How many people die on Florida roads?

In 2024, NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) recorded 2,931 fatal crashes in Florida, in which 3,138 people died. Over the whole period the file covers, 1975 to 2024, it records 142,654 deaths.

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) exported 2026-09-11

Fatal crashes in Florida by year

Fatal crashes in Florida1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 3,453 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 2,931 3,138
2023 3,163 3,375
2022 3,315 3,548
2021 3,453 3,741
2020 3,097 3,329
2019 2,952 3,185
2018 2,917 3,135
2017 2,925 3,116
2016 2,935 3,176
2015 2,699 2,938
2014 2,336 2,494
2013 2,223 2,403
2012 2,253 2,431
2011 2,212 2,400
2010 2,261 2,444
2009 2,369 2,560
2008 2,763 2,980
2007 2,943 3,213
2006 3,080 3,357
2005 3,176 3,518
2004 2,927 3,244
2003 2,874 3,169
2002 2,810 3,136
2001 2,714 3,012
2000 2,733 2,999
1999 2,629 2,920
1998 2,548 2,825
1997 2,528 2,785
1996 2,496 2,753
1995 2,546 2,805
1994 2,419 2,687
1993 2,376 2,636
1992 2,170 2,427
1991 2,217 2,463
1990 2,586 2,891
1989 2,685 2,984
1988 2,758 3,078
1987 2,572 2,839
1986 2,541 2,831
1985 2,547 2,832
1984 2,551 2,814
1983 2,415 2,686
1982 2,396 2,653
1981 2,772 3,076
1980 2,519 2,825
1979 2,322 2,593
1978 2,023 2,235
1977 1,807 2,021
1976 1,711 1,956
1975 1,782 1,998

1975 opened at 1,782 fatal crashes and 2024 closed at 2,931. A year the source holds no rows for is left blank rather than drawn through.

The counties with the most

Florida counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Counted over the whole period the export covers. A county with more road on it records more crashes; this is not a safety ranking.

County Fatal crashes Deaths
Miami-Dade 12086 265 279
Broward 12011 229 243
Palm Beach 12099 191 214
Hillsborough 12057 174 181
Orange 12095 152 158
Duval 12031 148 152
Lee 12071 113 122
Polk 12105 107 113
Pasco 12101 106 111
Pinellas 12103 102 108
Volusia 12127 101 108
Marion 12083 92 113
Brevard 12009 84 86
Manatee 12081 58 61
Escambia 12033 57 61

Which roads carry the deaths

Fatal crashes by road class2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 815 881 31%
U.S. Highway 619 664 24%
Municipal 472 507 18%
County 331 355 13%
Interstate 264 289 10%
Not Signed 65 66 2%
Other 30 33 1%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 26 28 1%

Where these numbers come from

These figures come from NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). They are exported into this repository by export_fars_state.py, reviewed, and committed, so the page is static and the number on it cannot change between a reader loading it and citing it.

The export covers 1975 to 2024 and was generated on 2026-09-11. Every year in that span carries rows.

Counties are keyed by FIPS code rather than by name, because a county name is not unique across the country and thirty states have a Washington County. The code is printed beside each name so a row can be joined to any other federal file.

You are welcome to quote these figures. Please cite NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) as the source, which is where they come from, and link this page if the compilation was useful.

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