NHTSA FARS 2020–2024 · Census population
Most Dangerous Counties in Tennessee
Quick answer: Shelby County recorded the most road deaths in Tennessee from 2020 to 2024 (1,224), while Haywood County had the highest death rate, 54.9 per 100,000 residents a year against 18 for the state as a whole.
Per 100,000 residents a year · counties with 10,000+ people
Highest death rate
| # | County | Deaths per 100k / year | Deaths 2020–2024 | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haywood County | 54.9 | 48 | 17,475 |
| 2 | Marion County | 36.9 | 54 | 29,250 |
| 3 | Bledsoe County | 35.9 | 27 | 15,032 |
| 4 | Crockett County | 34.4 | 24 | 13,944 |
| 5 | Meigs County | 33 | 22 | 13,343 |
| 6 | Hickman County | 31.5 | 40 | 25,436 |
| 7 | Humphreys County | 31.2 | 30 | 19,214 |
| 8 | Henderson County | 30.7 | 43 | 27,980 |
| 9 | Smith County | 30.4 | 31 | 20,389 |
| 10 | Polk County | 30.2 | 27 | 17,898 |
| 11 | Cocke County | 29.9 | 55 | 36,813 |
| 12 | Jackson County | 29.9 | 18 | 12,029 |
| 13 | Sequatchie County | 29.7 | 25 | 16,809 |
| 14 | Monroe County | 29.4 | 70 | 47,695 |
| 15 | Hardin County | 28.6 | 39 | 27,249 |
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| County | Deaths | Fatal crashes | Per 100k / yr | Pedestrians | At night | Alcohol | 2020→2024 | Deadliest roads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County | 1,224 | 1,113 | 26.6 | 26% | 60% | 23% | I-240, SR-175, US-61 | |
| Davidson County | 633 | 590 | 17.7 | 30% | 63% | 25% | SR-11, I-24, SR-1 | |
| Knox County | 351 | 330 | 14.2 | 16% | 54% | 25% | I-40, US-441, SR-1 | |
| Hamilton County | 233 | 215 | 12.4 | 17% | 47% | 26% | I-24, I-75, US-27 | |
| Rutherford County | 196 | 183 | 10.9 | 8% | 43% | 25% | I-24, SR-1, US-231 | |
| Montgomery County | 149 | 141 | 12.7 | 14% | 56% | 29% | I-24, US-41A, US-79 | |
| Wilson County | 112 | 102 | 14.1 | 7% | 44% | 22% | I-40, US-70, US-231 | |
| Madison County | 111 | 95 | 22.4 | 9% | 41% | 23% | I-40, US-45, US-412 | |
| Sullivan County | 106 | 97 | 13.2 | 18% | 33% | 23% | I-81, SR-93, US-11W | |
| Blount County | 98 | 93 | 14.1 | 4% | 40% | 27% | US-129, US-321, US-411 | |
| Greene County | 96 | 90 | 26.8 | 5% | 34% | 24% | I-81, SR-34, SR-351 | |
| Sumner County | 92 | 87 | 9 | 10% | 41% | 25% | US-31E, SR-174, SR-25 | |
| Sevier County | 87 | 84 | 17.5 | 9% | 40% | 27% | I-40, US-441, US-411 | |
| Williamson County | 85 | 78 | 6.5 | 5% | 46% | 33% | I-65, I-840, SR-96 | |
| Robertson County | 83 | 72 | 22 | 10% | 50% | 29% | I-24, I-65, US-41 | |
| McMinn County | 77 | 72 | 28.1 | 6% | 50% | 25% | I-75, US-411, SR-68 | |
| Maury County | 75 | 69 | 13.9 | 5% | 36% | 29% | US-31, US-43, US-412 | |
| Putnam County | 75 | 68 | 18.2 | 4% | 38% | 25% | I-40, SR-111, SR-135 | |
| Cumberland County | 74 | 70 | 23.3 | 7% | 37% | 19% | I-40, US-70, US-127 | |
| Bradley County | 73 | 69 | 13.1 | 10% | 49% | 25% | I-75, SR-60, SR-40 | |
| Monroe County | 70 | 66 | 29.4 | 4% | 24% | 23% | SR-68, SR-39, US-411 | |
| Washington County | 69 | 64 | 10.1 | 9% | 34% | 23% | I-26, SR-34, SR-81 | |
| Anderson County | 69 | 57 | 17.4 | 7% | 32% | 25% | SR-61, I-75, US-25W | |
| Coffee County | 68 | 63 | 22.8 | 7% | 41% | 17% | I-24, US-41, SR-55 | |
| Dickson County | 58 | 54 | 20.7 | 21% | 50% | 30% | I-40, SR-48, SR-46 | |
