McMinn County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in McMinn County in 2024.

FARS records 145 deaths in 135 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.9 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, McMinn County was number 17 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in McMinn County rose by 2.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (142) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (145).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 74.8% of the fatal crashes in McMinn 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 McMinn 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.McMinn County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	14	4
2023	18	17	4
2022	14	13	3
2021	14	14	1 or 2
2020	15	14	5
2019	12	12	1 or 2
2018	17	12	1 or 2
2017	12	12	3
2016	16	16	1 or 2
2015	11	11	5
2015 to 2024	145	135	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1990)2024: 16

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

Table 2.McMinn County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	14
2023	18	17
2022	14	13
2021	14	14
2020	15	14
2019	12	12
2018	17	12
2017	12	12
2016	16	16
2015	11	11
2014	13	13
2013	7	4
2012	14	14
2011	11	11
2010	20	12
2009	11	11
2008	16	14
2007	20	19
2006	13	12
2005	17	16
2004	19	17
2003	14	13
2002	12	12
2001	12	11
2000	16	15
1999	10	10
1998	11	10
1997	20	18
1996	12	11
1995	11	11
1994	10	10
1993	18	14
1992	22	18
1991	10	9
1990	26	20
1989	9	8
1988	17	14
1987	16	14
1986	14	13
1985	9	8
1984	13	12
1983	18	15
1982	14	13
1981	15	14
1980	21	17
1979	10	8
1978	13	13
1977	15	11
1976	13	12
1975	11	9

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.McMinn County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	McMinn County	Tennessee	United States
2024	28.2	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.9	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. McMinn County had 56,732 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.McMinn County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 135 fatal crashes	31	135 fatal crashes	23.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 135 fatal crashes	20	135 fatal crashes	14.8%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 107 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	107 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.9%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 145 deaths	9	145 deaths	6.2%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 145 deaths	1 or 2	145 deaths	1.4%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 145 deaths	19	145 deaths	13.1%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	74.8%	42.8%
In the darkof 134 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	134 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.8%	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.McMinn 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	4	4	1 or 2	16
Monday	1 or 2	4	11	5	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	6	8	21
Wednesday	4	6	8	8	26
Thursday	1 or 2	6	5	3	16
Friday	1 or 2	0	5	5	11
Saturday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	18
All days	21	27	41	40	129

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.McMinn County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	31	23.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	33	24.4%	29.3%
Minor arterial	15	11.1%	23.5%
Major collector	19	14.1%	11.9%
Minor collector	16	11.9%	7.7%
Local	21	15.6%	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.McMinn County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	50
Dark, lighted	9
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.McMinn County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	110
Cloudy	7
Rain	13
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 McMinn County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In McMinn	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 75	Interstate	31	165
State Route 30	State highway	12	30
State Route 68	State highway	8	51
US Route 11	US highway	13	112
US Route 411	US highway	10	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.McMinn 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
McMinn County: 26.9

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 McMinn County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bradley County	Tennessee	15	136	12.5
Loudon County	Tennessee	10	99	17.8
Meigs County	Tennessee	4	42	33.0
Monroe County	Tennessee	5	122	26.0
Polk County	Tennessee	7	49	28.2
Roane County	Tennessee	4	108	19.9

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 McMinn 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 McMinn in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 142 deaths in McMinn County from 2005 to 2014. It records 145 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of McMinn in 2024?

The rate of McMinn County in 2024 was 28.2 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 McMinn had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 135 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 McMinn?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 74 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.