Charlotte County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Charlotte County in 2024.

FARS records 285 deaths in 265 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.9 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, Charlotte County was number 29 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Charlotte County rose by 7.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (265) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (285).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.9% of the occupants killed in Charlotte County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.3% 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 Charlotte 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.Charlotte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	28	5
2023	33	33	5
2022	38	33	8
2021	30	28	9
2020	26	25	9
2019	22	20	5
2018	27	25	6
2017	27	23	8
2016	30	29	7
2015	23	21	6
2015 to 2024	285	265	68

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 45 (2005)2024: 29

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

Table 2.Charlotte County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	28
2023	33	33
2022	38	33
2021	30	28
2020	26	25
2019	22	20
2018	27	25
2017	27	23
2016	30	29
2015	23	21
2014	19	19
2013	22	21
2012	18	17
2011	26	24
2010	21	20
2009	28	26
2008	24	23
2007	30	29
2006	32	30
2005	45	43
2004	39	34
2003	19	19
2002	24	23
2001	20	18
2000	39	33
1999	30	28
1998	18	16
1997	24	23
1996	25	21
1995	22	19
1994	17	16
1993	24	22
1992	18	17
1991	16	13
1990	28	25
1989	27	24
1988	28	24
1987	26	22
1986	29	21
1985	23	20
1984	20	16
1983	14	12
1982	12	11
1981	28	22
1980	17	17
1979	19	16
1978	18	16
1977	7	7
1976	14	12
1975	12	9

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.Charlotte County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Charlotte County	Florida	United States
2024	13.7	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.9	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. Charlotte County had 211,456 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Charlotte County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 265 fatal crashes	68	265 fatal crashes	25.7%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 265 fatal crashes	21	265 fatal crashes	7.9%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 157 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	157 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.9%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 285 deaths	38	285 deaths	13.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 285 deaths	25	285 deaths	8.8%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 285 deaths	61	285 deaths	21.4%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 263 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	263 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.2%	23.6%
In the darkof 264 fatal crashes with the condition reported	126	264 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.7%	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.Charlotte 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	10	3	12	4	29
Monday	5	7	15	12	39
Tuesday	4	6	14	13	37
Wednesday	7	6	6	17	36
Thursday	1 or 2	9	14	11	36
Friday	6	5	9	17	37
Saturday	6	11	17	17	51
All days	40	47	87	91	265

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.Charlotte County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	28	10.6%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	74	28.1%	40.4%
Minor arterial	81	30.8%	19.0%
Major collector	34	12.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	3	1.1%	3.1%
Local	42	16.0%	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.Charlotte County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	124
Dark, not lighted	66
Dark, lighted	60
Dawn	3
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Charlotte County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	218
Cloudy	31
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Charlotte County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Charlotte	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	29	765
State Route 31	State highway	15	30
State Route 776	State highway	29	43
US Route 17	US highway	10	506
US Route 41	US highway	57	923

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.Charlotte 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
Charlotte County: 14.9

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 Charlotte County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeSoto County	Florida	8	134	37.1
Glades County	Florida	8	89	68.1
Highlands County	Florida	22	253	24.2
Lee County	Florida	122	1,105	14.2
Sarasota County	Florida	56	577	13.1

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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 265 deaths in Charlotte County from 2005 to 2014. It records 285 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Charlotte in 2024?

The rate of Charlotte County in 2024 was 13.7 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 Charlotte had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 68 of 265 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 Charlotte?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 140 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.