Macomb County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 70 deaths in 68 fatal crashes in Macomb County in 2024.

FARS records 558 deaths in 535 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.4 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, Macomb County was number 4 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Macomb County rose by 15.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (482) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (558).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 8.1% of the fatal crashes in Macomb 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 Macomb 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.Macomb County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	70	68	16
2023	54	52	10
2022	59	55	13
2021	61	59	23
2020	42	41	6
2019	53	50	11
2018	53	52	12
2017	42	41	13
2016	63	60	13
2015	61	57	17
2015 to 2024	558	535	134

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 112 (1978)2024: 70

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

Table 2.Macomb County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	70	68
2023	54	52
2022	59	55
2021	61	59
2020	42	41
2019	53	50
2018	53	52
2017	42	41
2016	63	60
2015	61	57
2014	46	43
2013	53	49
2012	54	51
2011	48	46
2010	43	38
2009	41	37
2008	40	37
2007	52	50
2006	61	57
2005	44	41
2004	53	52
2003	64	61
2002	56	52
2001	69	66
2000	46	46
1999	52	51
1998	55	52
1997	58	57
1996	74	73
1995	76	68
1994	65	60
1993	40	39
1992	59	56
1991	69	64
1990	74	70
1989	64	58
1988	96	84
1987	92	81
1986	100	91
1985	83	76
1984	104	97
1983	62	59
1982	81	77
1981	85	77
1980	105	97
1979	87	81
1978	112	104
1977	85	82
1976	101	93
1975	78	70

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.Macomb County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Macomb County	Michigan	United States
2024	7.9	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.4	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. Macomb County had 882,497 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Macomb County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 535 fatal crashes	134	535 fatal crashes	25.0%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 535 fatal crashes	114	535 fatal crashes	21.3%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 268 occupant deaths with restraint use known	65	268 occupant deathswith restraint use known	24.3%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 558 deaths	135	558 deaths	24.2%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 558 deaths	26	558 deaths	4.7%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 558 deaths	89	558 deaths	15.9%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 530 fatal crashes with the condition reported	43	530 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.1%	40.6%
In the darkof 534 fatal crashes with the condition reported	283	534 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.0%	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.Macomb 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	20	6	20	26	72
Monday	17	15	18	24	74
Tuesday	14	14	23	22	73
Wednesday	11	12	20	28	71
Thursday	17	9	27	22	75
Friday	11	15	21	33	80
Saturday	21	13	18	38	90
All days	111	84	147	193	535

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.Macomb County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	47	8.9%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	11	2.1%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	225	42.5%	27.7%
Minor arterial	180	34.0%	26.1%
Major collector	33	6.2%	18.4%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.2%	1.7%
Local	32	6.0%	13.2%
Not reported	6	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.Macomb County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	234
Dark, not lighted	114
Dark, lighted	168
Dawn	7
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Macomb County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	364
Cloudy	110
Rain	44
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	10
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Macomb County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Macomb	In all of Michigan
Interstate 94	Interstate	39	288
Interstate 696	Interstate	10	35
State Route 3	State highway	54	120
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	73
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 53	State highway	32	75
State Route 59	State highway	11	69
State Route 97	State highway	25	31
State Route 102	State highway	16	78

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.Macomb 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
Macomb County: 6.4

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 Macomb County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lapeer County	Michigan	19	119	13.4
Oakland County	Michigan	68	667	5.3
St. Clair County	Michigan	18	208	13.0
Wayne County	Michigan	177	1,948	11.0

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 Macomb 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 Macomb in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 482 deaths in Macomb County from 2005 to 2014. It records 558 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Macomb in 2024?

The rate of Macomb County in 2024 was 7.9 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 Macomb had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 134 of 535 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 Macomb?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 190 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.