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Traffic deaths in Alabama

State in United States

Deaths, 2024
962
Fatal crashes
895
Population
5.2M

In 2024, 962 people died in 895 fatal crashes in Alabama, about 3 a day. That was 1.2% fewer than in 2023 (974) and the fewest since 2020. The death rate was 18.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Alabama had the 14th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 5th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 13% of deaths, and 29% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

18.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-1%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

974 deaths in 2023, 962 in 2024

  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
1975 902 765
1976 988 831
1977 1,081 947
1978 1,142 998
1979 998 885
1980 940 835
1981 933 825
1982 839 744
1983 930 806
1984 932 820
1985 882 777
1986 1,081 968
1987 1,111 976
1988 1,024 922
1989 1,029 918
1990 1,121 983
1991 1,116 984
1992 1,031 921
1993 1,044 914
1994 1,083 953
1995 1,114 991
1996 1,146 1,024
1997 1,192 1,050
1998 1,071 958
1999 1,138 992
2000 996 910
2001 991 900
2002 1,038 931
2003 1,004 902
2004 1,154 1,032
2005 1,148 1,021
2006 1,207 1,073
2007 1,110 1,010
2008 969 891
2009 848 774
2010 862 792
2011 895 811
2012 865 809
2013 853 767
2014 820 747
2015 850 784
2016 1,083 979
2017 948 864
2018 953 876
2019 930 856
2020 934 852
2021 983 885
2022 988 913
2023 974 893
2024 962 895

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2000–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2000 22.4
2001 22.2
2002 23.2
2003 22.3
2004 25.5
2005 25.1
2006 26.1
2007 23.8
2008 20.5
2009 17.8
2010 18.0
2011 18.7
2012 18.0
2013 17.7
2014 16.9
2015 17.5
2016 22.3
2017 19.5
2018 19.5
2019 19.0
2020 18.6
2021 19.5
2022 19.5
2023 19.0
2024 18.6

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

13%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 697
Pedestrians 128
Motorcyclists 127
Cyclists 10
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Alabama Share in the US
Pedestrians 128 13% 18%
Motorcyclists 127 13% 16%
Cyclists 10 1% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 277 29% 30%
Speeding-related crashes 278 29% 29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

29%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 28%

27%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Alabama United States
Speeding-related 26.6% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 29.4% 28.1%
At night 51.7% 53.6%
At weekends 32.2% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

52%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

32%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About the same as the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 173
1am 175
2am 139
3am 121
4am 123
5am 167
6am 151
7am 135
8am 105
9am 112
10am 157
11am 146
12pm 186
1pm 180
2pm 232
3pm 221
4pm 227
5pm 290
6pm 281
7pm 223
8pm 270
9pm 237
10pm 198
11pm 179

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 676
Mon 586
Tue 555
Wed 539
Thu 599
Fri 693
Sat 790

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 318
Feb 337
Mar 344
Apr 347
May 396
Jun 381
Jul 392
Aug 360
Sep 383
Oct 397
Nov 383
Dec 400

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 3,127
Cloudy 792
Rain 435
Fog, Smog, Smoke 59
Severe Crosswinds 2
Sleet or Hail 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 2,075
Dark - Not Lighted 1,450
Dark - Lighted 628
Dusk 135
Dawn 91
Dark - Unknown Lighting 45

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-65212
  2. I-59130
  3. US-431 SR-198
  4. US-31 SR-374
  5. US-80 SR-858
  6. SR-6954
  7. US-72 SR-253
  8. US-231 SR-5353
  9. I-2051
  10. SR-2148

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Cars 2,632
Pickup trucks 1,343
SUVs 1,275
Medium and heavy trucks 711
Motorcycles 481
Vans 193
Other vehicles 154
Other light trucks 19
Buses 12

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado277
  2. Ford F-150254
  3. Toyota Camry194
  4. Honda Accord178
  5. Nissan Altima156
  6. GMC Sierra123
  7. Freightliner Cascadia122
  8. Chevrolet Tahoe103
  9. Toyota Corolla94
  10. Honda Civic88

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Dec 2, 2023 Birmingham, Jefferson County 1
Dec 2, 2023 Limestone County 1
Dec 2, 2023 Madison County 1
Dec 1, 2023 Marshall County 1
Dec 1, 2023 Prattville, Autauga County 1
Dec 1, 2023 Monroe County 1
Dec 1, 2023 Chilton County 1
Dec 1, 2023 Autauga County 2
Nov 30, 2023 Jefferson County 1
Nov 30, 2023 Fort Payne, DeKalb County 1
Nov 29, 2023 Dothan, Houston County 1
Nov 29, 2023 Albertville, Marshall County 1
Nov 29, 2023 Jefferson County 1
Nov 28, 2023 Jefferson County 1
Nov 27, 2023 Huntsville, Madison County 1
Nov 26, 2023 Wilcox County 2
Nov 26, 2023 Montgomery County 1
Nov 26, 2023 Lincoln, Talladega County 1
Nov 25, 2023 Birmingham, Jefferson County 1
Nov 25, 2023 Bullock County 2
Nov 25, 2023 Escambia County 2
Nov 25, 2023 Shelby County 1
Nov 24, 2023 Lauderdale County 1
Nov 24, 2023 Baldwin County 1
Nov 24, 2023 Geneva County 1

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Counties in Alabama

Area Deaths, 2024 Per 100,000
Autauga County 8 13.0
Baldwin County 26 9.9
Barbour County 7 28.5
Bibb County 5 22.5
Blount County 16 26.6
Bullock County 4 40.6
Butler County 8 43.8
Calhoun County 24 20.6
Chambers County 6 17.5
Cherokee County 12 46.0
Chilton County 16 33.8
Choctaw County 6 49.6
Clarke County 7 31.6
Clay County 4 28.1
Cleburne County 9 56.8
Coffee County 5 8.9
Colbert County 12 20.3
Conecuh County 10 90.5
Coosa County 6 58.3
Covington County 11 29.0
Crenshaw County 3 22.8
Cullman County 22 23.7
Dale County 6 12.0
Dallas County 15 42.2
DeKalb County 21 28.5
Elmore County 8 8.8
Escambia County 9 24.5
Etowah County 22 21.3
Fayette County 11 69.1
Franklin County 7 21.7
Geneva County 7 25.6
Greene County 2 28.0
Hale County 4 26.4
Henry County 2 11.0
Houston County 12 10.9
Jackson County 14 26.0
Jefferson County 101 15.2
Lamar County 4 29.5
Lauderdale County 19 19.5
Lawrence County 11 32.7
Lee County 26 13.8
Limestone County 22 18.5
Lowndes County 5 52.5
Macon County 8 43.8
Madison County 44 10.4
Marengo County 5 27.1
Marion County 13 44.3
Marshall County 15 14.6
Mobile County 74 18.0
Monroe County 4 21.0
Montgomery County 42 18.6
Morgan County 25 19.8
Perry County 5 65.6
Pickens County 7 37.9
Pike County 8 24.1
Randolph County 6 26.0
Russell County 10 17.0
Shelby County 12 5.1
St. Clair County 18 18.5
Sumter County 6 51.6
Talladega County 27 33.1
Tallapoosa County 7 17.1
Tuscaloosa County 35 14.5
Walker County 22 33.8
Washington County 4 26.7
Wilcox County 3 30.3
Winston County 7 29.3

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.