Hillsborough County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 181 deaths in 174 fatal crashes in Hillsborough County in 2024.

FARS records 2,124 deaths in 1,993 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.4 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, Hillsborough County was number 3 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Hillsborough County rose by 24.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (1,713) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (2,124).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 13.1% of the fatal crashes in Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough County by year, 2015 to 2024

190

228

191

176

219

213

271

225

230

181

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.Hillsborough County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	181	174	36
2023	230	209	37
2022	225	215	43
2021	271	254	60
2020	213	198	56
2019	219	207	54
2018	176	169	38
2017	191	181	40
2016	228	207	57
2015	190	179	46
2015 to 2024	2,124	1,993	467

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 271 (2021)2024: 181

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

Table 2.Hillsborough County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	181	174
2023	230	209
2022	225	215
2021	271	254
2020	213	198
2019	219	207
2018	176	169
2017	191	181
2016	228	207
2015	190	179
2014	158	142
2013	171	166
2012	178	170
2011	151	141
2010	153	145
2009	141	136
2008	182	174
2007	182	170
2006	191	177
2005	206	195
2004	185	175
2003	197	189
2002	222	207
2001	177	169
2000	197	178
1999	198	185
1998	203	187
1997	187	171
1996	193	173
1995	201	175
1994	198	175
1993	162	151
1992	178	156
1991	175	161
1990	225	196
1989	206	190
1988	187	175
1987	194	178
1986	200	181
1985	209	193
1984	218	192
1983	193	171
1982	171	154
1981	193	182
1980	159	141
1979	187	160
1978	127	116
1977	128	107
1976	135	119
1975	135	118

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.Hillsborough County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hillsborough County	Florida	United States
2024	11.5	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.4	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. Hillsborough County had 1,571,198 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hillsborough County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,993 fatal crashes	467	1,993 fatal crashes	23.4%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 1,993 fatal crashes	287	1,993 fatal crashes	14.4%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 959 occupant deaths with restraint use known	470	959 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.0%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 2,124 deaths	536	2,124 deaths	25.2%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 2,124 deaths	136	2,124 deaths	6.4%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 2,124 deaths	426	2,124 deaths	20.1%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 1,960 fatal crashes with the condition reported	256	1,960 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	13.1%	23.6%
In the darkof 1,986 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1,155	1,986 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.2%	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.Hillsborough 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	96	60	48	114	318
Monday	65	44	69	90	268
Tuesday	46	47	54	87	234
Wednesday	52	44	64	116	276
Thursday	43	61	54	96	254
Friday	66	52	71	103	292
Saturday	118	41	57	134	350
All days	486	349	417	740	1,992

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.Hillsborough County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	245	12.5%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	32	1.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	803	40.8%	40.4%
Minor arterial	345	17.5%	19.0%
Major collector	204	10.4%	11.8%
Minor collector	58	3.0%	3.1%
Local	279	14.2%	12.9%
Not reported	27	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.Hillsborough County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	712
Dark, not lighted	428
Dark, lighted	719
Dawn	45
Dusk	74
Dark, lighting unknown	8
Other or unknown	7

Table 8.Hillsborough County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1,536
Cloudy	337
Rain	96
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	13
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hillsborough County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hillsborough	In all of Florida
Interstate 4	Interstate	78	343
Interstate 75	Interstate	123	765
Interstate 275	Interstate	51	116
Interstate 295	Interstate	1 or 2	139
State Route 39	State highway	29	31
State Route 45	State highway	11	25
State Route 60	State highway	116	325
State Route 574	State highway	59	59
State Route 580	State highway	85	101
State Route 582	State highway	29	29
State Route 589	State highway	11	25
State Route 597	State highway	16	20
State Route 674	State highway	26	27
US Route 1	US highway	3	1,222
US Route 41	US highway	179	923
US Route 92	US highway	96	282
US Route 301	US highway	120	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.Hillsborough 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
Hillsborough County: 14.4

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 Hillsborough County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Manatee County	Florida	61	649	15.9
Pasco County	Florida	111	979	17.2
Pinellas County	Florida	108	1,197	12.4
Polk County	Florida	113	1,328	18.0

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 Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 1,713 deaths in Hillsborough County from 2005 to 2014. It records 2,124 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hillsborough in 2024?

The rate of Hillsborough County in 2024 was 11.5 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 Hillsborough had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 467 of 1,993 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 Hillsborough?

17 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 1,033 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.