Washington County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 38 deaths in 36 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Washington County was number 61 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Washington County fell by 20.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (48) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (38).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 97.2% of the fatal crashes in Washington 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 Washington County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	4	4	0
2022	5	5	1 or 2
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	5	3	1 or 2
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2017	6	6	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	4	4	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	38	36	11

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1984)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	4	4
2022	5	5
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	4	4
2019	5	3
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	6	6
2016	4	4
2015	4	4
2014	5	4
2013	1 or 2	1 or 2
2012	4	4
2011	7	6
2010	5	5
2009	1 or 2	1 or 2
2008	4	3
2007	6	5
2006	8	8
2005	6	5
2004	1 or 2	1 or 2
2003	8	8
2002	5	4
2001	7	6
2000	5	5
1999	4	4
1998	5	5
1997	8	8
1996	6	6
1995	7	7
1994	4	3
1993	4	4
1992	13	12
1991	7	7
1990	14	9
1989	13	11
1988	7	7
1987	6	5
1986	5	5
1985	7	7
1984	16	8
1983	6	5
1982	3	3
1981	7	7
1980	4	4
1979	7	6
1978	13	11
1977	8	6
1976	8	7
1975	3	3

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.Washington County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Alabama	United States
2024	26.7	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Washington County had 14,972 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 36 fatal crashes	11	36 fatal crashes	30.6%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 36 fatal crashes	20	36 fatal crashes	55.6%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 29 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	29 occupant deathswith restraint use known	72.4%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 38 deaths	0	38 deaths	0.0%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 38 deaths	0	38 deaths	0.0%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 38 deaths	5	38 deaths	13.2%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 36 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	36 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	97.2%	59.4%
In the darkof 35 fatal crashes with the condition reported	13	35 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	37.1%	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.Washington 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	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	7
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
All days	6	9	12	8	35

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.Washington 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	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	12	33.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	7	19.4%	23.1%
Major collector	10	27.8%	21.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.0%
Local	7	19.4%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	19
Dark, not lighted	13
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	28
Cloudy	3
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Alabama
State Route 17	State highway	1 or 2	47
US Route 43	US highway	4	54

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.Washington 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
Washington County: 24.0

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baldwin County	Alabama	26	316	13.7
Choctaw County	Alabama	6	51	40.3
Clarke County	Alabama	7	73	31.3
Mobile County	Alabama	74	758	18.3
Greene County	Mississippi	4	44	32.3
Wayne County	Mississippi	9	63	31.4

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 Washington 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Washington County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/al/washington/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 48 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 38 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 26.7 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 11 of 36 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 Washington?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 17 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 43 in the county from 2015 to 2024.