Coffee County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Coffee County in 2024.

FARS records 134 deaths in 124 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.3 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, Coffee County was number 21 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Coffee County rose by 3.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (129) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (134).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 54.8% of the fatal crashes in Coffee 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 Coffee 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.Coffee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	3
2023	14	14	4
2022	19	17	0
2021	15	13	3
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	9	9	3
2018	11	11	3
2017	19	17	0
2016	13	10	4
2015	14	14	6
2015 to 2024	134	124	27

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2003)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Coffee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	14	14
2022	19	17
2021	15	13
2020	5	5
2019	9	9
2018	11	11
2017	19	17
2016	13	10
2015	14	14
2014	12	11
2013	10	10
2012	12	10
2011	15	13
2010	8	8
2009	7	7
2008	11	9
2007	16	13
2006	17	16
2005	21	17
2004	4	4
2003	21	20
2002	15	14
2001	14	12
2000	19	17
1999	15	12
1998	15	12
1997	6	5
1996	13	12
1995	13	8
1994	13	10
1993	7	7
1992	15	14
1991	8	8
1990	8	7
1989	4	4
1988	11	10
1987	11	10
1986	12	11
1985	11	9
1984	8	7
1983	7	7
1982	6	5
1981	5	5
1980	14	12
1979	10	10
1978	5	5
1977	12	11
1976	6	5
1975	7	6

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.Coffee County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Coffee County	Tennessee	United States
2024	24.4	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.3	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. Coffee County had 61,473 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Coffee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 124 fatal crashes	27	124 fatal crashes	21.8%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 124 fatal crashes	13	124 fatal crashes	10.5%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.6%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 134 deaths	13	134 deaths	9.7%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 134 deaths	1 or 2	134 deaths	0.7%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 134 deaths	12	134 deaths	9.0%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.8%	42.8%
In the darkof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.8%	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.Coffee 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	1 or 2	6	4	16
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	5	15
Tuesday	4	3	1 or 2	4	13
Wednesday	0	3	7	6	16
Thursday	4	5	9	5	23
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	5	12
Saturday	5	6	4	3	18
All days	20	22	39	32	113

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.Coffee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	36	29.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	26	21.0%	29.3%
Minor arterial	20	16.1%	23.5%
Major collector	16	12.9%	11.9%
Minor collector	16	12.9%	7.7%
Local	10	8.1%	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.Coffee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	47
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Coffee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	100
Cloudy	11
Rain	11
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 Coffee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Coffee	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	36	320
State Route 53	State highway	7	24
State Route 55	State highway	17	27
US Route 41	US highway	13	157
US Route 41A	US highway	6	98

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.Coffee 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
Coffee County: 23.3

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 Coffee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bedford County	Tennessee	6	82	16.3
Cannon County	Tennessee	5	43	29.7
Franklin County	Tennessee	1 or 2	62	14.5
Grundy County	Tennessee	5	21	15.5
Moore County	Tennessee	4	23	35.2
Rutherford County	Tennessee	44	366	10.8
Warren County	Tennessee	8	79	19.1

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 Coffee 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 Coffee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 129 deaths in Coffee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 134 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Coffee in 2024?

The rate of Coffee County in 2024 was 24.4 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 Coffee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 124 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 Coffee?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 79 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.