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Traffic deaths in Florida

Deaths, 2024: 3,138
Fatal crashes: 2,931
Population: 23.3M

In 2024, 3,138 people died in 2,931 fatal crashes in Florida, about 9 a day. That was 7.0% fewer than in 2023 (3,375) and the fewest since 2018. The death rate was 13.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.5 in the United States. Florida had the 3rd most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 17th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 21% of deaths, and 11% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

13.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About 1.2 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

-7%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

3,375 deaths in 2023, 3,138 in 2024

The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 1975–2024

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

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, 2000–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2000	18.7
2001	18.4
2002	18.8
2003	18.6
2004	18.6
2005	19.7
2006	18.5
2007	17.5
2008	16.1
2009	13.7
2010	13.0
2011	12.6
2012	12.6
2013	12.3
2014	12.6
2015	14.5
2016	15.4
2017	14.9
2018	14.8
2019	14.8
2020	15.4
2021	17.1
2022	15.8
2023	14.7
2024	13.5

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Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

21%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	1,620
Pedestrians	668
Motorcyclists	642
Cyclists	208

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Florida	Share in the US
Pedestrians	668	21%	18%
Motorcyclists	642	20%	16%
Cyclists	208	7%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	769	25%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	360	11%	29%

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

11%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 40 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

16%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About two-thirds of the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Florida	United States
Speeding-related	16.2%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	10.7%	28.1%
At night	59.2%	53.6%
At weekends	32.5%	32.6%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

59%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 54%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	715
1am	600
2am	643
3am	522
4am	432
5am	545
6am	679
7am	439
8am	360
9am	398
10am	447
11am	482
12pm	548
1pm	493
2pm	610
3pm	653
4pm	709
5pm	747
6pm	995
7pm	1,043
8pm	1,097
9pm	1,056
10pm	952
11pm	790

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	2,530
Mon	2,102
Tue	2,030
Wed	1,983
Thu	2,044
Fri	2,491
Sat	2,779

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	1,375
Feb	1,385
Mar	1,512
Apr	1,305
May	1,361
Jun	1,193
Jul	1,176
Aug	1,190
Sep	1,227
Oct	1,397
Nov	1,371
Dec	1,467

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	12,536
Cloudy	2,249
Rain	903
Fog, Smog, Smoke	203
Other	39
Severe Crosswinds	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	6,283
Dark - Lighted	4,923
Dark - Not Lighted	3,787
Dusk	479
Dawn	309
Dark - Unknown Lighting	135

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

US-1558
I-95508
US-41432
I-75346
US-27328
US-19297
US-441292
US-98243
US-17232
US-90223

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	9,681
SUVs	4,909
Pickup trucks	3,573
Motorcycles	3,331
Medium and heavy trucks	1,805
Other vehicles	911
Vans	874
Buses	113
Other light trucks	6

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	Location	Road	Deaths
Dec 13, 2023	Palatka, Putnam County	TOWLES AVENUE	1
Dec 13, 2023	Charlotte County	CR-765	1
Dec 13, 2023	Highlands County	US-27	1
Dec 13, 2023	Middleburg, Clay County	PEPPERGRASS ST	1
Dec 13, 2023	Levy County	NW COUNTY RD 345	1
Dec 13, 2023	Escambia County	SR-296	1
Dec 13, 2023	Liberty County	CR-12	1
Dec 13, 2023	Marion County	MU-SE 38TH STREET	1
Dec 12, 2023	Lynn Haven, Bay County	SR-77	1
Dec 12, 2023	Lake County	CR-33	3
Dec 12, 2023	Lee County	I-75	1
Dec 12, 2023	Cape Coral, Lee County	SANTA BARBARA BLVD	1
Dec 12, 2023	Lee County	CR-78 BAYSHORE RD	1
Dec 12, 2023	Broward County	NW 31ST AV	1
Dec 11, 2023	Osceola County	STEPPING STONE BLVD	1
Dec 11, 2023	Orange Park, Clay County	US-17	1
Dec 11, 2023	Marion County	SR-40	1
Dec 11, 2023	Levy County	SR-121	1
Dec 11, 2023	Palm Bay, Brevard County	BABCOCK ST	1
Dec 11, 2023	Baker County	US-90	1
Dec 11, 2023	Hillsborough County	MU-LITHIA SPRINGS RD	1
Dec 10, 2023	Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County	S INDIAN RIVER DR	1
Dec 10, 2023	Orlando, Orange County	S KIRKMAN RD	1
Dec 10, 2023	Key West, Monroe County	US-1	1
Dec 10, 2023	Coconut Creek, Broward County	SW 46TH AVE	1

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Counties in Florida

Area	Deaths, 2024	Per 100,000
Alachua County	50	17.3
Baker County	9	30.5
Bay County	36	18.0
Bradford County	6	21.3
Brevard County	86	13.1
Broward County	243	12.1
Calhoun County	4	30.3
Charlotte County	29	13.7
Citrus County	32	18.8
Clay County	25	10.5
Collier County	59	14.2
Columbia County	27	36.6
DeSoto County	8	21.7
Dixie County	7	39.2
Duval County	152	14.4
Escambia County	61	18.4
Flagler County	17	12.5
Franklin County	4	30.9
Gadsden County	12	27.1
Gilchrist County	6	29.8
Glades County	8	60.7
Gulf County	5	31.5
Hamilton County	8	56.2
Hardee County	13	49.8
Hendry County	10	21.4
Hernando County	44	20.2
Highlands County	22	20.0
Hillsborough County	181	11.5
Holmes County	6	29.8
Indian River County	23	13.4
Jackson County	12	24.0
Jefferson County	10	62.7
Lafayette County	3	34.4
Lake County	52	11.7
Lee County	122	14.2
Leon County	38	12.7
Levy County	20	42.0
Liberty County	0	—
Madison County	10	53.6
Manatee County	61	13.3
Marion County	113	26.4
Martin County	19	11.5
Miami-Dade County	279	9.9
Monroe County	6	7.3
Nassau County	15	14.4
Okaloosa County	19	8.6
Okeechobee County	11	26.0
Orange County	158	10.4
Osceola County	48	10.3
Palm Beach County	214	13.6
Pasco County	111	16.9
Pinellas County	108	11.2
Polk County	113	13.3
Putnam County	17	22.0
Santa Rosa County	27	13.0
Sarasota County	56	11.8
Seminole County	35	7.1
St. Johns County	27	8.1
St. Lucie County	50	12.8
Sumter County	21	13.6
Suwannee County	15	31.4
Taylor County	4	18.4
Union County	5	31.7
Volusia County	108	18.0
Wakulla County	4	10.8
Walton County	25	27.7
Washington County	9	34.0

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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.