Tipton County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Tipton County in 2024.

FARS records 72 deaths in 68 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.7 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, Tipton County was number 47 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Tipton County fell by 26.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (98) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (72).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.6% of the fatal crashes in Tipton 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 Tipton 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.Tipton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	0
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	11	11	3
2021	8	7	1 or 2
2020	5	4	1 or 2
2019	7	6	1 or 2
2018	12	11	1 or 2
2017	5	5	3
2016	6	6	0
2015	5	5	3
2015 to 2024	72	68	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1981)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Tipton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	8	8
2022	11	11
2021	8	7
2020	5	4
2019	7	6
2018	12	11
2017	5	5
2016	6	6
2015	5	5
2014	10	10
2013	13	12
2012	7	7
2011	3	3
2010	9	8
2009	12	10
2008	12	12
2007	5	5
2006	14	12
2005	13	11
2004	8	8
2003	10	8
2002	8	8
2001	9	8
2000	15	13
1999	4	4
1998	14	13
1997	15	12
1996	9	8
1995	7	6
1994	9	8
1993	9	8
1992	13	12
1991	7	6
1990	12	9
1989	12	11
1988	10	7
1987	13	10
1986	12	12
1985	9	8
1984	7	6
1983	12	10
1982	15	13
1981	18	15
1980	4	4
1979	11	10
1978	12	11
1977	17	11
1976	15	12
1975	9	8

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.Tipton County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tipton County	Tennessee	United States
2024	8.0	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.7	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. Tipton County had 62,306 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tipton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 68 fatal crashes	17	68 fatal crashes	25.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 68 fatal crashes	8	68 fatal crashes	11.8%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	25	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.2%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 72 deaths	6	72 deaths	8.3%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 72 deaths	1 or 2	72 deaths	1.4%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 72 deaths	7	72 deaths	9.7%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 68 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	68 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.6%	42.8%
In the darkof 67 fatal crashes with the condition reported	33	67 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.3%	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.Tipton 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Monday	0	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	3	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	7
Wednesday	0	3	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	4	7
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	6	12
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	6	13
All days	8	7	24	23	62

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.Tipton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	20	29.4%	29.3%
Minor arterial	3	4.4%	23.5%
Major collector	6	8.8%	11.9%
Minor collector	12	17.6%	7.7%
Local	27	39.7%	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.Tipton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	31
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	0
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Tipton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	49
Cloudy	7
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	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tipton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tipton	In all of Tennessee
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	82
US Route 51	US highway	16	137
US Route 70	US highway	1 or 2	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.Tipton 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
Tipton County: 11.7

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 Tipton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Crittenden County	Arkansas	16	145	30.2
Mississippi County	Arkansas	10	81	19.9
Fayette County	Tennessee	11	86	20.6
Haywood County	Tennessee	9	80	45.6
Lauderdale County	Tennessee	8	57	22.5
Shelby County	Tennessee	218	1,909	20.6

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 Tipton 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Tipton County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/tn/tipton/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Tipton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 98 deaths in Tipton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 72 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tipton in 2024?

The rate of Tipton County in 2024 was 8.0 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 Tipton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 68 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 Tipton?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 14 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 16 fatal crashes on US Route 51 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 70 in the county from 2015 to 2024.