Sumner County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 160 deaths in 148 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.2 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, Sumner County was number 14 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Sumner County fell by 14.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (187) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (160).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 38.5% of the fatal crashes in Sumner 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 Sumner 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.Sumner 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	22	21	3
2022	23	22	6
2021	21	18	6
2020	15	15	5
2019	13	12	5
2018	12	12	1 or 2
2017	10	10	1 or 2
2016	22	16	4
2015	11	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	160	148	37

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (1999)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Sumner County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	11
2023	22	21
2022	23	22
2021	21	18
2020	15	15
2019	13	12
2018	12	12
2017	10	10
2016	22	16
2015	11	11
2014	15	11
2013	14	12
2012	20	19
2011	21	20
2010	27	24
2009	16	15
2008	16	14
2007	18	18
2006	16	13
2005	24	23
2004	28	22
2003	21	19
2002	32	28
2001	28	26
2000	32	29
1999	37	24
1998	24	23
1997	23	23
1996	12	8
1995	29	28
1994	32	28
1993	27	26
1992	20	17
1991	16	14
1990	16	14
1989	14	13
1988	16	15
1987	26	21
1986	13	13
1985	21	19
1984	9	9
1983	21	16
1982	18	17
1981	29	19
1980	18	14
1979	15	14
1978	20	16
1977	17	15
1976	19	18
1975	14	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.Sumner County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sumner County	Tennessee	United States
2024	5.2	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.2	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. Sumner County had 212,181 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sumner County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 148 fatal crashes	37	148 fatal crashes	25.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 148 fatal crashes	27	148 fatal crashes	18.2%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 115 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	115 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.7%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 160 deaths	15	160 deaths	9.4%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 160 deaths	1 or 2	160 deaths	1.3%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 160 deaths	23	160 deaths	14.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.2%	42.8%
In the darkof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.5%	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.Sumner 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	4	3	4	5	16
Monday	3	5	10	8	26
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	8	4	19
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	8	3	20
Thursday	3	3	6	1 or 2	13
Friday	3	7	6	7	23
Saturday	1 or 2	6	8	8	24
All days	19	36	50	36	141

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.Sumner County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	4	2.7%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	15	10.1%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	55	37.2%	29.3%
Minor arterial	38	25.7%	23.5%
Major collector	12	8.1%	11.9%
Minor collector	6	4.1%	7.7%
Local	18	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.Sumner County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	85
Dark, not lighted	41
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sumner County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	111
Cloudy	29
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sumner County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sumner	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 65	Interstate	4	148
State Route 25	State highway	16	22
State Route 52	State highway	8	38
State Route 76	State highway	4	32
State Route 109	State highway	10	27
US Route 31	US highway	1 or 2	62
US Route 31E	US highway	22	50
US Route 31W	US highway	7	41
US Route 41	US highway	1 or 2	157
US Route 231	US highway	5	90

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.Sumner 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
Sumner County: 8.2

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 Sumner County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allen County	Kentucky	3	53	25.1
Simpson County	Kentucky	5	46	24.1
Davidson County	Tennessee	114	1,039	14.8
Macon County	Tennessee	1 or 2	47	18.8
Robertson County	Tennessee	11	154	21.1
Trousdale County	Tennessee	1 or 2	24	21.6
Wilson County	Tennessee	25	210	14.2

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 Sumner 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 Sumner in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 187 deaths in Sumner County from 2005 to 2014. It records 160 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sumner in 2024?

The rate of Sumner County in 2024 was 5.2 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 Sumner had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 37 of 148 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 Sumner?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 79 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.