| Cocke County | 55 | 47 | 29.9 | 7% | 30% | 34% | US-321, I-40, SR-9 | |
| Marion County | 54 | 47 | 36.9 | 7% | 49% | 15% | I-24, SR-2, SR-108 | |
| Hamblen County | 53 | 50 | 16.1 | 17% | 46% | 28% | US-11E, SR-160, I-81 | |
| Lawrence County | 51 | 46 | 22.5 | 6% | 26% | 17% | US-43, US-64, SR-241 | |
| Cheatham County | 50 | 45 | 23.9 | 2% | 33% | 22% | I-40, SR-12, SR-250 | |
| Loudon County | 49 | 46 | 16.7 | 12% | 43% | 24% | I-75, SR-444, I-40 | |
| Campbell County | 49 | 45 | 24.6 | 16% | 42% | 20% | I-75, US-25W, US-25 | |
| Haywood County | 48 | 44 | 54.9 | 8% | 52% | 27% | I-40, SR-19, SR-76 | |
| Fayette County | 48 | 45 | 22.2 | 8% | 40% | 22% | I-40, I-269, SR-76 | |
| Gibson County | 47 | 44 | 18.5 | 11% | 52% | 34% | US-45W, US-45, US-45E | |
| Roane County | 47 | 42 | 17 | 2% | 31% | 24% | I-40, US-70, SR-61 | |
| Carter County | 47 | 43 | 16.6 | 6% | 42% | 35% | US-19E, SR-173, SR-362 | |
| Jefferson County | 44 | 44 | 15.5 | 9% | 36% | 20% | I-40, US-11E, US-25E | |
| Henderson County | 43 | 40 | 30.7 | 14% | 35% | 30% | US-412, SR-22, I-40 | |
| Giles County | 41 | 38 | 26.8 | 2% | 47% | 29% | US-31, US-64, I-65 | |
| Hickman County | 40 | 37 | 31.5 | 2% | 35% | 22% | I-40, SR-48, SR-50 | |
| Bedford County | 39 | 36 | 14.9 | 0% | 31% | 25% | US-41A, US-231, SR-64 | |
| Hardin County | 39 | 34 | 28.6 | 0% | 41% | 24% | US-64, SR-69, SR-128 | |
| Hawkins County | 38 | 36 | 13.1 | 11% | 31% | 19% | US-11W, SR-346, SR-66 | |
| Tipton County | 37 | 35 | 12 | 8% | 51% | 23% | US-51, SR-14, SR-206 | |
| Lincoln County | 37 | 32 | 20.6 | 11% | 50% | 53% | US-64, SR-10, SR-275 | |
| Dyer County | 36 | 32 | 19.7 | 6% | 44% | 25% | SR-78, I-155, US-51 | |
| Warren County | 35 | 29 | 16.6 | 14% | 45% | 31% | US-70S, SR-56, US-70 | |
| Hardeman County | 32 | 31 | 25.2 | 6% | 23% | 26% | SR-18, SR-57, US-64 | |
| Marshall County | 32 | 29 | 17.8 | 0% | 45% | 14% | US-31A, I-65, SR-270 | |
| Obion County | 32 | 28 | 21 | 3% | 39% | 25% | SR-22, US-51, SR-5 | |
| Smith County | 31 | 26 | 30.4 | 3% | 38% | 23% | I-40, US-70N, SR-25 | |
| Humphreys County | 30 | 28 | 31.2 | 3% | 50% | 32% | US-70, I-40, SR-13 | |
| Henry County | 30 | 26 | 18.5 | 13% | 19% | 31% | US-641, US-79, SR-69 | |
| Franklin County | 29 | 27 | 13.2 | 10% | 44% | 33% | US-64, US-41A, SR-127 | |
| Weakley County | 28 | 26 | 17 | 0% | 42% | 23% | SR-89, SR-118, SR-190 | |
| Carroll County | 28 | 28 | 19.6 | 4% | 29% | 21% | US-70, SR-22, US-70A | |
| Grainger County | 27 | 25 | 22.3 | 0% | 16% | 12% | US-11W, US-25E, SR-131 | |
| Bledsoe County | 27 | 25 | 35.9 | 11% | 40% | 32% | US-127, SR-30, SR-101 | |
| Scott County | 27 | 25 | 24.4 | 11% | 40% | 8% | US-27, SR-63, SR-29 | |
| Polk County | 27 | 25 | 30.2 | 0% | 40% | 20% | SR-40, US-411, SR-68 | |
| Lauderdale County | 27 | 27 | 21.8 | 4% | 41% | 37% | US-51, SR-19, SR-371 | |
| McNairy County | 26 | 24 | 20 | 4% | 50% | 12% | US-45, SR-5, SR-57 | |
| Johnson County | 26 | 25 | 28.6 | 0% | 16% | 36% | US-421, SR-167, SR-91 | |
| Sequatchie County | 25 | 20 | 29.7 | 4% | 30% | 20% | SR-8, SR-28, SR-111 | |
| Claiborne County | 25 | 23 | 15.4 | 16% | 26% | 9% | SR-33, US-25E, SR-63 | |
| Macon County | 24 | 21 | 18.3 | 4% | 33% | 33% | SR-10, SR-52, SR-56 | |
| Rhea County | 24 | 24 | 14.1 | 4% | 33% | 17% | SR-68, SR-30, US-27 | |
