Hernando County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 44 deaths in 42 fatal crashes in Hernando County in 2024.

FARS records 361 deaths in 341 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.4 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, Hernando County was number 24 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Hernando County rose by 19.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (301) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (361).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 33.0% of the fatal crashes in Hernando 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 Hernando 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.Hernando County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	44	42	5
2023	45	43	6
2022	45	42	10
2021	33	31	13
2020	44	43	11
2019	25	25	6
2018	31	31	5
2017	34	32	8
2016	25	23	5
2015	35	29	7
2015 to 2024	361	341	76

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 45 (2004)2024: 44

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

Table 2.Hernando County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	44	42
2023	45	43
2022	45	42
2021	33	31
2020	44	43
2019	25	25
2018	31	31
2017	34	32
2016	25	23
2015	35	29
2014	20	19
2013	29	27
2012	24	22
2011	29	29
2010	28	25
2009	30	29
2008	37	34
2007	40	37
2006	33	27
2005	31	28
2004	45	44
2003	34	33
2002	25	23
2001	25	24
2000	27	24
1999	25	23
1998	20	19
1997	22	22
1996	41	36
1995	17	15
1994	33	29
1993	29	25
1992	28	20
1991	18	17
1990	21	18
1989	28	25
1988	32	27
1987	21	21
1986	24	22
1985	21	18
1984	28	28
1983	36	31
1982	10	10
1981	19	18
1980	20	15
1979	27	24
1978	9	8
1977	12	12
1976	12	11
1975	9	9

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.Hernando County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hernando County	Florida	United States
2024	20.2	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.4	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. Hernando County had 217,572 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hernando County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 341 fatal crashes	76	341 fatal crashes	22.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 341 fatal crashes	20	341 fatal crashes	5.9%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 209 occupant deaths with restraint use known	103	209 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 361 deaths	49	361 deaths	13.6%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 361 deaths	12	361 deaths	3.3%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 361 deaths	82	361 deaths	22.7%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 339 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	339 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.0%	23.6%
In the darkof 339 fatal crashes with the condition reported	169	339 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.9%	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.Hernando 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	9	12	14	14	49
Monday	11	12	9	14	46
Tuesday	5	7	16	15	43
Wednesday	6	13	14	14	47
Thursday	7	9	10	21	47
Friday	6	13	16	15	50
Saturday	15	7	17	20	59
All days	59	73	96	113	341

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.Hernando County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	9	2.7%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	7	2.1%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	131	38.6%	40.4%
Minor arterial	73	21.5%	19.0%
Major collector	64	18.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	7	2.1%	3.1%
Local	48	14.2%	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.Hernando County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	155
Dark, not lighted	123
Dark, lighted	46
Dawn	3
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hernando County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	263
Cloudy	59
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hernando County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hernando	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	10	765
State Route 50	State highway	37	257
State Route 589	State highway	7	25
US Route 17	US highway	1 or 2	506
US Route 19	US highway	44	632
US Route 41	US highway	25	923
US Route 98	US highway	14	514
US Route 301	US highway	7	397

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.Hernando 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
Hernando County: 18.4

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 Hernando County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Citrus County	Florida	32	301	19.6
Pasco County	Florida	111	979	17.2
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 Hernando 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 Hernando in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 301 deaths in Hernando County from 2005 to 2014. It records 361 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hernando in 2024?

The rate of Hernando County in 2024 was 20.2 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 Hernando had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 76 of 341 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 Hernando?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 145 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.