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Traffic deaths in Madison County, Florida

County in Florida · United States

Deaths, 2024
10
Fatal crashes
10
Population
18.6K

In 2024, 10 people died in 10 fatal crashes in Madison County, Florida. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 53.6 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.5 in Florida and 11.5 in the United States. Madison County had the 47th most traffic deaths among Florida's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 37 people died, an average of 7.4 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 20% of deaths, and 10% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

53.6

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 4 times the rate in Florida: 13.5
  • About 5 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

40.5

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 3 times the average in Florida: 15.3
  • About 3 times the average in the United States: 12.3

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

10 deaths in 2023, 10 in 2024

  • Florida: -7%
  • The United States: -4%
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 5 5
2021 5 5
2022 7 4
2023 10 10
2024 10 10

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 28.0
2021 27.7
2022 38.4
2023 53.9
2024 53.6

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

20%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About the same as the share in Florida: 21%
  • About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 7
Pedestrians 2
Motorcyclists 1
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Madison County Share in Florida
Pedestrians 2 20% 21%
Motorcyclists 1 10% 20%
Cyclists 0 0% 7%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 3 30% 25%
Speeding-related crashes 1 10% 11%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

10%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About the same as the share in Florida: 11%
  • About one-third of the share in the United States: 28%

20%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 1.2 times the share in Florida: 16%
  • About 80 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Madison County Florida United States
Speeding-related 20.0% 16.2% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 10.0% 10.7% 28.1%
At night 50.0% 59.2% 53.6%
At weekends 40.0% 32.5% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 85 percent of the share in Florida: 59%
  • About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

40%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 1.2 times the share in Florida: 33%
  • About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 0
3am 2
4am 0
5am 2
6am 3
7am 2
8am 2
9am 1
10am 2
11am 0
12pm 5
1pm 2
2pm 1
3pm 4
4pm 0
5pm 2
6pm 1
7pm 1
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 2
11pm 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 3
Mon 5
Tue 4
Wed 4
Thu 8
Fri 4
Sat 6

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 2
Mar 4
Apr 3
May 1
Jun 2
Jul 6
Aug 3
Sep 3
Oct 5
Nov 3
Dec 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 19
Cloudy 8
Rain 5
Fog, Smog, Smoke 2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Daylight 22
Dark - Not Lighted 10
Dark - Lighted 1
Dawn 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. I-1019
  2. SR-533
  3. US-903
  4. SR-62
  5. CR-1501
  6. CR-531
  7. I-10 EB1
  8. NW PICKLE LANE1
  9. OLD BLUE SPRINGS RD1
  10. SR-1451

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
SUVs 19
Cars 19
Medium and heavy trucks 17
Motorcycles 2
Other vehicles 1
Pickup trucks 1
Vans 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Freightliner Cascadia3
  2. Ram 35003
  3. Ford Fusion2
  4. GMC Terrain2
  5. Kia Soul2
  6. Volvo Truck VNL2
  7. BMW X31
  8. BMW X51
  9. Chevrolet Corvette1
  10. Chevrolet Malibu1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Dec 9, 2024 Madison 1
Oct 19, 2024 — 1
Oct 13, 2024 Greenville 1
Oct 11, 2024 — 1
Sep 13, 2024 — 1
Aug 31, 2024 — 1
Aug 6, 2024 — 1
Jul 9, 2024 — 1
Jul 1, 2024 — 1
Apr 27, 2024 — 1
Dec 22, 2023 — 1
Nov 1, 2023 — 1
Oct 31, 2023 — 1
Jul 14, 2023 — 1
Jul 9, 2023 — 1
Apr 19, 2023 — 1
Mar 16, 2023 — 1
Mar 15, 2023 — 1
Mar 11, 2023 — 1
Feb 27, 2023 — 1
May 26, 2022 — 3
Apr 7, 2022 — 1
Mar 10, 2022 — 1
Feb 26, 2022 — 2
Sep 9, 2021 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.