| Chester County | 24 | 18 | 27.3 | 8% | 50% | 33% | US-45, SR-200, SR-100 | |
| Morgan County | 24 | 24 | 22.5 | 8% | 38% | 29% | SR-62, US-27, SR-299 | |
| Crockett County | 24 | 22 | 34.4 | 4% | 45% | 14% | US-412, SR-88, SR-76 | |
| Overton County | 22 | 20 | 19.1 | 5% | 40% | 5% | SR-111, SR-52, SR-136 | |
| Meigs County | 22 | 17 | 33 | 0% | 35% | 29% | SR-58, SR-304, SR-60 | |
| Fentress County | 22 | 21 | 22.8 | 14% | 43% | 19% | US-127, SR-52, SR-62 | |
| Union County | 21 | 19 | 20.6 | 0% | 42% | 42% | SR-33, SR-144, SR-131 | |
| DeKalb County | 21 | 21 | 20 | 0% | 19% | 19% | US-70, SR-96, SR-56 | |
| Cannon County | 20 | 20 | 27 | 5% | 55% | 35% | SR-53, US-70S, SR-64 | |
| Wayne County | 19 | 18 | 23.5 | 0% | 22% | 39% | SR-13, SR-227, US-641 | |
| Jackson County | 18 | 18 | 29.9 | 6% | 22% | 44% | SR-53, SR-85, SR-290 | |
| Moore County | 18 | 17 | 53.9 | 0% | 29% | 18% | SR-82, SR-55, SR-50 | |
| White County | 17 | 17 | 12.1 | 6% | 24% | 24% | US-70, SR-136, US-70S | |
| Trousdale County | 16 | 15 | 26.8 | 6% | 27% | 13% | SR-10, US-231, SR-141 | |
| Stewart County | 16 | 16 | 22.8 | 6% | 19% | 19% | US-79, SR-149, SR-49 | |
| Decatur County | 15 | 15 | 25.9 | 7% | 40% | 33% | US-641, SR-202, SR-100 | |
| Benton County | 15 | 15 | 18.7 | 0% | 40% | 20% | I-40, US-641, SR-191 | |
| Unicoi County | 14 | 13 | 15.8 | 14% | 31% | 15% | I-26, SR-107, SR-395 | |
| Grundy County | 14 | 12 | 20.3 | 7% | 33% | 25% | SR-108, SR-56, US-41 | |
| Perry County | 13 | 13 | 29.9 | 0% | 46% | 23% | SR-13, US-412, SR-20 | |
| Lewis County | 13 | 12 | 20 | 0% | 42% | 25% | SR-48, US-412, SR-20 | |
| Houston County | 9 | 8 | 21.6 | 0% | 12% | 25% | SR-13, SR-149, SR-49 | |
| Van Buren County | 9 | 8 | 28 | 0% | 25% | 12% | SR-8, SR-285, SR-284 | |
| Hancock County | 8 | 8 | 23.4 | 25% | 12% | 0% | SR-31, SR-63, SR-33 | |
| Lake County | 8 | 8 | 24.3 | 12% | 62% | 25% | SR-78, SR-21 | |
| Clay County | 6 | 6 | 15.6 | 0% | 50% | 33% | SR-52, SR-135 | |
| Pickett County | 1 | 1 | 3.9 | 0% | 0% | 100% | US-127 |
Deaths = people killed in crashes in the county, 2020–2024. Pedestrians = share of deaths who were on foot. At night = share of fatal crashes in the dark. Alcohol = share of fatal crashes where police reported a driver had been drinking. Rate = yearly average deaths ÷ average population × 100,000. Source: NHTSA FARS, U.S. Census Bureau.
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Questions
Dangerous counties — FAQ
What is the most dangerous county in Tennessee for driving?
Shelby County recorded the most road deaths in Tennessee from 2020 to 2024 (1,224), while Haywood County had the highest death rate, 54.9 per 100,000 residents a year against 18 for the state as a whole. Big counties lead on counts because more people drive there; the rate shows the risk for each resident.
How many people died on Tennessee roads from 2020 to 2024?
6,377 people, according to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, about 1,275 a year.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every fatal crash in NHTSA's FARS census for 2020–2024, placed in the county where it happened, divided by the county's average population from the U.S. Census Bureau. Rates are only ranked for counties with at least 10,000 residents.