Henderson County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Henderson County in 2024.

FARS records 96 deaths in 91 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 34.3 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, Henderson County was number 31 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Henderson County fell by 5.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (101) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (96).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.4% of the fatal crashes in Henderson 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 Henderson 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.Henderson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	3
2023	10	8	1 or 2
2022	13	13	3
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	7	6	3
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	10	10	1 or 2
2017	9	8	0
2016	14	14	4
2015	9	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	96	91	20

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2002)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Henderson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	10	8
2022	13	13
2021	4	4
2020	7	6
2019	11	10
2018	10	10
2017	9	8
2016	14	14
2015	9	9
2014	4	4
2013	9	6
2012	15	12
2011	7	7
2010	5	5
2009	11	9
2008	13	13
2007	13	10
2006	14	9
2005	10	9
2004	18	15
2003	15	12
2002	22	16
2001	13	13
2000	6	6
1999	18	15
1998	16	14
1997	11	7
1996	15	15
1995	21	18
1994	9	9
1993	14	12
1992	13	12
1991	15	12
1990	10	9
1989	7	6
1988	7	6
1987	11	9
1986	5	5
1985	12	11
1984	6	4
1983	8	8
1982	7	7
1981	11	8
1980	16	11
1979	14	12
1978	14	12
1977	11	8
1976	8	7
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.Henderson County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Henderson County	Tennessee	United States
2024	31.9	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	34.3	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. Henderson County had 28,229 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Henderson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 91 fatal crashes	20	91 fatal crashes	22.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 91 fatal crashes	7	91 fatal crashes	7.7%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 71 occupant deaths with restraint use known	34	71 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.9%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 96 deaths	7	96 deaths	7.3%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 96 deaths	0	96 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 96 deaths	10	96 deaths	10.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.4%	42.8%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	30	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.3%	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.Henderson 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	4	4	1 or 2	5	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	11
Thursday	1 or 2	7	4	3	16
Friday	0	4	7	5	16
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	3	11
All days	12	25	31	20	88

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.Henderson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	18	19.8%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	22	24.2%	29.3%
Minor arterial	9	9.9%	23.5%
Major collector	9	9.9%	11.9%
Minor collector	14	15.4%	7.7%
Local	19	20.9%	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.Henderson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	56
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Henderson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	69
Cloudy	13
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Henderson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Henderson	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	18	588
State Route 22	State highway	13	45
State Route 100	State highway	1 or 2	41
US Route 412	US highway	16	76

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.Henderson 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
Henderson County: 34.3

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 Henderson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carroll County	Tennessee	6	48	17.0
Chester County	Tennessee	7	37	21.3
Decatur County	Tennessee	3	34	29.3
Hardin County	Tennessee	6	78	29.5
Madison County	Tennessee	27	190	19.3

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

FARS records 101 deaths in Henderson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 96 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Henderson in 2024?

The rate of Henderson County in 2024 was 31.9 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 Henderson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 20 of 91 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 Henderson?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.