Allegan County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Allegan County in 2024.

FARS records 167 deaths in 161 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Michigan in the same years is 10.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Allegan County was number 18 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Allegan County rose by 9.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (153) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (167).

In the counties of Michigan the deaths rose by 8.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 85.1% of the fatal crashes in Allegan County with a known setting were rural, against 40.6% in Michigan.

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 Allegan 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.Allegan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	18	7
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	22	22	5
2021	14	14	6
2020	26	25	5
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	16	15	3
2017	13	13	5
2016	16	16	5
2015	14	14	3
2015 to 2024	167	161	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1989)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Allegan County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	18
2023	13	12
2022	22	22
2021	14	14
2020	26	25
2019	12	12
2018	16	15
2017	13	13
2016	16	16
2015	14	14
2014	14	12
2013	16	15
2012	14	13
2011	15	14
2010	11	11
2009	8	7
2008	19	17
2007	20	16
2006	15	15
2005	21	20
2004	22	19
2003	21	18
2002	24	23
2001	19	17
2000	15	15
1999	24	22
1998	23	18
1997	21	18
1996	25	22
1995	28	27
1994	30	26
1993	28	24
1992	23	20
1991	23	21
1990	26	23
1989	39	31
1988	38	35
1987	35	32
1986	15	13
1985	31	29
1984	18	17
1983	15	11
1982	19	15
1981	23	21
1980	25	18
1979	27	21
1978	19	18
1977	30	27
1976	16	15
1975	27	24

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.Allegan County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Allegan County	Michigan	United States
2024	17.1	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.1	10.6	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. Allegan County had 122,567 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Allegan County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 161 fatal crashes	42	161 fatal crashes	26.1%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 161 fatal crashes	33	161 fatal crashes	20.5%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 106 occupant deaths with restraint use known	37	106 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.9%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 167 deaths	20	167 deaths	12.0%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 167 deaths	4	167 deaths	2.4%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 167 deaths	29	167 deaths	17.4%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	137	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.1%	40.6%
In the darkof 160 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	160 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	46.3%

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.Allegan 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	9	1 or 2	4	7	22
Monday	3	4	11	4	22
Tuesday	3	4	11	9	27
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	11	22
Thursday	5	5	10	7	27
Friday	3	3	6	6	18
Saturday	5	6	10	1 or 2	23
All days	29	29	57	46	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.Allegan County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	11	6.8%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	15	9.3%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	18	11.2%	27.7%
Minor arterial	30	18.6%	26.1%
Major collector	48	29.8%	18.4%
Minor collector	5	3.1%	1.7%
Local	34	21.1%	13.2%
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.Allegan County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	85
Dark, not lighted	57
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	6
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Allegan County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	107
Cloudy	32
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	6
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Allegan County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Allegan	In all of Michigan
Interstate 196	Interstate	9	28
Interstate 696	Interstate	1 or 2	35
State Route 40	State highway	11	24
State Route 89	State highway	8	26
US Route 31	US highway	4	136
US Route 131	US highway	16	148

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 Michigan

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Allegan County on the county map of Michigan

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

Fewer than 1012 counties
10 to 14.943 counties
15 to 19.919 counties
20 to 29.98 counties
30 or more1 county
Allegan County: 14.1

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 Michigan

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Allegan County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lake County	Illinois	50	472	6.7
Barry County	Michigan	10	85	13.7
Kalamazoo County	Michigan	25	310	11.8
Kent County	Michigan	63	607	9.3
Ottawa County	Michigan	17	210	7.1
Van Buren County	Michigan	11	146	19.3
Kenosha County	Wisconsin	9	149	8.8
Racine County	Wisconsin	14	171	8.7

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Michigan have a population nearest to that of Allegan 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.
Michigan Office of Highway Safety PlanningThe highway safety office of Michigan.

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 Allegan in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 153 deaths in Allegan County from 2005 to 2014. It records 167 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Allegan in 2024?

The rate of Allegan County in 2024 was 17.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Michigan was 10.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Allegan had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 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 Allegan?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 49 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.