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Fatal crashes on US-24 in Michigan

Every fatal crash NHTSA coded to US Route 24, also written as Telegraph Rd, S Telegraph Rd, Dixie Hwy, in Michigan, 2020 to 2024, with the year, the county and what the record says about each. Fatal crashes only, and a count, not a rate: the federal record has no traffic volume for a road.

US-24 in Michigan2020 to 2024 · fatal crashes recorded by NHTSA

52fatal crashes over five years · 54 deaths

Over 2020 to 2024, NHTSA recorded 52 fatal crashes on US-24 in Michigan, in which 54 people died. That is 1% of the 5,173 fatal crashes recorded in Michigan in those years, about 10 a year. In 2024, the latest year, 8 were recorded.

No rate. A county has residents and a state has vehicle-miles, so each gets a rate. A road has neither in any federal file: FHWA publishes no traffic volume per route, and FARS carries no length. The count says how many fatal crashes were coded to this road, not how dangerous a mile of it is or how it compares with another road.
Counted
FARS crashes 2020 to 2024 in Michigan whose TWAY_ID or TWAY_ID2 begins US-24, with or without a local name (Telegraph Rd, S Telegraph Rd, Dixie Hwy)
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52 ÷ 5,173 fatal crashes in Michigan = 1%

Every year, 2020 to 2024

YearFatal crashes on US-24DeathsFatal crashes in MichiganShare
20209101,0131%
202110111,0731%
202215151,0541%
202310101,0221%
2024881,0111%

2024 is NHTSA’s Annual Report File and will be revised when the final file replaces it.

Where on US-24: by county, 2020 to 2024

The counties the crashes were coded to, alphabetical. A road’s count in a county depends on how many miles of it run there and how busy they are; the page does not rank the counties. Each name opens the county page with its own rate.

What the record says about those crashes, 2020 to 2024

Every figure is a count of the 52 fatal crashes NHTSA coded to US-24 in Michigan over five years, from the fields FARS records. Nothing is estimated or inferred.

Road typeCrashesShare
Interstate00%
Other freeway or expressway00%
Other principal arterial52100%
Minor arterial00%
Major collector00%
Minor collector00%
Local road00%
Unknown or not reported00%
Rural24%
Urban5096%
Time of dayCrashesShare
Midnight to 5:59 am1325%
6 am to 11:59 am36%
Noon to 5:59 pm1427%
6 pm to 11:59 pm2242%
Hour unknown00%
LightCrashesShare
Daylight1937%
Dark, not lighted (or lighting unknown)1529%
Dark, lighted1835%
Dawn or dusk00%
Unknown or not reported00%
Day of weekCrashesShare
Sunday48%
Monday1223%
Tuesday713%
Wednesday510%
Thursday510%
Friday612%
Saturday1325%
MonthCrashesShare
January48%
February713%
March48%
April48%
May48%
June48%
July48%
August48%
September510%
October36%
November612%
December36%
WeatherCrashesShare
Clear3771%
Cloudy1121%
Rain48%
Snow, sleet or freezing rain00%
Fog, smog or smoke00%
Severe wind, blowing sand or other00%
Unknown or not reported00%
InvolvingCrashesShare
A pedestrian1631%
A bicyclist or other cyclist48%
A speeding-related vehicle917%
A driver police reported as drinking1121%
A large truck (over 10,000 lb)612%
A motorcycle1121%
A hit-and-run vehicle24%
A teen driver (15 to 19)48%

Road type is FARS FUNC_SYS for the crash, which can differ from the route’s class where a crash was coded on a frontage road or ramp; speeding is any vehicle coded SPEEDREL 2 to 5; drinking is any driver coded DRINKING = 1 (police-reported, not a blood-alcohol test).

How this is counted

  • The road is the designation FARS wrote. Each crash in NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System names the trafficway it was on (TWAY_ID) and, at an intersection, a second one (TWAY_ID2). NHTSA standardises the route designation (I-45, US-59, SR-6) and the police often add a local name after it (I-45/NORTH FWY) or a ramp or frontage word. The page counts every crash whose designation is US-24, once, whatever followed it. Nothing else is matched: a crash coded only to a local street name is not here even if that street is this road.
  • Same number, another state, another road. US-24 in Michigan is counted within Michigan only. Where the route continues into a neighbouring state it has its own page there, and a State Route number means nothing outside its state.
  • Only roads with ten or more fatal crashes over 2020 to 2024 have a page. Fewer is too few to say anything, and the county page already lists the most-named roads in each county as the police wrote them.
  • No rate, no rank. The Michigan page lists every numbered road in route order with its count and nothing else. Roads with more lanes, more miles or more traffic record more fatal crashes; the record cannot separate those from the road’s design.

Informational only, not professional advice. Last reviewed: October 2026. Data snapshot built 2026-10-30.

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