Alachua County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 50 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Alachua County in 2024.

FARS records 526 deaths in 476 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Florida in the same years is 15.1.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Alachua County was number 19 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Alachua County rose by 46.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (360) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (526).

In the counties of Florida the deaths rose by 17.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 49.3% of the fatal crashes in Alachua County with a known setting were rural, against 23.6% in Florida.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Alachua County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Alachua County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	50	45	7
2023	58	56	12
2022	52	49	11
2021	57	55	14
2020	48	44	14
2019	72	54	22
2018	51	49	7
2017	55	47	18
2016	46	42	11
2015	37	35	12
2015 to 2024	526	476	128

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Alachua County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 72 (2019)2024: 50

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Alachua County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	50	45
2023	58	56
2022	52	49
2021	57	55
2020	48	44
2019	72	54
2018	51	49
2017	55	47
2016	46	42
2015	37	35
2014	30	26
2013	33	27
2012	36	26
2011	27	23
2010	26	23
2009	30	29
2008	42	40
2007	57	48
2006	43	38
2005	36	30
2004	52	47
2003	31	28
2002	36	32
2001	50	46
2000	42	37
1999	47	39
1998	55	46
1997	43	38
1996	43	38
1995	32	29
1994	41	37
1993	40	35
1992	40	32
1991	37	36
1990	33	30
1989	25	22
1988	48	42
1987	51	47
1986	20	19
1985	33	31
1984	36	33
1983	37	31
1982	32	30
1981	39	33
1980	48	38
1979	42	38
1978	31	28
1977	34	31
1976	35	33
1975	36	31

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Alachua County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Alachua County	Florida	United States
2024	17.3	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.1	15.1	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Alachua County had 289,446 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Alachua County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 476 fatal crashes	128	476 fatal crashes	26.9%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 476 fatal crashes	54	476 fatal crashes	11.3%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 330 occupant deaths with restraint use known	156	330 occupant deathswith restraint use known	47.3%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 526 deaths	86	526 deaths	16.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 526 deaths	20	526 deaths	3.8%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 526 deaths	80	526 deaths	15.2%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 475 fatal crashes with the condition reported	234	475 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.3%	23.6%
In the darkof 473 fatal crashes with the condition reported	258	473 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.5%	55.3%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Alachua County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	24	6	17	16	63
Monday	7	14	9	27	57
Tuesday	10	15	21	20	66
Wednesday	10	16	14	21	61
Thursday	6	9	19	33	67
Friday	18	21	14	30	83
Saturday	20	10	17	32	79
All days	95	91	111	179	476

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Alachua County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	55	11.6%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	0.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	223	46.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	83	17.5%	19.0%
Major collector	64	13.5%	11.8%
Minor collector	14	2.9%	3.1%
Local	33	6.9%	12.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Alachua County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	192
Dark, not lighted	150
Dark, lighted	108
Dawn	7
Dusk	16
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Alachua County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	320
Cloudy	110
Rain	37
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Alachua County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Alachua	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	55	765
State Route 20	State highway	20	129
State Route 21	State highway	1 or 2	93
State Route 24	State highway	48	58
State Route 26	State highway	49	71
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 121	State highway	27	63
US Route 27	US highway	12	670
US Route 41	US highway	3	923
US Route 301	US highway	36	397
US Route 441	US highway	51	594

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Florida

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Alachua County on the county map of Florida

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.917 counties
15 to 19.918 counties
20 to 29.912 counties
30 or more19 counties
Alachua County: 19.1

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Florida

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Alachua County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bradford County	Florida	6	83	30.0
Columbia County	Florida	27	231	32.6
Gilchrist County	Florida	6	51	27.6
Levy County	Florida	20	180	41.9
Marion County	Florida	113	926	24.6
Putnam County	Florida	17	272	36.7
Union County	Florida	5	37	23.9

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Florida have a population nearest to that of Alachua County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Florida State Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Florida.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Alachua in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 360 deaths in Alachua County from 2005 to 2014. It records 526 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Alachua in 2024?

The rate of Alachua County in 2024 was 17.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Florida was 13.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Alachua had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 128 of 476 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Alachua?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 303 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.