Grainger County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 3 deaths in 3 fatal crashes in Grainger County in 2024.

FARS records 52 deaths in 49 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.9 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, Grainger County was number 59 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Grainger County fell by 24.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (69) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (52).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 100.0% of the fatal crashes in Grainger 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 Grainger County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Grainger County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	3	3	1 or 2
2023	5	5	0
2022	3	3	1 or 2
2021	3	3	0
2020	13	11	1 or 2
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2018	7	7	0
2017	4	4	0
2016	6	5	0
2015	6	6	0
2015 to 2024	52	49	3

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1994)2024: 3

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

Table 2.Grainger County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	3	3
2023	5	5
2022	3	3
2021	3	3
2020	13	11
2019	1 or 2	1 or 2
2018	7	7
2017	4	4
2016	6	5
2015	6	6
2014	7	7
2013	3	3
2012	9	8
2011	6	5
2010	10	10
2009	3	3
2008	7	7
2007	11	9
2006	8	5
2005	5	5
2004	8	7
2003	8	7
2002	6	6
2001	5	5
2000	11	9
1999	8	8
1998	6	6
1997	10	7
1996	3	3
1995	7	7
1994	14	12
1993	7	6
1992	13	9
1991	7	5
1990	7	5
1989	7	7
1988	10	7
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	5	5
1985	6	6
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	5	4
1982	6	6
1981	0	0
1980	8	8
1979	7	6
1978	7	7
1977	5	5
1976	4	4
1975	4	4

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.Grainger County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Grainger County	Tennessee	United States
2024	12.0	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.9	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. Grainger County had 25,098 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Grainger County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 49 fatal crashes	3	49 fatal crashes	6.1%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 49 fatal crashes	6	49 fatal crashes	12.2%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 36 occupant deaths with restraint use known	17	36 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.2%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 52 deaths	4	52 deaths	7.7%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 52 deaths	1 or 2	52 deaths	1.9%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 52 deaths	8	52 deaths	15.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 49 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	49 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	100.0%	42.8%
In the darkof 49 fatal crashes with the condition reported	8	49 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	16.3%	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.Grainger 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	0	1 or 2	4	0	5
Monday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	4
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Wednesday	0	0	4	0	4
Thursday	0	3	4	4	11
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	0	6	1 or 2	9
All days	4	7	24	13	48

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.Grainger County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	18	36.7%	29.3%
Minor arterial	9	18.4%	23.5%
Major collector	9	18.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	7	14.3%	7.7%
Local	6	12.2%	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.Grainger County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	37
Dark, not lighted	7
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Grainger County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	39
Cloudy	5
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Grainger County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Grainger	In all of Tennessee
State Route 131	State highway	5	41
US Route 11	US highway	1 or 2	112
US Route 11W	US highway	11	84
US Route 25	US highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 25E	US highway	11	34

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.Grainger 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
Grainger County: 21.9

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 Grainger County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Claiborne County	Tennessee	7	52	16.2
Hamblen County	Tennessee	16	88	13.5
Hancock County	Tennessee	1 or 2	22	32.7
Hawkins County	Tennessee	4	102	17.8
Jefferson County	Tennessee	13	81	14.7
Knox County	Tennessee	82	659	13.8
Union County	Tennessee	5	41	20.5

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

FARS records 69 deaths in Grainger County from 2005 to 2014. It records 52 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Grainger in 2024?

The rate of Grainger County in 2024 was 12.0 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 Grainger had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 3 of 49 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 Grainger?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 29 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.