Hamilton County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Hamilton County in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 61 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 49.4 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, Hamilton County was number 55 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Hamilton County rose by 15.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (60) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.2% of the fatal crashes in Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	6	0
2023	5	5	1 or 2
2022	12	9	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	12	10	3
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	9	9	3
2016	5	4	1 or 2
2015	5	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	69	61	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 15 (2004)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Hamilton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	6
2023	5	5
2022	12	9
2021	4	4
2020	12	10
2019	6	6
2018	3	3
2017	9	9
2016	5	4
2015	5	5
2014	6	5
2013	3	3
2012	11	8
2011	8	8
2010	8	7
2009	7	6
2008	6	5
2007	4	4
2006	4	4
2005	3	3
2004	15	10
2003	10	9
2002	13	12
2001	3	3
2000	5	5
1999	1 or 2	1 or 2
1998	3	3
1997	11	9
1996	5	5
1995	8	7
1994	10	6
1993	8	6
1992	4	4
1991	5	3
1990	5	5
1989	6	6
1988	5	5
1987	6	6
1986	3	3
1985	6	5
1984	7	7
1983	3	3
1982	6	5
1981	1 or 2	1 or 2
1980	10	5
1979	3	1 or 2
1978	0	0
1977	5	4
1976	5	4
1975	4	4

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.Hamilton County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hamilton County	Florida	United States
2024	56.2	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	49.4	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. Hamilton County had 14,237 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hamilton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 61 fatal crashes	17	61 fatal crashes	27.9%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 61 fatal crashes	11	61 fatal crashes	18.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 53 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	53 occupant deathswith restraint use known	67.9%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	9	69 deaths	13.0%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	0	69 deaths	0.0%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	5	69 deaths	7.2%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	55	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.2%	23.6%
In the darkof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.9%	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.Hamilton 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	6	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	13
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	5
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	3	0	3	1 or 2	8
Thursday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Friday	1 or 2	0	0	1 or 2	4
Saturday	4	3	4	6	17
All days	20	10	10	21	61

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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	23	37.7%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	3	4.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	16	26.2%	19.0%
Major collector	5	8.2%	11.8%
Minor collector	10	16.4%	3.1%
Local	4	6.6%	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.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	18
Dark, not lighted	37
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Hamilton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	41
Cloudy	11
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hamilton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hamilton	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	23	765
US Route 27	US highway	1 or 2	670
US Route 41	US highway	6	923
US Route 129	US highway	1 or 2	32

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.Hamilton 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
Hamilton County: 49.4

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 Hamilton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	Florida	27	231	32.6
Madison County	Florida	10	69	37.5
Suwannee County	Florida	15	167	37.3
Echols County	Georgia	1 or 2	9	23.5
Lowndes County	Georgia	18	183	15.5

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 Hamilton 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Hamilton County, Florida: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/fl/hamilton/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 60 deaths in Hamilton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hamilton in 2024?

The rate of Hamilton County in 2024 was 56.2 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 Hamilton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 61 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 Hamilton?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 32 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.