# Traffic fatalities in Tennessee

Traffic fatalities in Tennessee was 1,197 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-47`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/tennessee
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-47

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,197 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,323 |
| 2022 | 1,313 |
| 2021 | 1,327 |
| 2020 | 1,217 |
| 2019 | 1,136 |
| 2018 | 1,040 |
| 2017 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 1,037 |
| 2015 | 962 |
| 2014 | 963 |
| 2013 | 995 |
| 2012 | 1,015 |
| 2011 | 937 |
| 2010 | 1,032 |
| 2009 | 986 |
| 2008 | 1,043 |
| 2007 | 1,211 |
| 2006 | 1,284 |
| 2005 | 1,270 |
| 2004 | 1,339 |
| 2003 | 1,193 |
| 2002 | 1,177 |
| 2001 | 1,251 |
| 2000 | 1,307 |
| 1999 | 1,302 |
| 1998 | 1,216 |
| 1997 | 1,225 |
| 1996 | 1,239 |
| 1995 | 1,259 |
| 1994 | 1,214 |
| 1993 | 1,170 |
| 1992 | 1,153 |
| 1991 | 1,113 |
| 1990 | 1,177 |
| 1989 | 1,088 |
| 1988 | 1,266 |
| 1987 | 1,247 |
| 1986 | 1,230 |
| 1985 | 1,101 |
| 1984 | 1,095 |
| 1983 | 1,037 |
| 1982 | 1,055 |
| 1981 | 1,104 |
| 1980 | 1,153 |
| 1979 | 1,210 |
| 1978 | 1,241 |
| 1977 | 1,223 |
| 1976 | 1,149 |
| 1975 | 1,126 |