Lincoln County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Lincoln County in 2024.

FARS records 68 deaths in 60 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.5 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, Lincoln County was number 49 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Lincoln County fell by 11.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (77) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (68).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.7% of the fatal crashes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	6	3
2023	5	5	3
2022	6	6	1 or 2
2021	13	11	8
2020	5	4	1 or 2
2019	7	7	0
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	9	8	1 or 2
2015	7	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	68	60	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (1988)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	6
2023	5	5
2022	6	6
2021	13	11
2020	5	4
2019	7	7
2018	3	3
2017	5	5
2016	9	8
2015	7	5
2014	6	6
2013	8	7
2012	9	7
2011	10	8
2010	10	10
2009	4	4
2008	10	10
2007	4	4
2006	9	8
2005	7	7
2004	15	12
2003	14	13
2002	4	3
2001	4	4
2000	11	10
1999	7	7
1998	11	9
1997	9	9
1996	7	7
1995	9	6
1994	9	9
1993	12	9
1992	7	7
1991	8	7
1990	4	4
1989	13	13
1988	17	11
1987	12	10
1986	8	8
1985	8	8
1984	6	5
1983	7	6
1982	5	5
1981	12	12
1980	7	5
1979	4	4
1978	7	7
1977	10	8
1976	5	4
1975	6	6

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.Lincoln County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lincoln County	Tennessee	United States
2024	21.8	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.5	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. Lincoln County had 36,715 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lincoln County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 60 fatal crashes	22	60 fatal crashes	36.7%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 60 fatal crashes	12	60 fatal crashes	20.0%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 54 occupant deaths with restraint use known	29	54 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.7%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 68 deaths	7	68 deaths	10.3%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 68 deaths	1 or 2	68 deaths	1.5%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 68 deaths	3	68 deaths	4.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 60 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	60 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.7%	42.8%
In the darkof 60 fatal crashes with the condition reported	24	60 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	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.Lincoln 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	3	1 or 2	0	5
Monday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Wednesday	0	3	4	3	10
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Friday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Saturday	4	0	5	6	15
All days	7	14	17	18	56

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.Lincoln 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	25	41.7%	29.3%
Minor arterial	3	5.0%	23.5%
Major collector	15	25.0%	11.9%
Minor collector	12	20.0%	7.7%
Local	5	8.3%	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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	35
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	43
Cloudy	8
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Lincoln County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lincoln	In all of Tennessee
State Route 50	State highway	4	33
US Route 64	US highway	9	168
US Route 231	US highway	12	90

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.Lincoln 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
Lincoln County: 19.5

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 Lincoln County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Limestone County	Alabama	22	240	23.3
Madison County	Alabama	44	424	11.0
Bedford County	Tennessee	6	82	16.3
Franklin County	Tennessee	1 or 2	62	14.5
Giles County	Tennessee	10	84	28.0
Marshall County	Tennessee	10	54	15.6
Moore County	Tennessee	4	23	35.2

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

FARS records 77 deaths in Lincoln County from 2005 to 2014. It records 68 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lincoln in 2024?

The rate of Lincoln County in 2024 was 21.8 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 Lincoln had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 60 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 Lincoln?

FARS records 4 fatal crashes on State Route 50 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 64 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 12 fatal crashes on US Route 231 in the county from 2015 to 2024.