Robertson County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Robertson County in 2024.

FARS records 154 deaths in 136 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.1 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, Robertson County was number 16 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Robertson County rose by 11.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (138) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (154).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 71.3% of the fatal crashes in Robertson 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 Robertson 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.Robertson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	11	1 or 2
2023	20	14	4
2022	21	19	6
2021	12	12	4
2020	19	16	5
2019	15	13	5
2018	21	20	6
2017	11	9	4
2016	16	15	3
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	154	136	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2007)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Robertson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	20	14
2022	21	19
2021	12	12
2020	19	16
2019	15	13
2018	21	20
2017	11	9
2016	16	15
2015	8	7
2014	11	9
2013	13	8
2012	14	12
2011	7	6
2010	11	9
2009	14	10
2008	22	21
2007	22	21
2006	6	6
2005	18	16
2004	12	11
2003	18	16
2002	16	12
2001	19	18
2000	13	13
1999	15	11
1998	18	16
1997	11	10
1996	13	12
1995	11	11
1994	8	8
1993	15	14
1992	10	8
1991	14	12
1990	12	11
1989	7	7
1988	12	11
1987	11	9
1986	17	14
1985	10	9
1984	14	13
1983	13	13
1982	5	5
1981	14	11
1980	11	8
1979	10	8
1978	9	7
1977	10	10
1976	10	10
1975	12	11

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.Robertson County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Robertson County	Tennessee	United States
2024	14.0	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.1	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. Robertson County had 78,830 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Robertson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 136 fatal crashes	42	136 fatal crashes	30.9%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 136 fatal crashes	23	136 fatal crashes	16.9%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 119 occupant deaths with restraint use known	49	119 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.2%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 154 deaths	11	154 deaths	7.1%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 154 deaths	0	154 deaths	0.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 154 deaths	19	154 deaths	12.3%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.3%	42.8%
In the darkof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.9%	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.Robertson 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	8	1 or 2	4	9	23
Monday	5	1 or 2	3	5	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	5	4	18
Wednesday	4	4	7	1 or 2	17
Thursday	3	5	7	3	18
Friday	0	1 or 2	8	6	15
Saturday	9	1 or 2	7	10	28
All days	30	24	41	39	134

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.Robertson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	40	29.4%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	22	16.2%	29.3%
Minor arterial	23	16.9%	23.5%
Major collector	21	15.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	9	6.6%	7.7%
Local	21	15.4%	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.Robertson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	62
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	13
Dawn	4
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Robertson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	105
Cloudy	12
Rain	15
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 Robertson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Robertson	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 24	Interstate	21	320
Interstate 65	Interstate	19	148
State Route 25	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 49	State highway	13	32
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 76	State highway	9	32
US Route 41	US highway	15	157
US Route 41A	US highway	1 or 2	98
US Route 431	US highway	8	49

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.Robertson 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
Robertson County: 21.1

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 Robertson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Logan County	Kentucky	4	53	19.3
Simpson County	Kentucky	5	46	24.1
Todd County	Kentucky	5	44	35.5
Cheatham County	Tennessee	4	85	20.7
Davidson County	Tennessee	114	1,039	14.8
Montgomery County	Tennessee	26	289	13.3
Sumner County	Tennessee	11	160	8.2

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 Robertson 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 Robertson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 138 deaths in Robertson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 154 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Robertson in 2024?

The rate of Robertson County in 2024 was 14.0 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 Robertson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 of 136 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 Robertson?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 89 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.