Clinton County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Clinton County in 2024.

FARS records 60 deaths in 53 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Illinois in the same years is 9.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Clinton County was number 41 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Clinton County fell by 25.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (80) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (60).

In the counties of Illinois the deaths rose by 8.4% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 92.5% of the fatal crashes in Clinton County with a known setting were rural, against 33.6% in Illinois.

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 Clinton 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.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	0
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	10	7	1 or 2
2021	8	7	1 or 2
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	6	5	1 or 2
2017	6	5	1 or 2
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	60	53	10

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1976)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	6	6
2022	10	7
2021	8	7
2020	6	6
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	6	5
2017	6	5
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	11	10
2014	9	7
2013	3	3
2012	11	10
2011	9	9
2010	10	8
2009	6	3
2008	5	5
2007	10	7
2006	8	7
2005	9	8
2004	9	9
2003	10	9
2002	8	7
2001	6	6
2000	10	9
1999	15	13
1998	16	12
1997	8	8
1996	7	5
1995	13	9
1994	10	7
1993	4	4
1992	1 or 2	1 or 2
1991	13	10
1990	14	8
1989	8	8
1988	10	9
1987	8	8
1986	5	5
1985	8	7
1984	11	11
1983	4	4
1982	8	8
1981	10	9
1980	6	4
1979	12	9
1978	15	11
1977	4	4
1976	27	13
1975	20	14

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.Clinton County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clinton County	Illinois	United States
2024	8.1	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.1	9.0	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. Clinton County had 37,088 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clinton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 53 fatal crashes	10	53 fatal crashes	18.9%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 53 fatal crashes	14	53 fatal crashes	26.4%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 45 occupant deaths with restraint use known	24	45 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.3%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 60 deaths	1 or 2	60 deaths	3.3%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 60 deaths	0	60 deaths	0.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 60 deaths	5	60 deaths	8.3%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 53 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	53 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	92.5%	33.6%
In the darkof 52 fatal crashes with the condition reported	17	52 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.7%	48.7%

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.Clinton 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	5	4	14
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	0	3
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	0	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	0	6
Saturday	3	0	4	3	10
All days	10	11	20	12	53

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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	7	13.2%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	10	18.9%	29.1%
Minor arterial	14	26.4%	24.5%
Major collector	8	15.1%	17.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.9%	2.0%
Local	13	24.5%	12.5%
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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	32
Dark, not lighted	14
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	3
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Clinton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	45
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	5
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 Clinton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clinton	In all of Illinois
Interstate 64	Interstate	7	62
State Route 127	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 161	State highway	6	28
US Route 50	US highway	11	55

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 Illinois

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Clinton County on the county map of Illinois

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 1016 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.928 counties
30 or more5 counties
Clinton County: 16.1

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 Illinois

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Clinton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bond County	Illinois	3	38	22.8
Fayette County	Illinois	1 or 2	53	24.8
Madison County	Illinois	39	344	13.0
Marion County	Illinois	3	74	19.8
St. Clair County	Illinois	45	371	14.4
Washington County	Illinois	6	58	41.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Illinois have a population nearest to that of Clinton 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.
Illinois Department of TransportationThe highway safety office of Illinois.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Clinton County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/il/clinton/. 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 Clinton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 80 deaths in Clinton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 60 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clinton in 2024?

The rate of Clinton County in 2024 was 8.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Illinois was 9.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Clinton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 10 of 53 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 Clinton?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 25 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.