Bradley County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Bradley County in 2024.

FARS records 136 deaths in 129 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.5 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, Bradley County was number 19 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Bradley County fell by 0.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (136).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.1% of the fatal crashes in Bradley County with a known setting were rural, against 42.8% 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 Bradley 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.Bradley County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	13	1 or 2
2023	11	11	3
2022	17	16	5
2021	19	18	6
2020	11	11	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	10	10	3
2017	15	14	3
2016	11	11	1 or 2
2015	20	18	7
2015 to 2024	136	129	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2002)2024: 15

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

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

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.Bradley County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bradley County	Tennessee	United States
2024	13.1	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.5	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. Bradley County had 114,114 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bradley County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 129 fatal crashes	32	129 fatal crashes	24.8%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 129 fatal crashes	25	129 fatal crashes	19.4%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	32	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.2%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 136 deaths	12	136 deaths	8.8%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 136 deaths	3	136 deaths	2.2%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 136 deaths	30	136 deaths	22.1%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 129 fatal crashes with the condition reported	22	129 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.1%	42.8%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	69	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.3%	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.Bradley 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	1 or 2	9	7	22
Monday	4	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	14
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	3	5	13
Wednesday	5	7	6	4	22
Thursday	6	5	6	6	23
Friday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	14
Saturday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	16
All days	31	20	35	38	124

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.Bradley County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	28	21.7%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	5	3.9%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	31	24.0%	29.3%
Minor arterial	24	18.6%	23.5%
Major collector	14	10.9%	11.9%
Minor collector	9	7.0%	7.7%
Local	18	14.0%	11.7%
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.Bradley County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	54
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Bradley County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	114
Cloudy	9
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Bradley County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bradley	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 75	Interstate	28	165
State Route 60	State highway	14	21
US Route 11	US highway	10	112
US Route 64	US highway	7	168

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.Bradley 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
Bradley County: 12.5

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 Bradley County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Murray County	Georgia	4	74	18.5
Whitfield County	Georgia	7	149	14.3
Hamilton County	Tennessee	39	440	11.9
McMinn County	Tennessee	16	145	26.9
Meigs County	Tennessee	4	42	33.0
Polk County	Tennessee	7	49	28.2

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 Bradley 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 Bradley in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Bradley County from 2005 to 2014. It records 136 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bradley in 2024?

The rate of Bradley County in 2024 was 13.1 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 Bradley had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 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 Bradley?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 59 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.