Livingston County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Livingston County in 2024.

FARS records 170 deaths in 147 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.8 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, Livingston County was number 17 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Livingston County fell by 5.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (179) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (170).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 6.5% of the deaths in Livingston County and 15.2% 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 Livingston 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.Livingston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	9	6
2023	13	12	4
2022	23	19	8
2021	12	12	4
2020	22	21	4
2019	16	14	4
2018	13	12	4
2017	23	16	1 or 2
2016	22	20	4
2015	12	12	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	170	147	41

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 45 (1996)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Livingston County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	9
2023	13	12
2022	23	19
2021	12	12
2020	22	21
2019	16	14
2018	13	12
2017	23	16
2016	22	20
2015	12	12
2014	19	18
2013	15	15
2012	17	15
2011	17	17
2010	18	14
2009	16	14
2008	15	15
2007	21	19
2006	23	19
2005	18	16
2004	30	27
2003	24	21
2002	18	17
2001	15	14
2000	17	16
1999	27	23
1998	18	15
1997	14	14
1996	45	41
1995	25	24
1994	38	30
1993	15	14
1992	16	16
1991	26	25
1990	33	29
1989	30	27
1988	28	27
1987	29	26
1986	17	15
1985	26	22
1984	24	21
1983	31	26
1982	18	16
1981	28	24
1980	31	28
1979	26	23
1978	34	30
1977	24	22
1976	27	23
1975	31	28

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.Livingston County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Livingston County	Michigan	United States
2024	7.1	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.8	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. Livingston County had 196,886 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Livingston County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 147 fatal crashes	41	147 fatal crashes	27.9%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 147 fatal crashes	26	147 fatal crashes	17.7%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.4%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 170 deaths	11	170 deaths	6.5%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 170 deaths	6	170 deaths	3.5%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 170 deaths	31	170 deaths	18.2%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	53	146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.3%	40.6%
In the darkof 146 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	146 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.2%	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.Livingston 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	7	4	11	7	29
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	6	16
Tuesday	0	7	4	5	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	9	5	22
Thursday	5	3	1 or 2	7	17
Friday	5	5	4	10	24
Saturday	5	8	1 or 2	8	23
All days	25	35	39	48	147

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.Livingston County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	25	17.6%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	17	12.0%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	23	16.2%	27.7%
Minor arterial	24	16.9%	26.1%
Major collector	38	26.8%	18.4%
Minor collector	4	2.8%	1.7%
Local	11	7.7%	13.2%
Not reported	5	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.Livingston County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	58
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	4
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Livingston County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	25
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	5
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Livingston County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Livingston	In all of Michigan
Interstate 96	Interstate	24	173
Interstate 196	Interstate	1 or 2	28
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	73
State Route 59	State highway	11	69
State Route 96	State highway	1 or 2	69
US Route 23	US highway	18	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.Livingston 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
Livingston County: 8.8

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 Livingston County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Genesee County	Michigan	53	497	12.3
Ingham County	Michigan	21	228	8.0
Jackson County	Michigan	23	206	12.9
Oakland County	Michigan	68	667	5.3
Shiawassee County	Michigan	13	90	13.2
Washtenaw County	Michigan	35	282	7.7

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 Livingston 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 Livingston in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 179 deaths in Livingston County from 2005 to 2014. It records 170 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Livingston in 2024?

The rate of Livingston County in 2024 was 7.1 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 Livingston had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 41 of 147 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 Livingston?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 56 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.