Tazewell County, Illinois: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Tazewell County in 2024.

FARS records 116 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.8 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, Tazewell County was number 17 of 102 counties of Illinois.

Deaths in Tazewell County rose by 4.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (111) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (116).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 55.7% of the fatal crashes in Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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.Tazewell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	16	7
2023	12	11	1 or 2
2022	18	14	5
2021	15	15	7
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	10	8	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	116	106	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1977)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Tazewell County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	16
2023	12	11
2022	18	14
2021	15	15
2020	7	7
2019	11	10
2018	7	7
2017	10	8
2016	9	8
2015	11	10
2014	12	11
2013	9	9
2012	7	7
2011	10	10
2010	8	8
2009	8	7
2008	11	10
2007	13	13
2006	18	15
2005	15	12
2004	15	14
2003	15	14
2002	13	13
2001	9	8
2000	14	11
1999	6	6
1998	17	12
1997	16	14
1996	15	14
1995	28	23
1994	17	17
1993	15	15
1992	17	16
1991	21	20
1990	17	16
1989	20	18
1988	21	21
1987	24	21
1986	17	16
1985	22	18
1984	16	13
1983	20	18
1982	23	21
1981	33	21
1980	19	19
1979	30	27
1978	36	34
1977	42	36
1976	26	22
1975	34	28

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.Tazewell County beside Illinois and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tazewell County	Illinois	United States
2024	12.3	9.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.8	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. Tazewell County had 129,982 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tazewell County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Illinois
A driver recorded as drinkingof 106 fatal crashes	30	106 fatal crashes	28.3%	27.2%
A speeding-related driverof 106 fatal crashes	37	106 fatal crashes	34.9%	36.5%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.1%	46.8%
Pedestriansof 116 deaths	14	116 deaths	12.1%	15.5%
Bicyclistsof 116 deaths	0	116 deaths	0.0%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 116 deaths	26	116 deaths	22.4%	13.3%
On a rural roadof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.7%	33.6%
In the darkof 106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.5%	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.Tazewell 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	0	5	6	13
Monday	3	3	5	5	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	3	11
Wednesday	0	5	3	6	14
Thursday	1 or 2	3	6	1 or 2	12
Friday	1 or 2	3	7	5	17
Saturday	6	3	7	7	23
All days	15	18	39	34	106

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.Tazewell County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Illinois
Interstate	16	15.1%	14.2%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.7%
Other principal arterial	12	11.3%	29.1%
Minor arterial	28	26.4%	24.5%
Major collector	30	28.3%	17.0%
Minor collector	5	4.7%	2.0%
Local	15	14.2%	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.Tazewell County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	0
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tazewell County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tazewell County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tazewell	In all of Illinois
Interstate 55	Interstate	1 or 2	263
Interstate 74	Interstate	10	88
State Route 9	State highway	3	20
State Route 26	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 29	State highway	5	58
State Route 116	State highway	3	26
US Route 24	US highway	7	57
US Route 150	US highway	6	66

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.Tazewell 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
Tazewell County: 8.8

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 Tazewell County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Fulton County	Illinois	6	56	16.4
Logan County	Illinois	4	53	18.8
Mason County	Illinois	1 or 2	31	23.5
McLean County	Illinois	11	144	8.4
Peoria County	Illinois	20	180	9.9
Woodford County	Illinois	6	54	14.0

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 Tazewell 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

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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 Tazewell in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 111 deaths in Tazewell County from 2005 to 2014. It records 116 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tazewell in 2024?

The rate of Tazewell County in 2024 was 12.3 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 Tazewell had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 106 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 Tazewell?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 36 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.