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Traffic deaths in Miami Beach, Florida

City in Miami-Dade County · Florida · United States

Deaths, 2024: 5
Fatal crashes: 5
Population: 82.6K

In 2024, 5 people died in 5 fatal crashes in Miami Beach, Florida. That was 400.0% more than in 2023 (1) and the most since 2022. The death rate was 6.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 9.9 in Miami-Dade County, 13.5 in Florida and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 29 people died, an average of 5.8 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 40% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

6.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 60 percent of the rate in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 9.9
About 45 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.5
About half the rate in the United States: 11.5

+400%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

1 death in 2023, 5 in 2024

Miami-Dade County, Florida: -14%
Florida: -7%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	5	5
2021	12	11
2022	6	6
2023	1	1
2024	5	5

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	6.1
2021	14.8
2022	7.3
2023	1.2
2024	6.1

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

20%

of deaths were pedestrians

About three-quarters of the share in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 28%
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	1
Pedestrians	1
Motorcyclists	2
Cyclists	1

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Miami Beach	Share in Miami-Dade County
Pedestrians	1	20%	28%
Motorcyclists	2	40%	29%
Cyclists	1	20%	7%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	2	40%	24%
Speeding-related crashes	2	40%	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

40%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 3 times the share in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 12%
About 4 times the share in Florida: 11%
About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

40%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 4 times the share in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 11%
About double the share in Florida: 16%
About 1.6 times the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Miami Beach	Miami-Dade County	Florida	United States
Speeding-related	40.0%	10.9%	16.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	40.0%	11.7%	10.7%	28.1%
At night	60.0%	64.2%	59.2%	53.6%
At weekends	40.0%	30.9%	32.5%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

60%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 64%
About the same as the share in Florida: 59%
About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

40%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.3 times the share in Miami-Dade County, Florida: 31%
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	4
1am	1
2am	1
3am	1
4am	2
5am	1
6am	1
7am	2
8am	2
9am	0
10am	0
11am	1
12pm	1
1pm	0
2pm	0
3pm	3
4pm	0
5pm	1
6pm	2
7pm	1
8pm	2
9pm	0
10pm	1
11pm	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2
Mon	4
Tue	2
Wed	2
Thu	4
Fri	3
Sat	11

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

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

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	23
Cloudy	3
Rain	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
Dark - Lighted	14
Daylight	9
Dark - Not Lighted	2
Dusk	2
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

SR-9076
SR-A1A6
PINE TREE DR2
WASHINGTON AVE2
BAY RD1
DADE BLVD1
I-1951
I-195 E1
MERIDIAN AVE1
MU-VENETIAN CSWY1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	11
Cars	11
Motorcycles	7
Medium and heavy trucks	3
Other vehicles	2
Pickup trucks	2
Buses	1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

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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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Road	Deaths
Nov 8, 2024	MU-WASHINGTON AVE	1
Jul 10, 2024	SR-907	1
Jun 22, 2024	MU-VENETIAN CSWY	1
Apr 28, 2024	WASHINGTON AVE	1
Apr 15, 2024	SR-112	1
Nov 4, 2023	SR-112 ARTHUR GODFREY RD W 41S	1
Oct 15, 2022	I-195 E	1
Aug 15, 2022	SR-A1A	1
Apr 1, 2022	SR-934	1
Feb 24, 2022	WASHINGTON AVE	1
Feb 15, 2022	DADE BLVD	1
Jan 11, 2022	SR-A1A	1
Nov 13, 2021	BAY RD	1
Oct 30, 2021	SR-907	1
Oct 16, 2021	I-195	1
Oct 2, 2021	SR-907	1
Sep 23, 2021	SR-A1A	1
Jul 3, 2021	SR-A1A	1
May 8, 2021	PINE TREE DR	1
Apr 26, 2021	SR-907	1
Apr 17, 2021	PINE TREE DR	2
Jan 21, 2021	US-41 5TH ST	1
Jan 7, 2021	SR-907	1
Oct 2, 2020	SR-A1A	1
Jun 7, 2020	SR-907	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.