Fatal crash profile · County
Traffic deaths in Lawrence County, Mississippi
County in Mississippi · United States
- Deaths, 2024
- 4
- Fatal crashes
- 4
- Population
- 11.7K
In 2024, 4 people died in 4 fatal crashes in Lawrence County, Mississippi. The death rate was 34.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 25.5 in Mississippi and 11.5 in the United States. Lawrence County had the 57th most traffic deaths among Mississippi's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 14 people died, an average of 2.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.
Deaths
Traffic deaths
34.1
deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024
- About 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 25.5
- About 3 times the rate in the United States: 11.5
29.6
average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024
- About 1.2 times the average in Mississippi: 25.2
- About double the average in the United States: 12.3
| Category | Deaths | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 |
People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.
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| Category | Deaths per 100,000 |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 16.7 |
| 2021 | 8.5 |
| 2022 | 59.5 |
| 2024 | 34.1 |
Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.
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Road users
Who died
0%
of deaths were pedestrians
- About 5 percent of the share in Mississippi: 14%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
| Category | Deaths |
|---|---|
| Vehicle occupants and others | 4 |
| Pedestrians | 0 |
| Motorcyclists | 0 |
| Cyclists | 0 |
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| Type | Deaths | Share in Lawrence County | Share in Mississippi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pedestrians | 0 | 0% | 14% |
| Motorcyclists | 0 | 0% | 7% |
| Cyclists | 0 | 0% | 1% |
| Alcohol-impaired driving crashes | 1 | 25% | 23% |
| Speeding-related crashes | 0 | 0% | 17% |
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
0%
of fatal crashes were speeding-related
- About 5 percent of the share in Mississippi: 17%
- About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%
25%
of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver
- About 1.4 times the share in Mississippi: 18%
- About the same as the share in the United States: 25%
| Category | Lawrence County | Mississippi | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speeding-related | 25.0% | 18.1% | 24.8% |
| Alcohol-involved | 0.0% | 17.3% | 28.1% |
| At night | 25.0% | 50.4% | 53.6% |
| At weekends | 25.0% | 32.0% | 32.6% |
Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.
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Timing
When crashes happen
25%
of fatal crashes happened at night
- About half the share in Mississippi: 50%
- About half the share in the United States: 54%
25%
of fatal crashes happened at weekends
- About 80 percent of the share in Mississippi: 32%
- About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 33%
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| 12am | 0 |
| 1am | 0 |
| 2am | 0 |
| 3am | 1 |
| 4am | 0 |
| 5am | 0 |
| 6am | 0 |
| 7am | 1 |
| 8am | 0 |
| 9am | 0 |
| 10am | 0 |
| 11am | 1 |
| 12pm | 2 |
| 1pm | 2 |
| 2pm | 0 |
| 3pm | 0 |
| 4pm | 1 |
| 5pm | 0 |
| 6pm | 1 |
| 7pm | 1 |
| 8pm | 1 |
| 9pm | 1 |
| 10pm | 0 |
| 11pm | 0 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Sun | 3 |
| Mon | 2 |
| Tue | 3 |
| Wed | 1 |
| Thu | 0 |
| Fri | 1 |
| Sat | 2 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 1 |
| Mar | 3 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 1 |
| Jun | 0 |
| Jul | 1 |
| Aug | 1 |
| Sep | 4 |
| Oct | 1 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Conditions
Weather and light
| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Clear | 11 |
| Cloudy | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.
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| Category | Fatal crashes |
|---|---|
| Daylight | 8 |
| Dark - Not Lighted | 3 |
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-272
- CR-GIVENS MULLINS RD1
- SR-1841
- CR-RAS CASE RD1
- CR-NOLA RD1
- CR-MALCOLM RD1
- CR-LEE HEDGEPETH RD1
- CR-JERRY TOWN RD1
- CR-FOREST GROVE RD1
- CR-511
Road names as recorded in police reports.
| Category | Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Cars | 6 |
| Pickup trucks | 3 |
| Other vehicles | 2 |
| SUVs | 2 |
| Medium and heavy trucks | 1 |
| Motorcycles | 1 |
All crashes 2020–2024.
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Vehicles most often involved
- Ford F-1502
- Chevrolet Tahoe1
- Chevrolet Traverse1
- Dodge Challenger1
- Ford Fusion1
- Harley Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic 1031
- Hyundai Elantra1
- Infiniti G371
- Nissan Versa Note1
- Peterbilt 3891
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 | Road | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2024 | — | CR-NOLA RD | 1 |
| Sep 9, 2024 | — | CR-JERRY TOWN RD | 1 |
| Mar 25, 2024 | — | CR-MALCOLM RD | 1 |
| Mar 6, 2024 | — | CR-RAS CASE RD | 1 |
| Sep 20, 2022 | — | SR-27 | 1 |
| Sep 4, 2022 | — | CR-GIVENS MULLINS RD | 3 |
| Aug 2, 2022 | — | CR-51 | 1 |
| May 27, 2022 | — | CR-FOREST GROVE RD | 1 |
| Mar 1, 2022 | — | US-84 | 1 |
| Feb 28, 2021 | — | CR-LEE HEDGEPETH RD | 1 |
| Sep 5, 2020 | — | SR-27 | 1 |
| Jul 26, 2020 | Monticello | SR-184 | 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.