Hendry County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Hendry County in 2024.

FARS records 138 deaths in 121 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 33.1 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, Hendry County was number 46 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Hendry County fell by 3.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (143) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (138).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.0% of the fatal crashes in Hendry 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 Hendry 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.Hendry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	9	1 or 2
2023	16	14	3
2022	17	14	7
2021	22	18	3
2020	13	12	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	14	13	4
2017	9	8	3
2016	19	15	3
2015	10	10	5
2015 to 2024	138	121	33

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2005)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Hendry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	9
2023	16	14
2022	17	14
2021	22	18
2020	13	12
2019	8	8
2018	14	13
2017	9	8
2016	19	15
2015	10	10
2014	8	6
2013	11	10
2012	6	6
2011	9	9
2010	10	9
2009	16	15
2008	17	14
2007	14	12
2006	23	21
2005	29	26
2004	26	24
2003	12	11
2002	16	14
2001	19	15
2000	12	12
1999	16	14
1998	15	14
1997	15	14
1996	15	12
1995	18	16
1994	19	12
1993	6	5
1992	13	8
1991	17	16
1990	25	16
1989	20	16
1988	20	18
1987	23	18
1986	15	15
1985	15	10
1984	6	6
1983	13	10
1982	13	10
1981	11	9
1980	8	8
1979	12	12
1978	4	4
1977	3	3
1976	8	8
1975	3	1 or 2

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.Hendry County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hendry County	Florida	United States
2024	21.4	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	33.1	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. Hendry County had 46,641 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hendry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 121 fatal crashes	33	121 fatal crashes	27.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 121 fatal crashes	11	121 fatal crashes	9.1%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 94 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	94 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.9%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 138 deaths	13	138 deaths	9.4%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 138 deaths	4	138 deaths	2.9%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 138 deaths	20	138 deaths	14.5%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	85	118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.0%	23.6%
In the darkof 120 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	120 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.2%	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.Hendry 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	4	8	4	22
Monday	3	3	5	3	14
Tuesday	4	7	7	1 or 2	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	4	7	15
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	7	13
Friday	1 or 2	4	5	3	13
Saturday	7	6	3	8	24
All days	24	30	33	34	121

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.Hendry 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	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	66	55.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	10	8.5%	19.0%
Major collector	11	9.3%	11.8%
Minor collector	7	5.9%	3.1%
Local	24	20.3%	12.9%
Not reported	3	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.Hendry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	12
Dawn	8
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hendry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	75
Cloudy	29
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hendry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hendry	In all of Florida
State Route 29	State highway	19	69
State Route 80	State highway	28	98
State Route 82	State highway	1 or 2	73
US Route 27	US highway	17	670

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.Hendry 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
Hendry County: 33.1

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 Hendry 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
Collier County	Florida	59	425	11.0
Glades County	Florida	8	89	68.1
Lee County	Florida	122	1,105	14.2
Palm Beach County	Florida	214	1,926	12.8

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 Hendry 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

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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 Hendry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 143 deaths in Hendry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 138 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hendry in 2024?

The rate of Hendry County in 2024 was 21.4 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 Hendry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 33 of 121 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 Hendry?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 66 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.