Winston County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Winston County in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 63 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 29.1 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, Winston County was number 44 of 67 counties of Alabama.

Deaths in Winston County rose by 7.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (64) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.8% of the fatal crashes in Winston 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 Winston 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.Winston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	6	0
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	8	8	3
2020	4	4	1 or 2
2019	6	5	0
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	11	9	1 or 2
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	69	63	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1976)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Winston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	6
2023	13	12
2022	1 or 2	1 or 2
2021	8	8
2020	4	4
2019	6	5
2018	1 or 2	1 or 2
2017	8	8
2016	11	9
2015	8	8
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	5	5
2012	8	7
2011	6	5
2010	8	6
2009	7	6
2008	9	8
2007	5	4
2006	8	8
2005	7	7
2004	12	11
2003	6	6
2002	4	4
2001	7	7
2000	5	5
1999	12	10
1998	13	10
1997	10	10
1996	11	11
1995	9	9
1994	8	8
1993	13	8
1992	9	7
1991	8	7
1990	6	6
1989	4	4
1988	6	6
1987	10	8
1986	12	9
1985	3	1 or 2
1984	9	6
1983	11	10
1982	11	9
1981	11	10
1980	11	9
1979	3	1 or 2
1978	9	8
1977	7	7
1976	13	12
1975	12	7

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.Winston County beside Alabama and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Winston County	Alabama	United States
2024	29.3	18.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	29.1	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. Winston County had 23,870 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Winston County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Alabama
A driver recorded as drinkingof 63 fatal crashes	12	63 fatal crashes	19.0%	25.4%
A speeding-related driverof 63 fatal crashes	29	63 fatal crashes	46.0%	26.7%
No restraint usedof 54 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	54 occupant deathswith restraint use known	64.8%	57.6%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	3	69 deaths	4.3%	12.0%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	1 or 2	69 deaths	1.4%	0.9%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	6	69 deaths	8.7%	9.5%
On a rural roadof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.8%	59.4%
In the darkof 63 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	63 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.5%	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.Winston 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Monday	4	3	3	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	9
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	4	0	6
Thursday	3	5	3	1 or 2	13
Friday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Saturday	1 or 2	6	3	1 or 2	12
All days	13	19	20	11	63

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.Winston 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	19	30.2%	27.4%
Minor arterial	5	7.9%	23.1%
Major collector	30	47.6%	21.1%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	3.0%
Local	9	14.3%	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.Winston County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	35
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	0
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Winston County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	32
Cloudy	19
Rain	9
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 Winston County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Winston	In all of Alabama
State Route 5	State highway	5	69
State Route 13	State highway	7	40
US Route 278	US highway	6	50

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.Winston 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
Winston County: 29.1

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 Winston County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cullman County	Alabama	22	240	27.7
Franklin County	Alabama	7	65	20.4
Lawrence County	Alabama	11	103	31.1
Marion County	Alabama	13	71	24.0
Walker County	Alabama	22	195	30.2

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 Winston 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. Winston County, Alabama: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/al/winston/. 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 Winston in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 64 deaths in Winston County from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Winston in 2024?

The rate of Winston County in 2024 was 29.3 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 Winston had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 63 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 Winston?

FARS records 5 fatal crashes on State Route 5 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on State Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 278 in the county from 2015 to 2024.