Marion County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Marion County in 2024.

FARS records 97 deaths in 86 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 33.6 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, Marion County was number 30 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Marion County fell by 15.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (115) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (97).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 83.7% of the fatal crashes in Marion 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 Marion 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.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	1 or 2
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	12	9	1 or 2
2021	12	10	1 or 2
2020	12	11	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	13	10	1 or 2
2017	9	8	0
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	97	86	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1975)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	8	8
2022	12	9
2021	12	10
2020	12	11
2019	7	7
2018	13	10
2017	9	8
2016	9	9
2015	5	5
2014	11	10
2013	6	5
2012	9	9
2011	13	10
2010	12	11
2009	8	8
2008	11	11
2007	13	11
2006	14	13
2005	18	16
2004	23	17
2003	8	7
2002	21	16
2001	10	10
2000	18	15
1999	12	11
1998	10	10
1997	14	10
1996	17	11
1995	7	7
1994	11	10
1993	7	5
1992	16	13
1991	14	11
1990	15	12
1989	19	17
1988	21	19
1987	8	8
1986	12	9
1985	11	11
1984	14	13
1983	7	7
1982	12	12
1981	10	9
1980	19	14
1979	14	13
1978	17	15
1977	17	14
1976	13	10
1975	28	22

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.Marion County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marion County	Tennessee	United States
2024	33.6	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	33.6	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. Marion County had 29,761 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marion County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 86 fatal crashes	14	86 fatal crashes	16.3%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 86 fatal crashes	18	86 fatal crashes	20.9%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.4%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 97 deaths	5	97 deaths	5.2%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 97 deaths	0	97 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 97 deaths	12	97 deaths	12.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 86 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	86 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	83.7%	42.8%
In the darkof 86 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	86 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.5%	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.Marion 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	1 or 2	4	6	13
Monday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	11
Tuesday	0	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	10	3	17
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	8
Friday	3	4	6	1 or 2	15
Saturday	1 or 2	0	7	5	14
All days	12	14	31	24	81

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.Marion County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	32	37.2%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	11	12.8%	29.3%
Minor arterial	14	16.3%	23.5%
Major collector	17	19.8%	11.9%
Minor collector	6	7.0%	7.7%
Local	6	7.0%	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.Marion County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	48
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Marion County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	59
Cloudy	10
Rain	12
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 Marion County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marion	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	32	320
US Route 41	US highway	8	157
US Route 64	US highway	1 or 2	168
US Route 72	US highway	1 or 2	25

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.Marion 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
Marion County: 33.6

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 Marion County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jackson County	Alabama	14	147	28.0
Dade County	Georgia	4	50	30.9
Franklin County	Tennessee	1 or 2	62	14.5
Grundy County	Tennessee	5	21	15.5
Hamilton County	Tennessee	39	440	11.9
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 Marion 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. Marion County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tn/marion/. 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 Marion in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 115 deaths in Marion County from 2005 to 2014. It records 97 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marion in 2024?

The rate of Marion County in 2024 was 33.6 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 Marion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 86 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 Marion?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 44 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.