Madison County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 190 deaths in 164 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.3 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, Madison County was number 10 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Madison County rose by 2.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (186) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (190).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 7.9% of the deaths in Madison County and 13.8% 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 Madison 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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	23	5
2023	23	20	5
2022	23	19	3
2021	19	19	6
2020	19	14	3
2019	24	19	6
2018	12	11	3
2017	12	12	4
2016	13	12	4
2015	18	15	6
2015 to 2024	190	164	45

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (1997)2024: 27

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	23
2023	23	20
2022	23	19
2021	19	19
2020	19	14
2019	24	19
2018	12	11
2017	12	12
2016	13	12
2015	18	15
2014	16	16
2013	16	15
2012	15	15
2011	22	22
2010	12	12
2009	12	10
2008	19	18
2007	25	22
2006	25	24
2005	24	18
2004	30	27
2003	20	18
2002	16	16
2001	25	21
2000	26	25
1999	29	20
1998	30	24
1997	35	31
1996	28	25
1995	12	10
1994	28	25
1993	21	19
1992	16	16
1991	19	14
1990	17	15
1989	9	8
1988	28	26
1987	20	19
1986	20	16
1985	21	18
1984	17	16
1983	14	13
1982	24	21
1981	15	15
1980	8	8
1979	11	10
1978	23	21
1977	19	17
1976	10	10
1975	24	21

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.Madison County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Tennessee	United States
2024	26.9	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.3	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. Madison County had 100,267 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 164 fatal crashes	45	164 fatal crashes	27.4%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 164 fatal crashes	20	164 fatal crashes	12.2%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 136 occupant deaths with restraint use known	70	136 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.5%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 190 deaths	16	190 deaths	8.4%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 190 deaths	0	190 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 190 deaths	15	190 deaths	7.9%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 164 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	164 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.3%	42.8%
In the darkof 162 fatal crashes with the condition reported	74	162 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.7%	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.Madison 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	6	1 or 2	3	8	19
Monday	1 or 2	5	5	11	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	6	9	5	21
Wednesday	4	8	7	4	23
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	10	19
Friday	0	7	4	5	16
Saturday	8	4	11	7	30
All days	22	35	44	50	151

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	27	16.5%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	53	32.3%	29.3%
Minor arterial	31	18.9%	23.5%
Major collector	26	15.9%	11.9%
Minor collector	18	11.0%	7.7%
Local	9	5.5%	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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	82
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	38
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	131
Cloudy	17
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	27	588
US Route 45	US highway	20	48
US Route 45W	US highway	3	20
US Route 70	US highway	16	214
US Route 412	US highway	17	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.Madison 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
Madison County: 19.3

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 Madison 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
Crockett County	Tennessee	3	40	28.2
Gibson County	Tennessee	8	82	16.4
Hardeman County	Tennessee	4	58	22.8
Haywood County	Tennessee	9	80	45.6
Henderson County	Tennessee	9	96	34.3

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 Madison 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 Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 186 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 190 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 26.9 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 45 of 164 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 Madison?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 83 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.