Roane County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Roane County in 2024.

FARS records 108 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.9 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, Roane County was number 26 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Roane County fell by 11.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (122) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (108).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 32.0% of the fatal crashes in Roane County with known light were in the dark, against 46.2% 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 Roane 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.Roane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	1 or 2
2023	11	9	1 or 2
2022	14	12	3
2021	9	9	3
2020	9	8	1 or 2
2019	12	11	4
2018	11	11	1 or 2
2017	14	11	4
2016	13	13	3
2015	11	10	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	108	98	24

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (1988)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Roane County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	11	9
2022	14	12
2021	9	9
2020	9	8
2019	12	11
2018	11	11
2017	14	11
2016	13	13
2015	11	10
2014	11	9
2013	10	10
2012	9	9
2011	12	9
2010	17	16
2009	12	11
2008	12	10
2007	18	14
2006	8	7
2005	13	11
2004	12	10
2003	11	10
2002	11	11
2001	7	7
2000	16	14
1999	10	8
1998	9	8
1997	12	11
1996	14	13
1995	11	10
1994	17	15
1993	6	6
1992	10	10
1991	16	15
1990	13	11
1989	17	15
1988	21	20
1987	8	8
1986	16	15
1985	7	4
1984	5	4
1983	10	10
1982	17	15
1981	18	18
1980	6	5
1979	6	5
1978	6	6
1977	16	12
1976	17	14
1975	13	10

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.Roane County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Roane County	Tennessee	United States
2024	7.0	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.9	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. Roane County had 56,769 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Roane County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	24	98 fatal crashes	24.5%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	11	98 fatal crashes	11.2%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 82 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	82 occupant deathswith restraint use known	37.8%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	5	108 deaths	4.6%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 108 deaths	4	108 deaths	3.7%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	10	108 deaths	9.3%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.9%	42.8%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	32.0%	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.Roane 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	5	4	13
Monday	0	4	4	3	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	9	3	16
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	9	4	15
Thursday	1 or 2	0	8	5	14
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	6	13
All days	6	15	45	29	95

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.Roane County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	15	15.3%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	33	33.7%	29.3%
Minor arterial	16	16.3%	23.5%
Major collector	14	14.3%	11.9%
Minor collector	8	8.2%	7.7%
Local	12	12.2%	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.Roane County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	64
Dark, not lighted	26
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Roane County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	16
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Roane County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Roane	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	15	588
State Route 58	State highway	11	47
State Route 61	State highway	9	24
US Route 27	US highway	11	82
US Route 70	US highway	11	214

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.Roane 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
Roane County: 19.9

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 Roane County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anderson County	Tennessee	13	118	15.2
Cumberland County	Tennessee	14	143	23.3
Knox County	Tennessee	82	659	13.8
Loudon County	Tennessee	10	99	17.8
McMinn County	Tennessee	16	145	26.9
Meigs County	Tennessee	4	42	33.0
Morgan County	Tennessee	7	50	23.3
Rhea County	Tennessee	3	52	15.6

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 Roane 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 Roane in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 122 deaths in Roane County from 2005 to 2014. It records 108 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Roane in 2024?

The rate of Roane County in 2024 was 7.0 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 Roane had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 24 of 98 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 Roane?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 57 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.