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Traffic deaths in Alabama

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

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Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

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

I-65212
I-59130
US-431 SR-198
US-31 SR-374
US-80 SR-858
SR-6954
US-72 SR-253
US-231 SR-5353
I-2051
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

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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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Oct 24, 2024	Opelika, Lee County	I-85	1
Oct 24, 2024	DeKalb County	CR-485	1
Oct 24, 2024	Randolph County	MU-COUNTY ROAD 26	1
Oct 24, 2024	Glencoe, Etowah County	SR-1 US-431	1
Oct 23, 2024	Madison County	CR-MOORES MILL RD	1
Oct 23, 2024	DeKalb County	SR-68	1
Oct 23, 2024	Barbour County	US-431 SR-1	1
Oct 23, 2024	Opelika, Lee County	US-431 SR-1	1
Oct 23, 2024	Cullman County	I-65	1
Oct 22, 2024	Gadsden, Etowah County	SR-1 EAST MEIGHAN BLVD	1
Oct 22, 2024	Birmingham, Jefferson County	I-65	1
Oct 22, 2024	Lee County	CR-LEE RD 401	1
Oct 22, 2024	Colbert County	CR-WOODMONT DR	1
Oct 21, 2024	Decatur, Morgan County	US-31 SR-3	1
Oct 21, 2024	Mobile, Mobile County	US-45 SR-17	1
Oct 21, 2024	Cullman County	SR-91	1
Oct 20, 2024	Macon County	US-29 SR-15	1
Oct 20, 2024	Birmingham, Jefferson County	CR-FINNLEY BLVD	1
Oct 20, 2024	Vestavia Hills, Jefferson County	SR-3	1
Oct 18, 2024	Monroe County	SR-21	1
Oct 18, 2024	Elmore County	CR-FRIENDSHIP RD	1
Oct 16, 2024	DeKalb County	SR-75	1
Oct 16, 2024	Montgomery County	US-231 SR-6	1
Oct 15, 2024	Lauderdale County	CR-11	1
Oct 15, 2024	Lauderdale County	SR-20	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.

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

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

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