Blount County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 24 fatal crashes in Blount County in 2024.

FARS records 203 deaths in 183 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Tennessee in the same years is 16.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Blount County was number 8 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Blount County fell by 0.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (204) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (203).

In the counties of Tennessee the deaths rose by 7.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 29.6% of the deaths in Blount County and 13.8% in Tennessee.

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 Blount 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.Blount County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	24	6
2023	17	16	4
2022	16	16	7
2021	26	24	5
2020	14	13	3
2019	19	18	1 or 2
2018	25	22	4
2017	16	13	4
2016	18	17	4
2015	27	20	8
2015 to 2024	203	183	47

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (2004)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Blount County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	24
2023	17	16
2022	16	16
2021	26	24
2020	14	13
2019	19	18
2018	25	22
2017	16	13
2016	18	17
2015	27	20
2014	23	23
2013	25	24
2012	25	23
2011	18	16
2010	16	14
2009	10	10
2008	16	16
2007	28	26
2006	26	23
2005	17	17
2004	39	33
2003	25	22
2002	17	17
2001	30	29
2000	19	19
1999	21	19
1998	20	19
1997	17	17
1996	15	14
1995	18	17
1994	17	15
1993	10	10
1992	15	15
1991	15	14
1990	24	23
1989	11	9
1988	13	13
1987	17	16
1986	21	18
1985	12	10
1984	15	14
1983	19	18
1982	19	17
1981	21	17
1980	11	9
1979	25	23
1978	20	16
1977	16	16
1976	22	21
1975	18	17

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.Blount County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Blount County	Tennessee	United States
2024	17.6	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.1	16.8	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. Blount County had 142,272 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Blount County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 183 fatal crashes	47	183 fatal crashes	25.7%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 183 fatal crashes	39	183 fatal crashes	21.3%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 125 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	125 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.6%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 203 deaths	10	203 deaths	4.9%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 203 deaths	4	203 deaths	2.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 203 deaths	60	203 deaths	29.6%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 182 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	182 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.4%	42.8%
In the darkof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	35.8%	46.2%

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.Blount 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	4	3	14	9	30
Monday	3	4	10	4	21
Tuesday	3	4	11	5	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	4	15
Thursday	1 or 2	4	10	11	27
Friday	6	3	8	11	28
Saturday	5	4	9	8	26
All days	24	24	70	52	170

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.Blount County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	64	35.2%	29.3%
Minor arterial	65	35.7%	23.5%
Major collector	15	8.2%	11.9%
Minor collector	16	8.8%	7.7%
Local	21	11.5%	11.7%
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.Blount County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	111
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	21
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Blount County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	140
Cloudy	24
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Blount County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Blount	In all of Tennessee
State Route 33	State highway	5	45
US Route 129	US highway	66	70
US Route 321	US highway	23	81
US Route 411	US highway	12	76
US Route 441	US highway	1 or 2	74

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 Tennessee

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Blount County on the county map of Tennessee

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

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.916 counties
15 to 19.927 counties
20 to 29.940 counties
30 or more10 counties
Blount County: 15.1

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 Tennessee

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Blount County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Graham County	North Carolina	1 or 2	36	43.4
Swain County	North Carolina	1 or 2	24	17.0
Knox County	Tennessee	82	659	13.8
Loudon County	Tennessee	10	99	17.8
Monroe County	Tennessee	5	122	26.0
Sevier County	Tennessee	14	170	17.2

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

Counties of similar population

These counties of Tennessee have a population nearest to that of Blount 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.
Tennessee Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Tennessee.

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 Blount in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 204 deaths in Blount County from 2005 to 2014. It records 203 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Blount in 2024?

The rate of Blount County in 2024 was 17.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Tennessee was 16.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 47 of 183 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 Blount?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 107 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.