Hawkins County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Hawkins County in 2024.

FARS records 102 deaths in 94 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.8 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, Hawkins County was number 27 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Hawkins County fell by 16.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (122) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (102).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.0% of the fatal crashes in Hawkins 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 Hawkins 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.Hawkins County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	0
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	11	11	3
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	8	7	1 or 2
2019	20	17	4
2018	9	6	0
2017	15	15	6
2016	11	11	4
2015	9	9	3
2015 to 2024	102	94	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2005)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Hawkins County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	5	5
2022	11	11
2021	10	9
2020	8	7
2019	20	17
2018	9	6
2017	15	15
2016	11	11
2015	9	9
2014	14	13
2013	6	6
2012	6	6
2011	7	7
2010	10	10
2009	10	10
2008	17	14
2007	14	13
2006	13	12
2005	25	22
2004	9	8
2003	9	9
2002	12	10
2001	20	17
2000	8	7
1999	20	16
1998	10	10
1997	11	8
1996	12	10
1995	8	8
1994	22	19
1993	9	9
1992	14	12
1991	8	8
1990	12	11
1989	13	12
1988	13	12
1987	11	9
1986	12	11
1985	24	21
1984	11	8
1983	3	3
1982	19	13
1981	6	5
1980	3	3
1979	7	7
1978	9	7
1977	8	7
1976	12	9
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.Hawkins County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hawkins County	Tennessee	United States
2024	6.7	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.8	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. Hawkins County had 59,422 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hawkins County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 94 fatal crashes	24	94 fatal crashes	25.5%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 94 fatal crashes	7	94 fatal crashes	7.4%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 71 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	71 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 102 deaths	5	102 deaths	4.9%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 102 deaths	0	102 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 102 deaths	18	102 deaths	17.6%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.0%	42.8%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	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.Hawkins 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	0	10	3	15
Monday	0	5	3	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	8	4	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	3	5	13
Thursday	1 or 2	4	4	4	13
Friday	1 or 2	4	4	4	14
Saturday	3	3	3	6	15
All days	10	20	35	28	93

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.Hawkins 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	41	43.6%	29.3%
Minor arterial	15	16.0%	23.5%
Major collector	10	10.6%	11.9%
Minor collector	14	14.9%	7.7%
Local	14	14.9%	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.Hawkins County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hawkins County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	15
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hawkins County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hawkins	In all of Tennessee
US Route 11E	US highway	1 or 2	95
US Route 11W	US highway	41	84

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.Hawkins 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
Hawkins County: 17.8

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 Hawkins County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Grainger County	Tennessee	3	52	21.9
Greene County	Tennessee	24	177	25.2
Hamblen County	Tennessee	16	88	13.5
Hancock County	Tennessee	1 or 2	22	32.7
Sullivan County	Tennessee	17	202	12.7
Washington County	Tennessee	11	134	10.1
Scott County	Virginia	1 or 2	43	19.8

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 Hawkins 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 Hawkins in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 122 deaths in Hawkins County from 2005 to 2014. It records 102 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hawkins in 2024?

The rate of Hawkins County in 2024 was 6.7 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 Hawkins had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 94 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 Hawkins?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 11E in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 41 fatal crashes on US Route 11W in the county from 2015 to 2024.