Etowah County, Alabama Car Accident Statistics
22 people died in 19 fatal crashes in Etowah County in 2024, according to NHTSA: 21.3 deaths per 100,000 residents, against 18.7 for Alabama and 11.5 nationally. From 2019 through 2024 the county had 118 traffic deaths in 103 crashes.
Traffic deaths in Etowah County by year
| Year | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 19 |
| 2023 | 20 | 14 |
| 2022 | 24 | 21 |
| 2021 | 14 | 13 |
| 2020 | 19 | 18 |
| 2019 | 19 | 18 |
Who died
People killed in Etowah County crashes, 2019–2024.
Roads with the most fatal crashes
| Road | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| I-59 | 15 | 20 |
| US-431 SR-1 | 12 | 13 |
| SR-77 | 10 | 10 |
| US-278 SR-74 | 7 | 7 |
| US-411 SR-25 | 5 | 7 |
| US-11 SR-7 | 4 | 4 |
| I-759 | 3 | 3 |
| SR-211 | 2 | 2 |
| SR-74 | 2 | 2 |
| CR-tidmore Bend Rd | 2 | 2 |
As named in crash reports, 2019–2024. Long highways cross many miles of the county, so they tend to rank high.
Fatal crashes inside city limits
| City | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Gadsden | 23 | 28 |
| Southside | 6 | 6 |
| Attalla | 6 | 7 |
| Rainbow City | 5 | 5 |
| Glencoe | 5 | 6 |
| Hokes Bluff | 5 | 6 |
| Sardis City | 3 | 4 |
| Boaz | 2 | 2 |
| Mountainboro | 1 | 1 |
When fatal crashes happen
Time of day
Day of week (most: Sunday)
45% of fatal crashes in Etowah County happened in the dark, and 38% on roads classed as rural.
Drinking and speeding
What the first impact was with:
After a crash in Alabama
Injury claims have a filing deadline set by state law. See Alabama's car accident statute of limitations, and how shared fault can reduce what you recover.
Personal injury lawyers in Gadsden
Lawbamba lists 27 personal injury lawyers with an office in Gadsden, Alabama, the practice area that deals with the fatal crash records on this page. These 4 come first in that listing (how the order is set).
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Source: NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2024, which records every crash on a public road in which someone died within 30 days. Population figures are the Census Bureau's 2024 county estimates. A crash is counted where it happened, not where the people involved lived. “Drinking driver” means police reported a driver had been drinking; “speeding” means police reported at least one driver was speeding or going too fast for conditions. Injury-only crashes aren't in FARS.
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