Madison County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 39 deaths in 37 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 344 deaths in 319 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.0 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, Madison County was number 6 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Madison County rose by 7.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (320) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (344).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 18.2% of the fatal crashes in Madison 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 Madison 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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	39	37	14
2023	39	32	10
2022	37	34	12
2021	28	26	10
2020	32	31	11
2019	36	35	11
2018	35	31	15
2017	44	40	11
2016	21	21	4
2015	33	32	9
2015 to 2024	344	319	107

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 80 (1975)2024: 39

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	39	37
2023	39	32
2022	37	34
2021	28	26
2020	32	31
2019	36	35
2018	35	31
2017	44	40
2016	21	21
2015	33	32
2014	33	32
2013	28	26
2012	40	34
2011	23	20
2010	27	24
2009	26	20
2008	36	33
2007	33	30
2006	31	29
2005	43	41
2004	45	36
2003	42	41
2002	49	42
2001	39	35
2000	49	42
1999	41	39
1998	54	46
1997	52	46
1996	40	38
1995	47	45
1994	32	29
1993	35	28
1992	55	52
1991	43	37
1990	50	44
1989	60	51
1988	67	59
1987	45	43
1986	46	45
1985	66	55
1984	54	42
1983	46	42
1982	49	45
1981	53	47
1980	64	55
1979	50	43
1978	65	56
1977	60	51
1976	73	62
1975	80	66

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.Madison County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Illinois	United States
2024	14.8	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.0	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. Madison County had 263,317 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 319 fatal crashes	107	319 fatal crashes	33.5%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 319 fatal crashes	127	319 fatal crashes	39.8%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 187 occupant deaths with restraint use known	105	187 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.1%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 344 deaths	44	344 deaths	12.8%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 344 deaths	7	344 deaths	2.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 344 deaths	71	344 deaths	20.6%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 319 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	319 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	18.2%	33.6%
In the darkof 316 fatal crashes with the condition reported	161	316 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.9%	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.Madison 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	11	10	8	21	50
Monday	8	6	12	16	42
Tuesday	7	7	19	20	53
Wednesday	8	7	10	10	35
Thursday	4	11	12	11	38
Friday	12	6	16	12	46
Saturday	17	11	12	12	52
All days	67	58	89	102	316

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	53	16.6%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	8	2.5%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	113	35.4%	29.1%
Minor arterial	80	25.1%	24.5%
Major collector	34	10.7%	17.0%
Minor collector	6	1.9%	2.0%
Local	25	7.8%	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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	132
Dark, not lighted	101
Dark, lighted	58
Dawn	8
Dusk	15
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	273
Cloudy	6
Rain	26
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Illinois
Interstate 55	Interstate	18	263
Interstate 70	Interstate	14	74
Interstate 255	Interstate	12	32
State Route 3	State highway	25	91
State Route 4	State highway	12	44
State Route 100	State highway	5	21
State Route 111	State highway	26	38
State Route 157	State highway	12	26
State Route 159	State highway	9	25
US Route 40	US highway	7	34
US Route 67	US highway	15	53

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.Madison 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
Madison County: 13.0

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 Illinois

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bond County	Illinois	3	38	22.8
Clinton County	Illinois	3	60	16.1
Jersey County	Illinois	5	39	18.1
Macoupin County	Illinois	5	54	12.0
Montgomery County	Illinois	4	74	26.0
St. Clair County	Illinois	45	371	14.4
St. Charles County	Missouri	25	301	7.4
St. Louis city	Missouri	48	613	20.5
St. Louis County	Missouri	112	899	9.0

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 Madison 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 Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 320 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 344 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 14.8 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 107 of 319 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 Madison?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 155 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.