Giles County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Giles County in 2024.

FARS records 84 deaths in 79 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 28.0 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, Giles County was number 37 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Giles County did not change between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (84).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 86.1% of the fatal crashes in Giles 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 Giles 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.Giles County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	4
2023	7	6	1 or 2
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	10	9	3
2019	10	9	3
2018	4	4	1 or 2
2017	8	7	1 or 2
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	11	11	3
2015 to 2024	84	79	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1989)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Giles County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	7	6
2022	6	6
2021	8	8
2020	10	9
2019	10	9
2018	4	4
2017	8	7
2016	10	10
2015	11	11
2014	9	8
2013	9	9
2012	6	6
2011	10	10
2010	7	7
2009	5	5
2008	6	5
2007	14	14
2006	8	8
2005	10	10
2004	7	7
2003	9	9
2002	12	11
2001	8	8
2000	18	14
1999	7	7
1998	12	12
1997	13	11
1996	17	15
1995	9	8
1994	13	12
1993	10	9
1992	17	14
1991	16	13
1990	12	11
1989	18	15
1988	7	7
1987	10	8
1986	10	9
1985	7	6
1984	13	11
1983	13	11
1982	6	6
1981	5	5
1980	8	6
1979	10	8
1978	15	13
1977	8	8
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	10	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.Giles County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Giles County	Tennessee	United States
2024	32.2	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	28.0	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. Giles County had 31,016 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Giles County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 79 fatal crashes	22	79 fatal crashes	27.8%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 79 fatal crashes	8	79 fatal crashes	10.1%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 63 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	63 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.0%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 84 deaths	5	84 deaths	6.0%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 84 deaths	0	84 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 84 deaths	15	84 deaths	17.9%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	86.1%	42.8%
In the darkof 76 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	76 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Giles 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	4	4	10
Monday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	3	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	8
Thursday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	11
Friday	0	4	1 or 2	5	11
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	14
All days	9	16	17	28	70

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.Giles County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	11	13.9%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	10	12.7%	29.3%
Minor arterial	24	30.4%	23.5%
Major collector	13	16.5%	11.9%
Minor collector	10	12.7%	7.7%
Local	11	13.9%	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.Giles County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	33
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Giles County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	60
Cloudy	6
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Giles County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Giles	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 65	Interstate	11	148
US Route 31	US highway	14	62
US Route 31A	US highway	4	63
US Route 64	US highway	8	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.Giles 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
Giles County: 28.0

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 Giles County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lauderdale County	Alabama	19	146	15.5
Limestone County	Alabama	22	240	23.3
Lawrence County	Tennessee	14	82	18.5
Lincoln County	Tennessee	8	68	19.5
Marshall County	Tennessee	10	54	15.6
Maury County	Tennessee	14	156	15.6

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 Giles 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. Giles County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tn/giles/. 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 Giles in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Giles County from 2005 to 2014. It records 84 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Giles in 2024?

The rate of Giles County in 2024 was 32.2 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 Giles had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 79 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 Giles?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 37 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.