Montgomery County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 26 deaths in 24 fatal crashes in Montgomery County in 2024.

FARS records 289 deaths in 268 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 13.3 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, Montgomery County was number 6 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Montgomery County rose by 23.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (234) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (289).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 24.3% of the fatal crashes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	26	24	6
2023	36	35	9
2022	29	26	9
2021	33	32	9
2020	25	24	8
2019	30	26	9
2018	25	25	9
2017	30	26	7
2016	28	23	7
2015	27	27	10
2015 to 2024	289	268	83

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 43 (2004)2024: 26

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

Table 2.Montgomery County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	26	24
2023	36	35
2022	29	26
2021	33	32
2020	25	24
2019	30	26
2018	25	25
2017	30	26
2016	28	23
2015	27	27
2014	28	25
2013	22	21
2012	22	22
2011	19	18
2010	25	25
2009	23	22
2008	13	13
2007	32	26
2006	26	24
2005	24	20
2004	43	33
2003	21	18
2002	23	22
2001	14	14
2000	16	15
1999	22	21
1998	12	11
1997	24	23
1996	30	26
1995	21	20
1994	17	15
1993	24	24
1992	13	12
1991	24	23
1990	16	12
1989	9	9
1988	17	16
1987	25	22
1986	30	28
1985	27	23
1984	22	19
1983	24	22
1982	15	15
1981	36	26
1980	23	21
1979	25	22
1978	14	13
1977	24	19
1976	14	13
1975	25	24

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.Montgomery County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Montgomery County	Tennessee	United States
2024	10.6	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	13.3	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. Montgomery County had 246,281 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Montgomery County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 268 fatal crashes	83	268 fatal crashes	31.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 268 fatal crashes	61	268 fatal crashes	22.8%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 153 occupant deaths with restraint use known	71	153 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.4%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 289 deaths	37	289 deaths	12.8%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 289 deaths	1 or 2	289 deaths	0.3%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 289 deaths	80	289 deaths	27.7%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 268 fatal crashes with the condition reported	65	268 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	24.3%	42.8%
In the darkof 267 fatal crashes with the condition reported	144	267 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.9%	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.Montgomery 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	18	5	7	18	48
Monday	4	9	10	17	40
Tuesday	0	8	6	9	23
Wednesday	4	4	9	20	37
Thursday	1 or 2	5	10	15	32
Friday	3	7	11	13	34
Saturday	14	7	15	16	52
All days	45	45	68	108	266

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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	43	16.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	91	34.0%	29.3%
Minor arterial	87	32.5%	23.5%
Major collector	12	4.5%	11.9%
Minor collector	13	4.9%	7.7%
Local	22	8.2%	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.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	112
Dark, not lighted	86
Dark, lighted	57
Dawn	5
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Montgomery County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	211
Cloudy	30
Rain	24
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 Montgomery County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Montgomery	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	43	320
State Route 12	State highway	5	21
State Route 13	State highway	5	33
State Route 48	State highway	11	49
State Route 76	State highway	12	32
US Route 41	US highway	4	157
US Route 41A	US highway	39	98
US Route 79	US highway	38	67

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.Montgomery 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
Montgomery County: 13.3

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 Montgomery County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Christian County	Kentucky	11	120	16.7
Todd County	Kentucky	5	44	35.5
Cheatham County	Tennessee	4	85	20.7
Dickson County	Tennessee	12	128	23.5
Houston County	Tennessee	0	22	26.6
Robertson County	Tennessee	11	154	21.1
Stewart County	Tennessee	6	38	27.7

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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 234 deaths in Montgomery County from 2005 to 2014. It records 289 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Montgomery in 2024?

The rate of Montgomery County in 2024 was 10.6 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 Montgomery had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 83 of 268 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 Montgomery?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 157 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.