Jackson County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 174 deaths in 150 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 36.2 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, Jackson County was number 42 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Jackson County rose by 7.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (162) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (174).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.8% of the fatal crashes in Jackson 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 Jackson 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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	1 or 2
2023	16	15	1 or 2
2022	11	11	1 or 2
2021	16	14	1 or 2
2020	18	18	3
2019	20	17	3
2018	15	13	0
2017	18	15	1 or 2
2016	18	14	1 or 2
2015	30	22	3
2015 to 2024	174	150	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (2015)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	16	15
2022	11	11
2021	16	14
2020	18	18
2019	20	17
2018	15	13
2017	18	15
2016	18	14
2015	30	22
2014	18	18
2013	9	9
2012	11	9
2011	18	13
2010	10	8
2009	27	24
2008	16	13
2007	18	16
2006	19	17
2005	16	15
2004	21	17
2003	24	21
2002	17	16
2001	22	17
2000	16	12
1999	25	19
1998	25	24
1997	15	14
1996	17	15
1995	14	11
1994	17	14
1993	11	11
1992	15	14
1991	16	15
1990	19	16
1989	17	14
1988	15	14
1987	13	11
1986	15	14
1985	15	13
1984	15	14
1983	18	18
1982	15	14
1981	18	17
1980	15	14
1979	16	15
1978	21	19
1977	14	12
1976	19	13
1975	13	10

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.Jackson County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Florida	United States
2024	24.0	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	36.2	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. Jackson County had 49,937 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 150 fatal crashes	18	150 fatal crashes	12.0%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 150 fatal crashes	9	150 fatal crashes	6.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 132 occupant deaths with restraint use known	60	132 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.5%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 174 deaths	18	174 deaths	10.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 174 deaths	1 or 2	174 deaths	0.6%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 174 deaths	15	174 deaths	8.6%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	127	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.8%	23.6%
In the darkof 150 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	150 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Jackson 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	7	6	8	5	26
Monday	5	5	3	3	16
Tuesday	4	1 or 2	6	6	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	3	6	15
Thursday	4	5	4	7	20
Friday	1 or 2	6	4	7	19
Saturday	6	1 or 2	12	16	36
All days	29	31	40	50	150

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	19	12.8%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	33	22.3%	40.4%
Minor arterial	30	20.3%	19.0%
Major collector	25	16.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	17	11.5%	3.1%
Local	23	15.5%	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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	67
Dark, not lighted	66
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	113
Cloudy	25
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	19	394
State Route 71	State highway	11	25
State Route 77	State highway	6	41
US Route 90	US highway	16	444
US Route 231	US highway	21	74

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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 36.2

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 Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Geneva County	Alabama	7	70	26.3
Houston County	Alabama	12	162	15.2
Bay County	Florida	36	346	18.8
Calhoun County	Florida	4	55	39.5
Gadsden County	Florida	12	147	32.8
Holmes County	Florida	6	70	35.7
Washington County	Florida	9	74	29.4
Seminole County	Georgia	1 or 2	26	29.8

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 162 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 174 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 24.0 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 150 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 Jackson?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 73 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.