Monroe County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 18 fatal crashes in Monroe County in 2024.

FARS records 202 deaths in 181 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.2 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, Monroe County was number 15 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Monroe County fell by 14.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (235) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (202).

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 40.3% of fatal crashes in Monroe 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 Monroe 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.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	18	11
2023	23	22	7
2022	16	15	6
2021	21	19	6
2020	25	20	10
2019	13	13	1 or 2
2018	30	25	12
2017	23	20	11
2016	18	16	5
2015	13	13	4
2015 to 2024	202	181	73

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1988)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	18
2023	23	22
2022	16	15
2021	21	19
2020	25	20
2019	13	13
2018	30	25
2017	23	20
2016	18	16
2015	13	13
2014	27	25
2013	27	27
2012	32	30
2011	27	24
2010	19	18
2009	15	14
2008	24	22
2007	26	23
2006	18	17
2005	20	20
2004	28	26
2003	26	25
2002	24	24
2001	26	22
2000	31	30
1999	26	24
1998	23	21
1997	29	28
1996	33	30
1995	30	26
1994	26	24
1993	28	28
1992	21	18
1991	43	37
1990	38	33
1989	36	30
1988	47	45
1987	39	33
1986	25	25
1985	31	28
1984	41	37
1983	24	23
1982	34	32
1981	27	27
1980	35	33
1979	33	31
1978	44	39
1977	42	40
1976	42	37
1975	36	29

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.Monroe County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monroe County	Michigan	United States
2024	12.8	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.2	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. Monroe County had 155,870 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monroe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 181 fatal crashes	73	181 fatal crashes	40.3%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 181 fatal crashes	35	181 fatal crashes	19.3%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.0%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 202 deaths	27	202 deaths	13.4%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 202 deaths	8	202 deaths	4.0%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 202 deaths	42	202 deaths	20.8%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.3%	40.6%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.6%	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.Monroe 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	3	1 or 2	11	18
Monday	5	5	7	3	20
Tuesday	3	6	8	4	21
Wednesday	9	6	9	5	29
Thursday	7	4	6	11	28
Friday	3	5	9	16	33
Saturday	9	1 or 2	9	13	32
All days	38	30	50	63	181

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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	26	14.5%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	10	5.6%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	26	14.5%	27.7%
Minor arterial	55	30.7%	26.1%
Major collector	36	20.1%	18.4%
Minor collector	4	2.2%	1.7%
Local	22	12.3%	13.2%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	72
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Monroe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	129
Cloudy	40
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monroe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monroe	In all of Michigan
Interstate 75	Interstate	25	222
Interstate 94	Interstate	1 or 2	288
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 50	State highway	11	40
US Route 2	US highway	1 or 2	48
US Route 23	US highway	10	89
US Route 24	US highway	24	104

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.Monroe 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
Monroe County: 13.2

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 Monroe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lenawee County	Michigan	23	148	15.0
Washtenaw County	Michigan	35	282	7.7
Wayne County	Michigan	177	1,948	11.0
Lucas County	Ohio	35	420	9.8

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 Monroe 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 Monroe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 235 deaths in Monroe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 202 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monroe in 2024?

The rate of Monroe County in 2024 was 12.8 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 Monroe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 73 of 181 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 Monroe?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 73 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.