Madison County, Indiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 171 deaths in 161 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 Indiana in the same years is 13.0.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Madison County was number 10 of 92 counties of Indiana.

Deaths in Madison County rose by 15.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (148) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (171).

In the counties of Indiana the deaths rose by 8.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 43.5% of the fatal crashes in Madison County with a known setting were rural, against 57.5% in Indiana.

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	10	10	0
2023	21	19	5
2022	14	13	3
2021	31	29	5
2020	18	17	1 or 2
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	20	20	4
2017	17	13	3
2016	13	13	3
2015	15	15	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	171	161	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (1979)2024: 10

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	10	10
2023	21	19
2022	14	13
2021	31	29
2020	18	17
2019	12	12
2018	20	20
2017	17	13
2016	13	13
2015	15	15
2014	23	21
2013	10	9
2012	14	14
2011	11	9
2010	16	16
2009	9	9
2008	13	12
2007	18	16
2006	10	10
2005	24	22
2004	21	20
2003	18	18
2002	19	18
2001	17	17
2000	16	15
1999	32	26
1998	21	20
1997	21	18
1996	13	12
1995	18	16
1994	27	24
1993	14	12
1992	10	10
1991	23	22
1990	27	25
1989	23	16
1988	22	18
1987	15	15
1986	22	20
1985	21	19
1984	19	18
1983	20	19
1982	19	18
1981	25	21
1980	30	27
1979	38	35
1978	34	31
1977	27	21
1976	31	27
1975	25	23

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 Indiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Indiana	United States
2024	7.5	12.0	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.1	13.0	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 133,572 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 Indiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 161 fatal crashes	28	161 fatal crashes	17.4%	19.6%
A speeding-related driverof 161 fatal crashes	34	161 fatal crashes	21.1%	25.7%
No restraint usedof 93 occupant deaths with restraint use known	38	93 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.9%	45.9%
Pedestriansof 171 deaths	25	171 deaths	14.6%	11.3%
Bicyclistsof 171 deaths	7	171 deaths	4.1%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 171 deaths	26	171 deaths	15.2%	14.9%
On a rural roadof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.5%	57.5%
In the darkof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.6%	44.6%

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	10	5	4	7	26
Monday	1 or 2	3	12	8	25
Tuesday	0	3	7	6	16
Wednesday	3	6	7	8	24
Thursday	1 or 2	7	6	6	21
Friday	3	5	3	12	23
Saturday	1 or 2	6	10	8	26
All days	22	35	49	55	161

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 Indiana
Interstate	14	8.7%	11.1%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	31	19.3%	27.4%
Minor arterial	49	30.4%	20.7%
Major collector	33	20.5%	20.2%
Minor collector	8	5.0%	4.0%
Local	26	16.1%	14.9%
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	91
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	3
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	115
Cloudy	33
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

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 Indiana
Interstate 69	Interstate	10	98
State Route 9	State highway	11	50
State Route 32	State highway	6	40
State Route 37	State highway	3	94
State Route 38	State highway	4	21
State Route 67	State highway	4	55
US Route 36	US highway	1 or 2	43

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 Indiana

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Madison County on the county map of Indiana

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

Fewer than 107 counties
10 to 14.926 counties
15 to 19.934 counties
20 to 29.923 counties
30 or more2 counties
Madison 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 Indiana

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
Delaware County	Indiana	18	152	13.4
Grant County	Indiana	10	107	16.1
Hamilton County	Indiana	18	176	5.1
Hancock County	Indiana	9	95	11.9
Henry County	Indiana	6	84	17.3
Tipton County	Indiana	1 or 2	37	24.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Indiana 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.
Indiana Criminal Justice InstituteThe highway safety office of Indiana.

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 148 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 171 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 7.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Indiana was 12.0. 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 28 of 161 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?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 40 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.