% of the fatal crashes in Walker 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 Walker 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.Walker 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	11	11	1 or 2
2022	16	14	5
2021	25	24	4
2020	17	16	1 or 2
2019	18	15	4
2018	25	23	6
2017	21	21	3
2016	23	19	3
2015	17	16	4
2015 to 2024	195	180	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (1995)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Walker County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	21
2023	11	11
2022	16	14
2021	25	24
2020	17	16
2019	18	15
2018	25	23
2017	21	21
2016	23	19
2015	17	16
2014	12	11
2013	21	17
2012	20	20
2011	27	22
2010	25	23
2009	16	15
2008	24	22
2007	27	26
2006	32	29
2005	22	20
2004	30	27
2003	22	20
2002	30	27
2001	32	31
2000	27	21
1999	32	29
1998	18	18
1997	26	21
1996	33	28
1995	37	30
1994	28	24
1993	28	27
1992	32	28
1991	26	24
1990	25	20
1989	23	21
1988	18	16
1987	22	19
1986	25	23
1985	14	13
1984	18	14
1983	23	20
1982	19	17
1981	28	23
1980	17	16
1979	30	24
1978	34	28
1977	32	26
1976	22	16
1975	12	11

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.Walker County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Walker County	Alabama	United States
2024	33.8	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.2	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. Walker County had 65,117 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Walker County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 180 fatal crashes	39	180 fatal crashes	21.7%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 180 fatal crashes	62	180 fatal crashes	34.4%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 155 occupant deaths with restraint use known	104	155 occupant deathswith restraint use known	67.1%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 195 deaths	11	195 deaths	5.6%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 195 deaths	1 or 2	195 deaths	1.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 195 deaths	14	195 deaths	7.2%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	155	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	86.1%	59.4%
In the darkof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.3%	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.Walker 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	7	5	5	4	21
Monday	8	6	9	4	27
Tuesday	7	4	15	4	30
Wednesday	0	8	3	5	16
Thursday	10	10	9	7	36
Friday	7	4	7	11	29
Saturday	3	6	1 or 2	11	21
All days	42	43	49	46	180

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.Walker County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Alabama
Interstate	30	16.7%	13.1%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	18	10.0%	27.4%
Minor arterial	34	18.9%	23.1%
Major collector	62	34.4%	21.1%
Minor collector	8	4.4%	3.0%
Local	27	15.0%	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.Walker County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	90
Dark, not lighted	68
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Walker County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	118
Cloudy	36
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Walker County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Walker	In all of Alabama
Interstate 22	Interstate	31	63
State Route 5	State highway	15	69
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 69	State highway	20	99
State Route 269	State highway	18	22
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	29

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.Walker 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
Walker County: 30.2

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 Walker 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
Fayette County	Alabama	11	41	25.2
Jefferson County	Alabama	101	959	14.4
Marion County	Alabama	13	71	24.0
Tuscaloosa County	Alabama	35	381	17.1
Winston County	Alabama	7	69	29.1

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 Walker 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 Walker in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 226 deaths in Walker County from 2005 to 2014. It records 195 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Walker in 2024?

The rate of Walker County in 2024 was 33.8 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 Walker had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 180 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 Walker?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.