Collier County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 59 deaths in 49 fatal crashes in Collier County in 2024.

FARS records 425 deaths in 383 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.0 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, Collier County was number 21 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Collier County rose by 0.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (424) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (425).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 38.4% of the fatal crashes in Collier 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 Collier 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.Collier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	59	49	9
2023	40	36	9
2022	43	42	13
2021	41	39	13
2020	42	37	10
2019	52	46	8
2018	44	39	12
2017	23	22	5
2016	35	31	1 or 2
2015	46	42	8
2015 to 2024	425	383	89

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 78 (2003)2024: 59

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

Table 2.Collier County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	59	49
2023	40	36
2022	43	42
2021	41	39
2020	42	37
2019	52	46
2018	44	39
2017	23	22
2016	35	31
2015	46	42
2014	39	37
2013	33	28
2012	33	27
2011	40	33
2010	42	37
2009	39	34
2008	34	31
2007	54	46
2006	56	50
2005	54	50
2004	57	49
2003	78	67
2002	64	49
2001	65	59
2000	67	58
1999	60	49
1998	48	37
1997	58	53
1996	44	39
1995	48	43
1994	38	33
1993	46	40
1992	45	39
1991	52	39
1990	57	48
1989	74	49
1988	43	36
1987	60	49
1986	33	28
1985	51	37
1984	42	35
1983	26	21
1982	31	30
1981	41	40
1980	51	40
1979	34	29
1978	29	26
1977	21	18
1976	22	18
1975	16	15

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.Collier County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Collier County	Florida	United States
2024	14.2	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.0	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. Collier County had 416,722 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Collier County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 383 fatal crashes	89	383 fatal crashes	23.2%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 383 fatal crashes	38	383 fatal crashes	9.9%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 283 occupant deaths with restraint use known	131	283 occupant deathswith restraint use known	46.3%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 425 deaths	54	425 deaths	12.7%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 425 deaths	35	425 deaths	8.2%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 425 deaths	50	425 deaths	11.8%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 383 fatal crashes with the condition reported	147	383 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.4%	23.6%
In the darkof 382 fatal crashes with the condition reported	187	382 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.0%	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.Collier 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	11	8	24	15	58
Monday	7	16	13	17	53
Tuesday	8	17	16	11	52
Wednesday	9	5	19	11	44
Thursday	11	15	11	20	57
Friday	10	8	20	21	59
Saturday	15	9	9	27	60
All days	71	78	112	122	383

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.Collier County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	57	14.9%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	113	29.5%	40.4%
Minor arterial	86	22.5%	19.0%
Major collector	52	13.6%	11.8%
Minor collector	15	3.9%	3.1%
Local	59	15.4%	12.9%
Not reported	0	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.Collier County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	174
Dark, not lighted	101
Dark, lighted	83
Dawn	8
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Collier County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	274
Cloudy	85
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Collier County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Collier	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	57	765
State Route 29	State highway	42	69
State Route 82	State highway	7	73
State Route 84	State highway	6	41
US Route 41	US highway	58	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.Collier 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
Collier County: 11.0

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 Collier County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Broward County	Florida	243	2,444	12.5
Hendry County	Florida	10	138	33.1
Lee County	Florida	122	1,105	14.2
Miami-Dade County	Florida	279	3,086	11.4
Monroe County	Florida	6	177	22.4

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 Collier 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 Collier in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 424 deaths in Collier County from 2005 to 2014. It records 425 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Collier in 2024?

The rate of Collier County in 2024 was 14.2 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 Collier had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 89 of 383 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 Collier?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 170 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.