Citrus County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 32 deaths in 30 fatal crashes in Citrus County in 2024.

FARS records 301 deaths in 277 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.6 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, Citrus County was number 28 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Citrus County rose by 24.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (241) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (301).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.8% of the fatal crashes in Citrus 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 Citrus 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.Citrus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	32	30	6
2023	26	24	8
2022	25	24	6
2021	37	35	11
2020	38	33	6
2019	22	19	5
2018	37	33	10
2017	31	29	11
2016	24	23	3
2015	29	27	5
2015 to 2024	301	277	71

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (2004)2024: 32

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

Table 2.Citrus County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	32	30
2023	26	24
2022	25	24
2021	37	35
2020	38	33
2019	22	19
2018	37	33
2017	31	29
2016	24	23
2015	29	27
2014	26	24
2013	17	16
2012	19	19
2011	17	16
2010	25	24
2009	33	28
2008	23	20
2007	23	23
2006	32	28
2005	26	23
2004	38	34
2003	33	31
2002	33	31
2001	21	20
2000	27	24
1999	24	22
1998	35	30
1997	26	24
1996	22	20
1995	37	34
1994	23	20
1993	23	20
1992	16	13
1991	17	16
1990	29	28
1989	23	21
1988	37	27
1987	12	11
1986	34	30
1985	23	19
1984	17	16
1983	29	22
1982	15	13
1981	17	16
1980	26	22
1979	22	21
1978	19	17
1977	13	12
1976	7	7
1975	15	12

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.Citrus County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Citrus County	Florida	United States
2024	18.8	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.6	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. Citrus County had 169,821 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Citrus County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 277 fatal crashes	71	277 fatal crashes	25.6%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 277 fatal crashes	16	277 fatal crashes	5.8%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 165 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	165 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.2%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 301 deaths	49	301 deaths	16.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 301 deaths	14	301 deaths	4.7%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 301 deaths	72	301 deaths	23.9%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 275 fatal crashes with the condition reported	115	275 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.8%	23.6%
In the darkof 277 fatal crashes with the condition reported	143	277 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.6%	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.Citrus 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	12	4	16	18	50
Monday	6	10	8	10	34
Tuesday	3	10	11	14	38
Wednesday	9	8	14	14	45
Thursday	5	7	7	10	29
Friday	4	5	8	15	32
Saturday	11	6	7	25	49
All days	50	50	71	106	277

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.Citrus County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	132	47.8%	40.4%
Minor arterial	40	14.5%	19.0%
Major collector	45	16.3%	11.8%
Minor collector	29	10.5%	3.1%
Local	29	10.5%	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.Citrus County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	121
Dark, not lighted	116
Dark, lighted	27
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Citrus County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	227
Cloudy	35
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Citrus County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Citrus	In all of Florida
State Route 44	State highway	42	174
State Route 200	State highway	12	74
US Route 19	US highway	51	632
US Route 41	US highway	27	923
US Route 98	US highway	1 or 2	514

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.Citrus 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
Citrus County: 19.6

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 Citrus County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hernando County	Florida	44	361	18.4
Levy County	Florida	20	180	41.9
Marion County	Florida	113	926	24.6
Sumter County	Florida	21	241	17.9

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 Citrus 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 Citrus in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 241 deaths in Citrus County from 2005 to 2014. It records 301 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Citrus in 2024?

The rate of Citrus County in 2024 was 18.8 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 Citrus had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 71 of 277 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 Citrus?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 134 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.