Madison County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 140 deaths in 129 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Mississippi in the same years is 23.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Madison County was number 12 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Madison County rose by 32.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (106) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (140).

In the counties of Mississippi the deaths fell by 3.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 46.1% of the fatal crashes in Madison County with a known setting were rural, against 69.8% in Mississippi.

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 Madison 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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	12	3
2023	16	16	1 or 2
2022	11	9	0
2021	10	10	4
2020	11	11	1 or 2
2019	14	12	4
2018	20	18	10
2017	14	13	1 or 2
2016	17	15	4
2015	14	13	3
2015 to 2024	140	129	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2006)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	12
2023	16	16
2022	11	9
2021	10	10
2020	11	11
2019	14	12
2018	20	18
2017	14	13
2016	17	15
2015	14	13
2014	11	11
2013	6	6
2012	9	8
2011	7	7
2010	6	6
2009	7	7
2008	11	9
2007	14	13
2006	26	20
2005	9	9
2004	12	12
2003	20	19
2002	25	19
2001	13	10
2000	8	8
1999	18	17
1998	19	15
1997	16	15
1996	18	16
1995	19	17
1994	22	21
1993	16	14
1992	10	10
1991	18	13
1990	9	9
1989	8	8
1988	14	13
1987	12	12
1986	7	7
1985	7	6
1984	7	7
1983	18	17
1982	12	12
1981	12	9
1980	12	12
1979	6	6
1978	12	9
1977	12	9
1976	16	15
1975	7	7

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.Madison County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Mississippi	United States
2024	11.3	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.9	23.8	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. Madison County had 114,915 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 129 fatal crashes	33	129 fatal crashes	25.6%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 129 fatal crashes	22	129 fatal crashes	17.1%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 101 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	101 occupant deathswith restraint use known	52.5%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 140 deaths	11	140 deaths	7.9%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 140 deaths	1 or 2	140 deaths	1.4%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 140 deaths	16	140 deaths	11.4%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 128 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	128 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.1%	69.8%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.8%	46.7%

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.Madison 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	5	8	8	6	27
Monday	1 or 2	4	5	6	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	4	11
Wednesday	5	3	1 or 2	8	17
Thursday	3	1 or 2	4	4	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	7	15
Saturday	5	7	5	12	29
All days	23	27	32	47	129

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	35	27.3%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	20	15.6%	27.9%
Minor arterial	30	23.4%	22.1%
Major collector	21	16.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	6	4.7%	6.5%
Local	16	12.5%	11.4%
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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	21
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	108
Cloudy	6
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 55	Interstate	31	299
Interstate 220	Interstate	5	32
State Route 16	State highway	17	67
State Route 17	State highway	4	23
State Route 43	State highway	11	59
US Route 49	US highway	1 or 2	277
US Route 51	US highway	6	81

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 Mississippi

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Madison County on the county map of Mississippi

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 100 counties
10 to 14.95 counties
15 to 19.98 counties
20 to 29.936 counties
30 or more33 counties
Madison County: 12.9

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 Mississippi

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Attala County	Mississippi	11	52	28.9
Hinds County	Mississippi	59	529	23.1
Leake County	Mississippi	10	77	34.9
Rankin County	Mississippi	28	193	12.4
Scott County	Mississippi	7	119	42.4
Yazoo County	Mississippi	3	62	23.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Mississippi have a population nearest to that of Madison 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 106 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 140 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 11.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Mississippi was 25.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 129 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 Madison?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.