Hamilton County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 39 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in Hamilton County in 2024.

FARS records 440 deaths in 406 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.9 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, Hamilton County was number 4 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Hamilton County rose by 0.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (436) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (440).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 7.9% of the fatal crashes in Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	39	35	11
2023	51	48	11
2022	47	45	9
2021	51	49	8
2020	45	38	16
2019	56	55	19
2018	43	42	13
2017	27	26	6
2016	39	33	11
2015	42	35	4
2015 to 2024	440	406	108

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 79 (1981)2024: 39

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

Table 2.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	39	35
2023	51	48
2022	47	45
2021	51	49
2020	45	38
2019	56	55
2018	43	42
2017	27	26
2016	39	33
2015	42	35
2014	42	38
2013	43	43
2012	38	35
2011	36	33
2010	42	39
2009	47	44
2008	43	38
2007	43	41
2006	58	53
2005	44	44
2004	39	36
2003	38	36
2002	46	41
2001	39	35
2000	49	42
1999	51	49
1998	50	47
1997	50	49
1996	44	42
1995	45	42
1994	58	54
1993	28	28
1992	42	40
1991	43	40
1990	59	51
1989	56	56
1988	49	43
1987	46	39
1986	55	51
1985	41	40
1984	68	63
1983	48	43
1982	58	54
1981	79	72
1980	76	69
1979	71	63
1978	67	62
1977	65	58
1976	74	65
1975	68	62

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.Hamilton County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hamilton County	Tennessee	United States
2024	10.1	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.9	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. Hamilton County had 387,268 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hamilton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 406 fatal crashes	108	406 fatal crashes	26.6%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 406 fatal crashes	109	406 fatal crashes	26.8%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 261 occupant deaths with restraint use known	126	261 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.3%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 440 deaths	70	440 deaths	15.9%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 440 deaths	6	440 deaths	1.4%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 440 deaths	73	440 deaths	16.6%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 405 fatal crashes with the condition reported	32	405 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	7.9%	42.8%
In the darkof 400 fatal crashes with the condition reported	200	400 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.Hamilton 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	24	3	7	21	55
Monday	11	12	16	12	51
Tuesday	8	7	17	20	52
Wednesday	8	6	8	20	42
Thursday	7	17	20	20	64
Friday	5	13	18	23	59
Saturday	16	9	22	18	65
All days	79	67	108	134	388

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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	69	17.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	24	5.9%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	138	34.1%	29.3%
Minor arterial	101	24.9%	23.5%
Major collector	31	7.7%	11.9%
Minor collector	16	4.0%	7.7%
Local	26	6.4%	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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	178
Dark, not lighted	89
Dark, lighted	110
Dawn	11
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	296
Cloudy	58
Rain	47
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hamilton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hamilton	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	35	320
Interstate 75	Interstate	32	165
State Route 8	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 58	State highway	23	47
State Route 60	State highway	3	21
State Route 111	State highway	5	41
State Route 153	State highway	20	20
State Route 319	State highway	20	20
US Route 11	US highway	34	112
US Route 27	US highway	28	82
US Route 41	US highway	10	157
US Route 127	US highway	4	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.Hamilton 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
Hamilton County: 11.9

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 Hamilton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Catoosa County	Georgia	8	82	12.1
Dade County	Georgia	4	50	30.9
Walker County	Georgia	13	102	14.8
Whitfield County	Georgia	7	149	14.3
Bledsoe County	Tennessee	8	41	27.5
Bradley County	Tennessee	15	136	12.5
Marion County	Tennessee	10	97	33.6
Meigs County	Tennessee	4	42	33.0
Rhea County	Tennessee	3	52	15.6
Sequatchie County	Tennessee	3	50	31.6

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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 436 deaths in Hamilton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 440 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hamilton in 2024?

The rate of Hamilton County in 2024 was 10.1 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 Hamilton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 108 of 406 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 Hamilton?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 215 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.