Washington County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 134 deaths in 124 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.1 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, Washington County was number 21 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Washington County fell by 0.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (135) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (134).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.7% of the occupants killed in Washington County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 48.7% 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 Washington 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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	10	1 or 2
2023	14	14	1 or 2
2022	18	17	4
2021	19	16	5
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	18	14	3
2018	11	11	1 or 2
2017	10	10	1 or 2
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	18	17	7
2015 to 2024	134	124	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1979)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	10
2023	14	14
2022	18	17
2021	19	16
2020	7	7
2019	18	14
2018	11	11
2017	10	10
2016	8	8
2015	18	17
2014	8	8
2013	12	11
2012	9	9
2011	9	8
2010	11	11
2009	13	13
2008	12	11
2007	22	19
2006	14	13
2005	25	24
2004	23	21
2003	13	10
2002	16	14
2001	15	15
2000	17	17
1999	21	20
1998	21	20
1997	14	14
1996	23	20
1995	25	19
1994	15	12
1993	16	13
1992	20	17
1991	14	14
1990	16	14
1989	25	25
1988	21	21
1987	23	19
1986	25	19
1985	19	18
1984	20	18
1983	18	16
1982	16	15
1981	19	19
1980	21	19
1979	28	23
1978	17	15
1977	9	8
1976	16	15
1975	22	20

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.Washington County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Tennessee	United States
2024	7.9	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.1	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. Washington County had 139,574 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 124 fatal crashes	29	124 fatal crashes	23.4%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 124 fatal crashes	26	124 fatal crashes	21.0%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 82 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	82 occupant deathswith restraint use known	31.7%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 134 deaths	12	134 deaths	9.0%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 134 deaths	1 or 2	134 deaths	1.5%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 134 deaths	29	134 deaths	21.6%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 124 fatal crashes with the condition reported	49	124 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.5%	42.8%
In the darkof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.1%	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.Washington 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	1 or 2	5	8	17
Monday	0	1 or 2	12	3	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	5	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	7	1 or 2	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	11
Friday	4	6	7	7	24
Saturday	3	3	7	5	18
All days	13	17	49	34	113

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.Washington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	20	16.1%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	33	26.6%	29.3%
Minor arterial	41	33.1%	23.5%
Major collector	8	6.5%	11.9%
Minor collector	10	8.1%	7.7%
Local	12	9.7%	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	71
Dark, not lighted	28
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	0
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	98
Cloudy	9
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 26	Interstate	15	34
Interstate 81	Interstate	5	61
State Route 36	State highway	9	24
State Route 93	State highway	3	26
State Route 107	State highway	7	22
US Route 11	US highway	1 or 2	112
US Route 11E	US highway	22	95
US Route 321	US highway	1 or 2	81

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.Washington 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
Washington County: 10.1

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carter County	Tennessee	8	85	15.0
Greene County	Tennessee	24	177	25.2
Hawkins County	Tennessee	4	102	17.8
Sullivan County	Tennessee	17	202	12.7
Unicoi County	Tennessee	1 or 2	24	13.5

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 Washington 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 Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 135 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 134 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 7.9 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 124 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 Washington?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 64 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.