Cocke County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Cocke County in 2024.

FARS records 98 deaths in 86 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.1 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, Cocke County was number 29 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Cocke County fell by 3.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (102) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (98).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 62.8% of the fatal crashes in Cocke 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 Cocke 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.Cocke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	1 or 2
2023	15	13	6
2022	7	7	1 or 2
2021	10	9	3
2020	12	9	4
2019	6	4	1 or 2
2018	15	15	7
2017	3	3	3
2016	11	9	1 or 2
2015	8	8	5
2015 to 2024	98	86	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1981)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Cocke County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	15	13
2022	7	7
2021	10	9
2020	12	9
2019	6	4
2018	15	15
2017	3	3
2016	11	9
2015	8	8
2014	6	6
2013	10	7
2012	12	12
2011	5	5
2010	8	8
2009	10	8
2008	9	9
2007	14	14
2006	14	14
2005	14	11
2004	5	4
2003	17	17
2002	7	6
2001	12	12
2000	20	17
1999	19	19
1998	17	15
1997	12	11
1996	11	9
1995	11	10
1994	13	13
1993	15	13
1992	15	15
1991	16	12
1990	16	13
1989	8	8
1988	16	12
1987	15	14
1986	13	10
1985	10	9
1984	19	16
1983	11	9
1982	18	16
1981	20	19
1980	18	14
1979	9	9
1978	12	9
1977	16	15
1976	7	7
1975	18	14

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.Cocke County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cocke County	Tennessee	United States
2024	29.1	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.1	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. Cocke County had 37,736 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cocke County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 86 fatal crashes	35	86 fatal crashes	40.7%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 86 fatal crashes	13	86 fatal crashes	15.1%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.7%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 98 deaths	7	98 deaths	7.1%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 98 deaths	0	98 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 98 deaths	19	98 deaths	19.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 86 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	86 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	62.8%	42.8%
In the darkof 84 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	84 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.Cocke 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Monday	0	3	4	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	5	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	12
Thursday	3	3	6	1 or 2	14
Friday	1 or 2	3	3	5	13
Saturday	6	0	5	1 or 2	13
All days	16	14	27	22	79

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.Cocke County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	17	19.8%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	9	10.5%	29.3%
Minor arterial	32	37.2%	23.5%
Major collector	11	12.8%	11.9%
Minor collector	4	4.7%	7.7%
Local	13	15.1%	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.Cocke County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	46
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Cocke County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	60
Cloudy	11
Rain	13
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 Cocke County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cocke	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	17	588
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 25	US highway	13	22
US Route 25E	US highway	3	34
US Route 25W	US highway	1 or 2	66
US Route 321	US highway	15	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 Tennessee

Adjacent counties

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

Figure 3.Cocke 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
Cocke County: 27.1

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 Cocke County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Haywood County	North Carolina	10	108	17.4
Madison County	North Carolina	9	45	20.7
Greene County	Tennessee	24	177	25.2
Hamblen County	Tennessee	16	88	13.5
Jefferson County	Tennessee	13	81	14.7
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 Cocke 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Cocke County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tn/cocke/. 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 Cocke in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 102 deaths in Cocke County from 2005 to 2014. It records 98 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cocke in 2024?

The rate of Cocke County in 2024 was 29.1 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 Cocke had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 86 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 Cocke?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 52 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.