Clinton County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Clinton County in 2024.

FARS records 86 deaths in 78 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.9 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, Clinton County was number 32 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Clinton County rose by 10.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (78) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (86).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 71.8% of the fatal crashes in Clinton 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 Clinton 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.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	1 or 2
2023	12	9	4
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	10	10	1 or 2
2019	11	9	1 or 2
2018	12	12	0
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	13	12	5
2015	5	5	0
2015 to 2024	86	78	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1978)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Clinton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	12	9
2022	6	6
2021	4	4
2020	10	10
2019	11	9
2018	12	12
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	13	12
2015	5	5
2014	9	9
2013	5	5
2012	10	8
2011	5	5
2010	0	0
2009	6	6
2008	11	9
2007	9	8
2006	6	4
2005	17	12
2004	12	12
2003	8	8
2002	11	10
2001	8	7
2000	11	9
1999	6	6
1998	8	8
1997	18	16
1996	14	11
1995	7	6
1994	5	5
1993	13	13
1992	11	11
1991	15	13
1990	14	11
1989	19	16
1988	18	14
1987	12	10
1986	18	16
1985	13	10
1984	21	19
1983	17	15
1982	14	13
1981	13	11
1980	16	14
1979	10	9
1978	24	22
1977	20	18
1976	10	9
1975	11	11

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.Clinton County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clinton County	Michigan	United States
2024	13.7	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.9	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. Clinton County had 80,189 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clinton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 78 fatal crashes	18	78 fatal crashes	23.1%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 78 fatal crashes	15	78 fatal crashes	19.2%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 57 occupant deaths with restraint use known	22	57 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.6%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 86 deaths	6	86 deaths	7.0%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 86 deaths	3	86 deaths	3.5%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 86 deaths	12	86 deaths	14.0%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 78 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	78 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.8%	40.6%
In the darkof 77 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	77 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.9%	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.Clinton 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	1 or 2	8	3	14
Monday	0	3	1 or 2	4	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	5	0	7
Thursday	0	5	7	3	15
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	12
Saturday	1 or 2	0	6	3	11
All days	7	19	32	20	78

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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	13	16.7%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	6	7.7%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	18	23.1%	27.7%
Minor arterial	13	16.7%	26.1%
Major collector	14	17.9%	18.4%
Minor collector	4	5.1%	1.7%
Local	10	12.8%	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.Clinton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	17
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Clinton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	52
Cloudy	18
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clinton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clinton	In all of Michigan
Interstate 69	Interstate	4	62
Interstate 96	Interstate	10	173
State Route 21	State highway	5	40
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	73
State Route 96	State highway	3	69
US Route 127	US highway	10	72

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.Clinton 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
Clinton County: 10.9

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 Clinton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Eaton County	Michigan	18	147	13.5
Gratiot County	Michigan	12	61	14.8
Ingham County	Michigan	21	228	8.0
Ionia County	Michigan	7	84	12.8
Shiawassee County	Michigan	13	90	13.2

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 Clinton 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Clinton County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mi/clinton/. 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 Clinton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 78 deaths in Clinton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 86 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clinton in 2024?

The rate of Clinton County in 2024 was 13.7 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 Clinton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 78 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 Clinton?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 33 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.