Calhoun County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Calhoun County in 2024.

FARS records 220 deaths in 203 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.4 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, Calhoun County was number 9 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Calhoun County rose by 32.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (166) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (220).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 34.0% of fatal crashes in Calhoun County and 28.1% 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 Calhoun 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.Calhoun County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	20	5
2023	26	24	7
2022	23	20	5
2021	22	21	7
2020	20	20	6
2019	23	22	10
2018	14	14	7
2017	20	17	6
2016	26	25	10
2015	25	20	6
2015 to 2024	220	203	69

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 44 (1976)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Calhoun County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	20
2023	26	24
2022	23	20
2021	22	21
2020	20	20
2019	23	22
2018	14	14
2017	20	17
2016	26	25
2015	25	20
2014	14	14
2013	18	14
2012	12	11
2011	13	12
2010	15	15
2009	17	17
2008	20	18
2007	21	18
2006	20	16
2005	16	16
2004	13	12
2003	26	23
2002	21	17
2001	13	12
2000	24	22
1999	27	25
1998	24	21
1997	24	21
1996	28	25
1995	31	27
1994	16	16
1993	28	25
1992	30	27
1991	25	23
1990	32	31
1989	32	25
1988	26	24
1987	26	23
1986	31	26
1985	28	22
1984	25	22
1983	16	15
1982	19	17
1981	25	24
1980	31	26
1979	29	25
1978	28	24
1977	20	20
1976	44	33
1975	37	30

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.Calhoun County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Calhoun County	Michigan	United States
2024	15.7	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.4	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. Calhoun County had 133,611 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Calhoun County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 203 fatal crashes	69	203 fatal crashes	34.0%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 203 fatal crashes	55	203 fatal crashes	27.1%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 134 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	134 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.8%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 220 deaths	23	220 deaths	10.5%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 220 deaths	5	220 deaths	2.3%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 220 deaths	37	220 deaths	16.8%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 203 fatal crashes with the condition reported	92	203 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.3%	40.6%
In the darkof 202 fatal crashes with the condition reported	96	202 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.5%	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.Calhoun 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	7	11	7	35
Monday	6	5	8	7	26
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	5	6	20
Wednesday	6	6	8	7	27
Thursday	5	8	10	11	34
Friday	7	5	9	8	29
Saturday	9	7	5	11	32
All days	45	45	56	57	203

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.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	31	15.3%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	41	20.2%	27.7%
Minor arterial	63	31.0%	26.1%
Major collector	31	15.3%	18.4%
Minor collector	12	5.9%	1.7%
Local	25	12.3%	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.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	96
Dark, not lighted	57
Dark, lighted	39
Dawn	6
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Calhoun County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	137
Cloudy	37
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	16
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Calhoun County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Calhoun	In all of Michigan
Interstate 69	Interstate	11	62
Interstate 94	Interstate	19	288
State Route 37	State highway	5	68
State Route 60	State highway	6	27
State Route 66	State highway	11	60
State Route 89	State highway	9	26
State Route 96	State highway	32	69
State Route 99	State highway	3	44

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.Calhoun 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
Calhoun County: 16.4

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 Calhoun County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Barry County	Michigan	10	85	13.7
Branch County	Michigan	6	54	12.2
Eaton County	Michigan	18	147	13.5
Hillsdale County	Michigan	5	60	13.1
Jackson County	Michigan	23	206	12.9
Kalamazoo County	Michigan	25	310	11.8

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 Calhoun 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 Calhoun in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 166 deaths in Calhoun County from 2005 to 2014. It records 220 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Calhoun in 2024?

The rate of Calhoun County in 2024 was 15.7 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 Calhoun had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 69 of 203 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 Calhoun?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 96 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.