Sevier County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Sevier County in 2024.

FARS records 170 deaths in 159 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Sevier County was number 12 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Sevier County fell by 11.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (191) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (170).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 53.2% of the fatal crashes in Sevier 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 Sevier 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.Sevier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	4
2023	23	22	5
2022	11	11	4
2021	19	17	3
2020	20	20	7
2019	24	20	4
2018	9	9	0
2017	19	19	5
2016	15	14	1 or 2
2015	16	13	3
2015 to 2024	170	159	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (2005)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Sevier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	23	22
2022	11	11
2021	19	17
2020	20	20
2019	24	20
2018	9	9
2017	19	19
2016	15	14
2015	16	13
2014	16	14
2013	13	12
2012	23	19
2011	18	16
2010	19	16
2009	16	16
2008	15	14
2007	18	17
2006	21	18
2005	32	24
2004	24	23
2003	16	15
2002	12	11
2001	17	17
2000	17	16
1999	19	16
1998	14	13
1997	17	16
1996	11	9
1995	17	15
1994	8	8
1993	27	18
1992	27	20
1991	10	10
1990	10	10
1989	10	9
1988	10	8
1987	14	13
1986	12	12
1985	15	12
1984	13	12
1983	14	14
1982	18	13
1981	15	14
1980	23	20
1979	16	14
1978	9	8
1977	14	14
1976	12	8
1975	10	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.Sevier County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sevier County	Tennessee	United States
2024	13.8	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	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. Sevier County had 101,224 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sevier County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 159 fatal crashes	37	159 fatal crashes	23.3%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 159 fatal crashes	30	159 fatal crashes	18.9%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.7%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 170 deaths	15	170 deaths	8.8%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 170 deaths	1 or 2	170 deaths	0.6%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 170 deaths	35	170 deaths	20.6%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 158 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	158 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.2%	42.8%
In the darkof 159 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	159 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.4%	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.Sevier 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	3	3	10	6	22
Monday	0	3	10	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	3	6	6	7	22
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	6	15
Thursday	1 or 2	6	6	11	25
Friday	4	4	4	8	20
Saturday	5	9	9	10	33
All days	19	37	46	50	152

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.Sevier County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	10	6.3%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	40	25.3%	29.3%
Minor arterial	46	29.1%	23.5%
Major collector	25	15.8%	11.9%
Minor collector	11	7.0%	7.7%
Local	26	16.5%	11.7%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Sevier County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	94
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sevier County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	124
Cloudy	16
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	9

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sevier County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sevier	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	10	588
US Route 25W	US highway	4	66
US Route 321	US highway	18	81
US Route 411	US highway	27	76
US Route 441	US highway	13	74

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.Sevier 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
Sevier County: 17.2

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 Sevier County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Haywood County	North Carolina	10	108	17.4
Swain County	North Carolina	1 or 2	24	17.0
Blount County	Tennessee	25	203	15.1
Cocke County	Tennessee	11	98	27.1
Jefferson County	Tennessee	13	81	14.7
Knox County	Tennessee	82	659	13.8

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 Sevier 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 Sevier in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 191 deaths in Sevier County from 2005 to 2014. It records 170 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sevier in 2024?

The rate of Sevier County in 2024 was 13.8 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 Sevier had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 159 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 Sevier?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 72 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.