Macon County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Macon County in 2024.

FARS records 136 deaths in 128 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.1 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, Macon County was number 16 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Macon County rose by 32.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (103) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (136).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 24.3% of the deaths in Macon County and 13.3% 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 Macon 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.Macon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	4
2023	20	20	3
2022	9	9	4
2021	11	9	1 or 2
2020	22	18	7
2019	11	11	6
2018	11	11	4
2017	12	12	5
2016	7	7	3
2015	20	18	6
2015 to 2024	136	128	44

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1976)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Macon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	20	20
2022	9	9
2021	11	9
2020	22	18
2019	11	11
2018	11	11
2017	12	12
2016	7	7
2015	20	18
2014	13	13
2013	11	11
2012	9	9
2011	12	11
2010	4	4
2009	7	7
2008	10	8
2007	11	9
2006	10	10
2005	16	15
2004	14	13
2003	13	13
2002	18	14
2001	13	11
2000	19	15
1999	7	6
1998	8	7
1997	16	16
1996	20	19
1995	17	12
1994	10	10
1993	9	9
1992	17	16
1991	9	9
1990	15	15
1989	21	20
1988	21	20
1987	11	11
1986	20	18
1985	10	10
1984	20	19
1983	17	17
1982	14	12
1981	15	13
1980	16	16
1979	19	16
1978	22	21
1977	18	15
1976	28	24
1975	19	19

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.Macon County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Macon County	Illinois	United States
2024	13.0	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.1	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. Macon County had 99,949 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Macon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 128 fatal crashes	44	128 fatal crashes	34.4%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 128 fatal crashes	37	128 fatal crashes	28.9%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.9%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 136 deaths	14	136 deaths	10.3%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 136 deaths	4	136 deaths	2.9%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 136 deaths	33	136 deaths	24.3%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 128 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	128 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.4%	33.6%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.6%	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.Macon 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	4	1 or 2	6	5	16
Monday	3	1 or 2	4	4	13
Tuesday	3	4	4	4	15
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	4	16
Thursday	1 or 2	3	7	11	22
Friday	4	1 or 2	9	8	23
Saturday	4	8	1 or 2	10	23
All days	21	25	36	46	128

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.Macon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	5	3.9%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	5	3.9%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	45	35.2%	29.1%
Minor arterial	32	25.0%	24.5%
Major collector	20	15.6%	17.0%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.8%	2.0%
Local	20	15.6%	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.Macon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Macon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	4
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
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 Macon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Macon	In all of Illinois
Interstate 72	Interstate	4	29
Interstate 74	Interstate	1 or 2	88
State Route 121	State highway	14	28
US Route 36	US highway	13	20
US Route 51	US highway	10	71

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.Macon 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
Macon County: 13.1

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 Macon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Christian County	Illinois	7	64	19.2
De Witt County	Illinois	1 or 2	23	14.7
Logan County	Illinois	4	53	18.8
Moultrie County	Illinois	3	20	13.8
Piatt County	Illinois	5	25	15.1
Sangamon County	Illinois	21	212	10.8
Shelby County	Illinois	6	45	21.2

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 Macon 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.

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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 Macon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 103 deaths in Macon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 136 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Macon in 2024?

The rate of Macon County in 2024 was 13.0 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 Macon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 44 of 128 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 Macon?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 42 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.