Genesee County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 53 deaths in 52 fatal crashes in Genesee County in 2024.

FARS records 497 deaths in 475 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 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, Genesee County was number 5 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Genesee County rose by 17.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (424) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (497).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 12.5% of the fatal crashes in Genesee 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 Genesee 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.Genesee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	53	52	14
2023	59	57	12
2022	51	51	16
2021	62	60	23
2020	55	53	10
2019	53	49	16
2018	43	39	11
2017	38	37	10
2016	50	49	11
2015	33	28	9
2015 to 2024	497	475	132

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 105 (1976)2024: 53

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

Table 2.Genesee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	53	52
2023	59	57
2022	51	51
2021	62	60
2020	55	53
2019	53	49
2018	43	39
2017	38	37
2016	50	49
2015	33	28
2014	33	32
2013	29	28
2012	35	35
2011	42	42
2010	42	40
2009	34	33
2008	43	37
2007	57	55
2006	60	56
2005	49	42
2004	48	45
2003	51	49
2002	51	46
2001	48	43
2000	79	70
1999	62	58
1998	62	57
1997	82	73
1996	67	56
1995	77	69
1994	84	69
1993	68	60
1992	54	47
1991	80	71
1990	72	68
1989	69	60
1988	65	61
1987	78	70
1986	103	91
1985	72	70
1984	85	75
1983	57	54
1982	85	73
1981	71	68
1980	81	76
1979	84	76
1978	101	84
1977	105	95
1976	105	91
1975	94	78

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.Genesee County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Genesee County	Michigan	United States
2024	13.2	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	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. Genesee County had 401,288 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Genesee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 475 fatal crashes	132	475 fatal crashes	27.8%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 475 fatal crashes	115	475 fatal crashes	24.2%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 229 occupant deaths with restraint use known	106	229 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.3%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 497 deaths	118	497 deaths	23.7%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 497 deaths	12	497 deaths	2.4%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 497 deaths	71	497 deaths	14.3%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 471 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	471 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	12.5%	40.6%
In the darkof 473 fatal crashes with the condition reported	262	473 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.4%	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.Genesee 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	34	4	11	26	75
Monday	12	11	20	23	66
Tuesday	9	11	19	19	58
Wednesday	17	11	18	16	62
Thursday	10	7	17	21	55
Friday	18	11	22	20	71
Saturday	27	8	18	35	88
All days	127	63	125	160	475

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.Genesee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	56	11.9%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	12	2.5%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	147	31.1%	27.7%
Minor arterial	144	30.5%	26.1%
Major collector	54	11.4%	18.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	1.7%
Local	58	12.3%	13.2%
Not reported	3	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.Genesee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	196
Dark, not lighted	116
Dark, lighted	144
Dawn	6
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Genesee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	316
Cloudy	86
Rain	41
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	24
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Genesee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Genesee	In all of Michigan
Interstate 69	Interstate	14	62
Interstate 75	Interstate	23	222
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 15	State highway	13	26
State Route 21	State highway	8	40
State Route 54	State highway	54	54
State Route 57	State highway	9	50
US Route 23	US highway	12	89

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.Genesee 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
Genesee County: 12.3

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 Genesee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lapeer County	Michigan	19	119	13.4
Livingston County	Michigan	14	170	8.8
Oakland County	Michigan	68	667	5.3
Saginaw County	Michigan	29	204	10.7
Shiawassee County	Michigan	13	90	13.2
Tuscola County	Michigan	6	79	14.9

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 Genesee 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 Genesee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 424 deaths in Genesee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 497 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Genesee in 2024?

The rate of Genesee County in 2024 was 13.2 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 Genesee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 132 of 475 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 Genesee?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 134 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.