Montgomery County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 74 deaths in 61 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.0 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, Montgomery County was number 33 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Montgomery County rose by 15.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (64) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (74).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.2% of the fatal crashes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	0
2023	13	9	3
2022	7	7	3
2021	9	8	1 or 2
2020	5	5	0
2019	13	8	1 or 2
2018	9	8	3
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	4	3	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	74	61	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (1989)2024: 4

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

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

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.Montgomery County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Illinois	United States
2024	14.4	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.0	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. Montgomery County had 27,837 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 61 fatal crashes	16	61 fatal crashes	26.2%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 61 fatal crashes	22	61 fatal crashes	36.1%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.6%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 74 deaths	6	74 deaths	8.1%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 74 deaths	0	74 deaths	0.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 74 deaths	10	74 deaths	13.5%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.2%	33.6%
In the darkof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	19	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.1%	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.Montgomery 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	6	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	14
Monday	0	5	3	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	9
Friday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	11
All days	13	13	19	16	61

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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	16	26.2%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	17	27.9%	29.1%
Minor arterial	6	9.8%	24.5%
Major collector	10	16.4%	17.0%
Minor collector	4	6.6%	2.0%
Local	8	13.1%	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	37
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	48
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	5
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Illinois
Interstate 55	Interstate	16	263
State Route 16	State highway	13	39
State Route 127	State highway	3	30

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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 26.0

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bond County	Illinois	3	38	22.8
Christian County	Illinois	7	64	19.2
Fayette County	Illinois	1 or 2	53	24.8
Macoupin County	Illinois	5	54	12.0
Madison County	Illinois	39	344	13.0
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 Montgomery 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. Montgomery County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/il/montgomery/. 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 Montgomery in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 64 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 74 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 14.4 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 61 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 Montgomery?

FARS records 16 fatal crashes on Interstate 55 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on State Route 16 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 3 fatal crashes on State Route 127 in the county from 2015 to 2024.