Cumberland County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Cumberland County in 2024.

FARS records 143 deaths in 133 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, Cumberland County was number 18 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Cumberland County rose by 9.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (131) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (143).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.9% of the fatal crashes in Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	1 or 2
2023	16	15	3
2022	17	16	1 or 2
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	20	20	4
2019	18	17	5
2018	12	11	0
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	19	16	4
2015	15	14	3
2015 to 2024	143	133	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2000)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Cumberland County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	16	15
2022	17	16
2021	7	7
2020	20	20
2019	18	17
2018	12	11
2017	5	5
2016	19	16
2015	15	14
2014	9	8
2013	11	11
2012	15	14
2011	18	16
2010	9	9
2009	12	11
2008	17	16
2007	16	15
2006	14	13
2005	10	10
2004	18	14
2003	19	17
2002	17	16
2001	16	15
2000	23	20
1999	12	12
1998	16	13
1997	11	11
1996	17	14
1995	17	15
1994	9	9
1993	22	20
1992	10	8
1991	14	10
1990	20	17
1989	7	7
1988	22	17
1987	10	9
1986	11	11
1985	9	7
1984	9	8
1983	8	8
1982	7	5
1981	13	12
1980	15	13
1979	14	14
1978	21	19
1977	9	9
1976	8	8
1975	11	9

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.Cumberland County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Cumberland County	Tennessee	United States
2024	21.3	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. Cumberland County had 65,630 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Cumberland County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 133 fatal crashes	26	133 fatal crashes	19.5%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 133 fatal crashes	19	133 fatal crashes	14.3%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 108 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	108 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.8%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 143 deaths	8	143 deaths	5.6%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 143 deaths	0	143 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 143 deaths	22	143 deaths	15.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.9%	42.8%
In the darkof 133 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	133 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.1%	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.Cumberland 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	3	4	4	1 or 2	12
Monday	1 or 2	8	4	3	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Wednesday	3	6	5	7	21
Thursday	7	3	6	3	19
Friday	1 or 2	6	14	6	27
Saturday	5	3	9	4	21
All days	22	31	46	27	126

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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	31	23.3%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	27	20.3%	29.3%
Minor arterial	24	18.0%	23.5%
Major collector	27	20.3%	11.9%
Minor collector	10	7.5%	7.7%
Local	14	10.5%	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.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	39
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Cumberland County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	96
Cloudy	16
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Cumberland County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Cumberland	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	31	588
State Route 68	State highway	4	51
US Route 70	US highway	22	214
US Route 70N	US highway	4	29
US Route 127	US highway	19	61

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.Cumberland 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
Cumberland 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 Cumberland County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bledsoe County	Tennessee	8	41	27.5
Fentress County	Tennessee	7	41	21.9
Morgan County	Tennessee	7	50	23.3
Putnam County	Tennessee	10	135	16.9
Rhea County	Tennessee	3	52	15.6
Roane County	Tennessee	4	108	19.9
Van Buren County	Tennessee	0	17	27.9
White County	Tennessee	6	41	14.9

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 Cumberland 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 Cumberland in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 131 deaths in Cumberland County from 2005 to 2014. It records 143 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Cumberland in 2024?

The rate of Cumberland County in 2024 was 21.3 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 Cumberland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 133 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 Cumberland?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 80 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.