Marshall County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 176 deaths in 157 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 50.6 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, Marshall County was number 8 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Marshall County rose by 12.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (156) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (176).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.7% of the fatal crashes in Marshall 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 Marshall 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.Marshall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	18	1 or 2
2023	15	15	1 or 2
2022	20	18	4
2021	15	14	0
2020	19	16	4
2019	19	17	5
2018	18	14	1 or 2
2017	17	14	1 or 2
2016	16	15	1 or 2
2015	17	16	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	176	157	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1986)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Marshall County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	18
2023	15	15
2022	20	18
2021	15	14
2020	19	16
2019	19	17
2018	18	14
2017	17	14
2016	16	15
2015	17	16
2014	14	12
2013	14	14
2012	8	8
2011	10	10
2010	22	22
2009	14	14
2008	10	9
2007	24	20
2006	19	16
2005	21	16
2004	23	17
2003	16	14
2002	12	11
2001	18	15
2000	21	18
1999	22	17
1998	17	16
1997	21	16
1996	15	13
1995	13	9
1994	15	13
1993	20	17
1992	18	14
1991	16	14
1990	13	11
1989	18	11
1988	25	18
1987	21	13
1986	27	25
1985	13	12
1984	25	20
1983	17	15
1982	8	7
1981	21	14
1980	12	10
1979	10	10
1978	22	16
1977	9	7
1976	9	8
1975	14	12

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.Marshall County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marshall County	Mississippi	United States
2024	58.1	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	50.6	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. Marshall County had 34,409 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marshall County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 157 fatal crashes	24	157 fatal crashes	15.3%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 157 fatal crashes	31	157 fatal crashes	19.7%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 143 occupant deaths with restraint use known	85	143 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.4%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 176 deaths	11	176 deaths	6.3%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 176 deaths	0	176 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 176 deaths	5	176 deaths	2.8%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 155 fatal crashes with the condition reported	136	155 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.7%	69.8%
In the darkof 154 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	154 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.4%	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.Marshall 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	14	3	1 or 2	5	23
Monday	1 or 2	3	6	6	16
Tuesday	4	5	6	8	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	5	6	20
Thursday	5	6	4	3	18
Friday	1 or 2	7	7	9	24
Saturday	7	6	8	12	33
All days	33	38	37	49	157

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.Marshall County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	30	19.2%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	48	30.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	16	10.3%	22.1%
Major collector	42	26.9%	19.3%
Minor collector	9	5.8%	6.5%
Local	11	7.1%	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.Marshall County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	72
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	7
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Marshall County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	22
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Marshall County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marshall	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 22	Interstate	26	52
State Route 4	State highway	4	48
State Route 7	State highway	6	39
State Route 145	State highway	1 or 2	30
State Route 178	State highway	8	31
State Route 302	State highway	17	47
US Route 72	US highway	13	68
US Route 78	US highway	12	36

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.Marshall 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
Marshall County: 50.6

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 Marshall County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Benton County	Mississippi	6	38	48.0
DeSoto County	Mississippi	21	223	12.0
Lafayette County	Mississippi	13	103	18.4
Tate County	Mississippi	9	97	34.2
Union County	Mississippi	5	70	24.7
Fayette County	Tennessee	11	86	20.6
Shelby County	Tennessee	218	1,909	20.6

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 Marshall 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 Marshall in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 156 deaths in Marshall County from 2005 to 2014. It records 176 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marshall in 2024?

The rate of Marshall County in 2024 was 58.1 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 Marshall had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 157 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 Marshall?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.