Escambia County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 61 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in Escambia County in 2024.

FARS records 587 deaths in 553 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.3 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, Escambia County was number 17 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Escambia County rose by 22.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (480) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (587).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 16.0% of the fatal crashes in Escambia 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 Escambia 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.Escambia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	61	57	17
2023	63	62	14
2022	55	50	9
2021	77	73	12
2020	57	53	11
2019	64	58	9
2018	64	60	13
2017	51	48	12
2016	46	46	10
2015	49	46	10
2015 to 2024	587	553	117

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 88 (1986)2024: 61

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

Table 2.Escambia County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	61	57
2023	63	62
2022	55	50
2021	77	73
2020	57	53
2019	64	58
2018	64	60
2017	51	48
2016	46	46
2015	49	46
2014	43	43
2013	45	42
2012	39	38
2011	45	43
2010	36	36
2009	38	36
2008	63	53
2007	64	61
2006	37	37
2005	70	66
2004	49	44
2003	42	40
2002	45	44
2001	47	45
2000	41	38
1999	37	36
1998	50	43
1997	46	46
1996	38	35
1995	44	42
1994	53	51
1993	36	34
1992	38	34
1991	45	41
1990	53	49
1989	61	57
1988	61	57
1987	63	58
1986	88	74
1985	58	48
1984	60	56
1983	58	54
1982	46	41
1981	60	56
1980	60	55
1979	51	46
1978	35	32
1977	37	36
1976	40	37
1975	34	34

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.Escambia County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Escambia County	Florida	United States
2024	18.4	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.3	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. Escambia County had 332,372 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Escambia County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 553 fatal crashes	117	553 fatal crashes	21.2%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 553 fatal crashes	60	553 fatal crashes	10.8%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 275 occupant deaths with restraint use known	125	275 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.5%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 587 deaths	160	587 deaths	27.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 587 deaths	37	587 deaths	6.3%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 587 deaths	99	587 deaths	16.9%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 551 fatal crashes with the condition reported	88	551 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	16.0%	23.6%
In the darkof 552 fatal crashes with the condition reported	336	552 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.9%	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.Escambia 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	18	9	24	26	77
Monday	16	10	17	16	59
Tuesday	11	10	21	31	73
Wednesday	13	7	20	39	79
Thursday	19	6	21	36	82
Friday	17	8	20	39	84
Saturday	28	5	15	51	99
All days	122	55	138	238	553

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.Escambia County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	50	9.1%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	0.5%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	198	35.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	161	29.2%	19.0%
Major collector	74	13.4%	11.8%
Minor collector	10	1.8%	3.1%
Local	55	10.0%	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.Escambia County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	180
Dark, not lighted	227
Dark, lighted	108
Dawn	10
Dusk	26
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Escambia County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	392
Cloudy	113
Rain	38
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Escambia County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Escambia	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	39	394
State Route 10A	State highway	1 or 2	20
State Route 292	State highway	51	51
State Route 295	State highway	20	20
State Route 296	State highway	24	24
US Route 29	US highway	64	65
US Route 90	US highway	79	444
US Route 98	US highway	17	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.Escambia 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
Escambia County: 18.3

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 Escambia County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baldwin County	Alabama	26	316	13.7
Escambia County	Alabama	9	108	29.3
Santa Rosa County	Florida	27	210	11.2

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 Escambia 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 Escambia in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 480 deaths in Escambia County from 2005 to 2014. It records 587 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Escambia in 2024?

The rate of Escambia County in 2024 was 18.4 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 Escambia had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 117 of 553 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 Escambia?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 295 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.