Hamblen County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Hamblen County in 2024.

FARS records 88 deaths in 84 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.5 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, Hamblen County was number 33 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Hamblen County fell by 3.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (91) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (88).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 25.0% of the fatal crashes in Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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.Hamblen County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	4
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	12	12	5
2021	13	12	3
2020	7	6	1 or 2
2019	3	3	0
2018	4	4	0
2017	12	12	3
2016	10	10	1 or 2
2015	6	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	88	84	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1995)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Hamblen County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	5	5
2022	12	12
2021	13	12
2020	7	6
2019	3	3
2018	4	4
2017	12	12
2016	10	10
2015	6	5
2014	10	9
2013	12	10
2012	9	8
2011	5	5
2010	10	9
2009	4	4
2008	14	14
2007	7	7
2006	9	9
2005	11	11
2004	13	11
2003	15	13
2002	7	7
2001	3	3
2000	10	10
1999	14	14
1998	5	5
1997	12	12
1996	9	9
1995	22	18
1994	14	13
1993	10	9
1992	15	13
1991	10	10
1990	21	21
1989	9	8
1988	11	11
1987	6	6
1986	11	11
1985	12	12
1984	14	12
1983	8	7
1982	10	10
1981	8	7
1980	7	7
1979	10	9
1978	7	7
1977	6	5
1976	6	6
1975	8	7

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.Hamblen County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hamblen County	Tennessee	United States
2024	23.5	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.5	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. Hamblen County had 68,177 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hamblen County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 84 fatal crashes	20	84 fatal crashes	23.8%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 84 fatal crashes	10	84 fatal crashes	11.9%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 50 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	50 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.0%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 88 deaths	13	88 deaths	14.8%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 88 deaths	1 or 2	88 deaths	2.3%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 88 deaths	18	88 deaths	20.5%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 84 fatal crashes with the condition reported	21	84 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	25.0%	42.8%
In the darkof 83 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	83 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.8%	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.Hamblen 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	3	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	10
Thursday	0	1 or 2	3	8	13
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	6	15
Saturday	1 or 2	4	8	4	17
All days	6	15	29	27	77

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.Hamblen County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	7	8.3%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	28	33.3%	29.3%
Minor arterial	11	13.1%	23.5%
Major collector	18	21.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	3	3.6%	7.7%
Local	17	20.2%	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.Hamblen County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	45
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hamblen County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	70
Cloudy	6
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hamblen County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hamblen	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 81	Interstate	7	61
US Route 11	US highway	1 or 2	112
US Route 11E	US highway	14	95
US Route 25	US highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 25E	US highway	5	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.Hamblen 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
Hamblen County: 13.5

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 Hamblen County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cocke County	Tennessee	11	98	27.1
Grainger County	Tennessee	3	52	21.9
Greene County	Tennessee	24	177	25.2
Hawkins County	Tennessee	4	102	17.8
Jefferson County	Tennessee	13	81	14.7

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

FARS records 91 deaths in Hamblen County from 2005 to 2014. It records 88 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hamblen in 2024?

The rate of Hamblen County in 2024 was 23.5 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 Hamblen had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 84 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 Hamblen?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 30 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.