Tuscola County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Tuscola County in 2024.

FARS records 79 deaths in 75 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.9 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, Tuscola County was number 35 of 83 counties of Michigan.

Deaths in Tuscola County fell by 23.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (103) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (79).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 96.0% of the fatal crashes in Tuscola 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 Tuscola 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.Tuscola County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	1 or 2
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	10	9	1 or 2
2021	9	8	3
2020	12	12	7
2019	4	4	0
2018	11	10	4
2017	14	13	7
2016	6	6	0
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	79	75	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1976)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Tuscola County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	1 or 2	1 or 2
2022	10	9
2021	9	8
2020	12	12
2019	4	4
2018	11	10
2017	14	13
2016	6	6
2015	5	5
2014	12	10
2013	6	6
2012	14	14
2011	1 or 2	1 or 2
2010	13	9
2009	12	11
2008	12	11
2007	6	6
2006	14	14
2005	13	12
2004	10	9
2003	10	8
2002	17	12
2001	15	13
2000	9	8
1999	18	15
1998	21	17
1997	6	6
1996	21	18
1995	18	17
1994	17	14
1993	19	18
1992	16	14
1991	20	18
1990	11	10
1989	25	21
1988	15	14
1987	16	16
1986	18	16
1985	17	15
1984	15	14
1983	9	8
1982	8	8
1981	11	11
1980	21	13
1979	20	18
1978	25	21
1977	14	14
1976	25	24
1975	10	10

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.Tuscola County beside Michigan and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tuscola County	Michigan	United States
2024	11.4	10.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.9	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. Tuscola County had 52,823 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tuscola County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Michigan
A driver recorded as drinkingof 75 fatal crashes	27	75 fatal crashes	36.0%	28.1%
A speeding-related driverof 75 fatal crashes	17	75 fatal crashes	22.7%	25.4%
No restraint usedof 46 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	46 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.7%	39.4%
Pedestriansof 79 deaths	4	79 deaths	5.1%	15.2%
Bicyclistsof 79 deaths	0	79 deaths	0.0%	2.8%
Motorcyclistsof 79 deaths	17	79 deaths	21.5%	15.2%
On a rural roadof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	96.0%	40.6%
In the darkof 75 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	75 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.7%	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.Tuscola 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	6	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7
Thursday	3	1 or 2	6	5	16
Friday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	6
Saturday	1 or 2	0	6	9	16
All days	13	8	29	25	75

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.Tuscola County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Michigan
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	4.0%
Other principal arterial	5	6.7%	27.7%
Minor arterial	14	18.7%	26.1%
Major collector	24	32.0%	18.4%
Minor collector	3	4.0%	1.7%
Local	29	38.7%	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.Tuscola County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Tuscola County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	58
Cloudy	7
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	4
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tuscola County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tuscola	In all of Michigan
State Route 15	State highway	4	26
State Route 24	State highway	3	41
State Route 25	State highway	1 or 2	39
State Route 46	State highway	4	65

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.Tuscola 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
Tuscola County: 14.9

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 Tuscola County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bay County	Michigan	13	119	11.5
Genesee County	Michigan	53	497	12.3
Huron County	Michigan	1 or 2	42	13.5
Lapeer County	Michigan	19	119	13.4
Saginaw County	Michigan	29	204	10.7
Sanilac County	Michigan	4	60	14.7

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 Tuscola 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. Tuscola County, Michigan: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/mi/tuscola/. 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 Tuscola in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 103 deaths in Tuscola County from 2005 to 2014. It records 79 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tuscola in 2024?

The rate of Tuscola County in 2024 was 11.4 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 Tuscola had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 75 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 Tuscola?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 13 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.