Madison County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 76 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Ohio in the same years is 10.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Madison County was number 47 of 88 counties of Ohio.

Deaths in Madison County fell by 7.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (82) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (76).

In the counties of Ohio the deaths rose by 5.9% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 90.1% of the fatal crashes in Madison County with a known setting were rural, against 42.3% in Ohio.

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

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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	10	10	5
2022	13	10	1 or 2
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	7	7	3
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	10	10	1 or 2
2016	5	5	1 or 2
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	76	71	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (1980)2024: 7

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	7	7
2023	10	10
2022	13	10
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	7	7
2019	5	5
2018	9	8
2017	10	10
2016	5	5
2015	8	7
2014	9	9
2013	4	4
2012	5	4
2011	10	6
2010	8	8
2009	6	6
2008	6	6
2007	9	9
2006	10	9
2005	15	15
2004	15	12
2003	4	4
2002	11	11
2001	7	7
2000	7	7
1999	18	14
1998	10	10
1997	7	7
1996	12	9
1995	11	10
1994	3	3
1993	12	12
1992	17	10
1991	12	11
1990	13	11
1989	6	6
1988	8	7
1987	5	5
1986	9	8
1985	6	6
1984	11	9
1983	6	5
1982	6	5
1981	16	12
1980	19	16
1979	10	9
1978	9	8
1977	15	14
1976	9	9
1975	8	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 Ohio and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Ohio	United States
2024	15.3	9.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	10.1	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 45,788 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 Ohio
A driver recorded as drinkingof 71 fatal crashes	20	71 fatal crashes	28.2%	31.7%
A speeding-related driverof 71 fatal crashes	18	71 fatal crashes	25.4%	22.7%
No restraint usedof 54 occupant deaths with restraint use known	28	54 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.9%	55.4%
Pedestriansof 76 deaths	3	76 deaths	3.9%	11.7%
Bicyclistsof 76 deaths	0	76 deaths	0.0%	1.8%
Motorcyclistsof 76 deaths	12	76 deaths	15.8%	16.3%
On a rural roadof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.1%	42.3%
In the darkof 71 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	71 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.6%	45.0%

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	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Monday	1 or 2	3	5	5	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	3	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	0	3	3	0	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Friday	3	1 or 2	3	6	14
Saturday	1 or 2	6	6	1 or 2	15
All days	11	16	28	16	71

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 Ohio
Interstate	21	29.6%	11.6%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	7	9.9%	19.5%
Minor arterial	6	8.5%	21.6%
Major collector	24	33.8%	24.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.8%	4.2%
Local	11	15.5%	15.2%
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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	4
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	47
Cloudy	18
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

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 Ohio
Interstate 70	Interstate	15	156
Interstate 71	Interstate	6	214
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 56	State highway	8	28
US Route 42	US highway	9	90
US Route 62	US highway	1 or 2	118

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 Ohio

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Madison County on the county map of Ohio

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

Fewer than 1022 counties
10 to 14.929 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.99 counties
30 or more1 county
Madison County: 17.2

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 Ohio

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
Champaign County	Ohio	7	66	17.0
Clark County	Ohio	18	183	13.5
Fayette County	Ohio	1 or 2	63	21.9
Franklin County	Ohio	89	1,057	8.1
Greene County	Ohio	19	133	7.9
Pickaway County	Ohio	16	105	17.8
Union County	Ohio	5	64	10.3

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Ohio 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.
Ohio Traffic Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Ohio.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Madison County, Ohio: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/oh/madison/. 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 Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 82 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 76 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 15.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Ohio was 9.8. 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 20 of 71 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?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 40 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.