Wilson County, Tennessee: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 22 fatal crashes in Wilson County in 2024.

FARS records 210 deaths in 196 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.2 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, Wilson County was number 7 of 95 counties of Tennessee.

Deaths in Wilson County rose by 14.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (184) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (210).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.5% of the occupants killed in Wilson 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 Wilson 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.Wilson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	22	5
2023	25	22	7
2022	19	19	5
2021	26	23	4
2020	17	16	1 or 2
2019	28	27	7
2018	12	12	1 or 2
2017	19	19	4
2016	23	20	8
2015	16	16	8
2015 to 2024	210	196	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1999)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Wilson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	22
2023	25	22
2022	19	19
2021	26	23
2020	17	16
2019	28	27
2018	12	12
2017	19	19
2016	23	20
2015	16	16
2014	20	17
2013	20	19
2012	14	11
2011	21	17
2010	15	13
2009	18	18
2008	17	13
2007	17	15
2006	22	22
2005	20	19
2004	25	24
2003	20	17
2002	20	19
2001	24	24
2000	27	24
1999	31	28
1998	23	21
1997	11	10
1996	16	15
1995	20	19
1994	24	22
1993	19	18
1992	16	15
1991	15	14
1990	22	21
1989	21	19
1988	18	17
1987	14	14
1986	22	17
1985	23	22
1984	14	13
1983	25	22
1982	8	8
1981	10	10
1980	18	15
1979	11	10
1978	13	11
1977	15	14
1976	13	11
1975	11	10

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.Wilson County beside Tennessee and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Wilson County	Tennessee	United States
2024	14.7	16.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.2	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. Wilson County had 170,340 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Wilson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Tennessee
A driver recorded as drinkingof 196 fatal crashes	51	196 fatal crashes	26.0%	24.5%
A speeding-related driverof 196 fatal crashes	25	196 fatal crashes	12.8%	16.5%
No restraint usedof 162 occupant deaths with restraint use known	64	162 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.5%	48.7%
Pedestriansof 210 deaths	14	210 deaths	6.7%	13.0%
Bicyclistsof 210 deaths	1 or 2	210 deaths	1.0%	0.8%
Motorcyclistsof 210 deaths	24	210 deaths	11.4%	13.8%
On a rural roadof 195 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	195 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.5%	42.8%
In the darkof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.3%	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.Wilson 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	7	3	13	13	36
Monday	1 or 2	8	5	6	21
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	10	6	22
Wednesday	4	6	9	9	28
Thursday	1 or 2	3	9	5	19
Friday	6	1 or 2	8	13	29
Saturday	7	5	13	7	32
All days	29	32	67	59	187

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.Wilson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Tennessee
Interstate	50	25.6%	14.4%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.5%	1.5%
Other principal arterial	55	28.2%	29.3%
Minor arterial	31	15.9%	23.5%
Major collector	28	14.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	10	5.1%	7.7%
Local	18	9.2%	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.Wilson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	103
Dark, not lighted	65
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Wilson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	141
Cloudy	28
Rain	24
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
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 Wilson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Wilson	In all of Tennessee
Interstate 40	Interstate	45	588
Interstate 840	Interstate	5	48
State Route 96	State highway	1 or 2	47
State Route 109	State highway	17	27
US Route 70	US highway	26	214
US Route 70N	US highway	3	29
US Route 231	US highway	21	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.Wilson 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
Wilson County: 14.2

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 Wilson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cannon County	Tennessee	5	43	29.7
Davidson County	Tennessee	114	1,039	14.8
DeKalb County	Tennessee	5	42	20.6
Rutherford County	Tennessee	44	366	10.8
Smith County	Tennessee	8	54	26.9
Sumner County	Tennessee	11	160	8.2
Trousdale County	Tennessee	1 or 2	24	21.6

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 Wilson 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 Wilson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 184 deaths in Wilson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 210 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Wilson in 2024?

The rate of Wilson County in 2024 was 14.7 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 Wilson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 196 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 Wilson?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 118 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.