Davidson County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 114 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in Davidson County in 2024.

FARS records 1,039 deaths in 981 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.8 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, Davidson County was number 2 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Davidson County rose by 36.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (759) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,039).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 7.2% of the fatal crashes in Davidson 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 Davidson County by year, 2015 to 2024

106

114

131

136

138

114

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.Davidson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	114	106	30
2023	138	126	31
2022	136	129	32
2021	131	122	30
2020	114	107	27
2019	106	102	25
2018	79	77	22
2017	74	73	15
2016	71	69	21
2015	76	70	28
2015 to 2024	1,039	981	261

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 138 (2023)2024: 114

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

Table 2.Davidson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	114	106
2023	138	126
2022	136	129
2021	131	122
2020	114	107
2019	106	102
2018	79	77
2017	74	73
2016	71	69
2015	76	70
2014	64	63
2013	71	67
2012	67	66
2011	74	74
2010	76	72
2009	70	66
2008	74	69
2007	74	66
2006	98	90
2005	91	83
2004	99	90
2003	91	83
2002	80	75
2001	106	99
2000	100	87
1999	89	82
1998	88	80
1997	101	94
1996	91	82
1995	93	88
1994	87	85
1993	104	92
1992	83	74
1991	63	60
1990	91	83
1989	92	80
1988	112	100
1987	121	112
1986	113	99
1985	103	99
1984	107	97
1983	89	83
1982	64	62
1981	89	81
1980	110	102
1979	118	101
1978	98	91
1977	106	88
1976	86	73
1975	83	78

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.Davidson County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Davidson County	Tennessee	United States
2024	15.5	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.8	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. Davidson County had 736,623 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Davidson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 981 fatal crashes	261	981 fatal crashes	26.6%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 981 fatal crashes	221	981 fatal crashes	22.5%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 525 occupant deaths with restraint use known	272	525 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.8%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 1,039 deaths	302	1,039 deaths	29.1%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 1,039 deaths	5	1,039 deaths	0.5%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 1,039 deaths	146	1,039 deaths	14.1%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 979 fatal crashes with the condition reported	70	979 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	7.2%	42.8%
In the darkof 977 fatal crashes with the condition reported	610	977 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	62.4%	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.Davidson 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	67	10	28	54	159
Monday	21	20	33	43	117
Tuesday	25	25	27	41	118
Wednesday	23	22	29	53	127
Thursday	22	12	39	61	134
Friday	24	19	23	59	125
Saturday	52	21	26	72	171
All days	234	129	205	383	951

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.Davidson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	220	22.5%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	30	3.1%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	408	41.7%	29.3%
Minor arterial	111	11.3%	23.5%
Major collector	89	9.1%	11.9%
Minor collector	7	0.7%	7.7%
Local	114	11.6%	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.Davidson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	332
Dark, not lighted	173
Dark, lighted	434
Dawn	12
Dusk	23
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Davidson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	745
Cloudy	109
Rain	108
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Davidson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Davidson	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	84	320
Interstate 40	Interstate	62	588
Interstate 65	Interstate	62	148
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 45	State highway	46	46
State Route 96	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route 100	State highway	11	41
State Route 155	State highway	31	31
State Route 254	State highway	35	35
US Route 31	US highway	11	62
US Route 31A	US highway	46	63
US Route 31E	US highway	28	50
US Route 31W	US highway	34	41
US Route 41	US highway	71	157
US Route 41A	US highway	20	98
US Route 43	US highway	1 or 2	32
US Route 70	US highway	40	214
US Route 70S	US highway	10	55
US Route 431	US highway	30	49

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.Davidson 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
Davidson County: 14.8

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 Davidson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cheatham County	Tennessee	4	85	20.7
Robertson County	Tennessee	11	154	21.1
Rutherford County	Tennessee	44	366	10.8
Sumner County	Tennessee	11	160	8.2
Williamson County	Tennessee	12	162	6.7
Wilson County	Tennessee	25	210	14.2

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 Davidson 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 Davidson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 759 deaths in Davidson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,039 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Davidson in 2024?

The rate of Davidson County in 2024 was 15.5 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 Davidson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 261 of 981 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 Davidson?

19 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 626 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.