Lake County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 52 deaths in 50 fatal crashes in Lake County in 2024.

FARS records 613 deaths in 547 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.2 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, Lake County was number 16 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Lake County rose by 21.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (503) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (613).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.7% of the fatal crashes in Lake 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 Lake 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.Lake County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	52	50	8
2023	83	69	14
2022	74	65	11
2021	64	54	10
2020	53	52	14
2019	60	53	19
2018	63	60	17
2017	48	45	14
2016	55	50	10
2015	61	49	10
2015 to 2024	613	547	127

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 83 (2023)2024: 52

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

Table 2.Lake County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	52	50
2023	83	69
2022	74	65
2021	64	54
2020	53	52
2019	60	53
2018	63	60
2017	48	45
2016	55	50
2015	61	49
2014	41	36
2013	48	41
2012	35	34
2011	46	44
2010	40	39
2009	43	42
2008	61	60
2007	58	51
2006	57	45
2005	74	69
2004	67	63
2003	71	62
2002	71	62
2001	61	51
2000	60	54
1999	47	44
1998	51	47
1997	36	33
1996	37	33
1995	46	40
1994	40	35
1993	36	33
1992	34	30
1991	32	30
1990	40	35
1989	32	30
1988	42	41
1987	46	40
1986	43	38
1985	33	27
1984	54	44
1983	45	39
1982	43	38
1981	38	34
1980	33	30
1979	39	35
1978	29	26
1977	38	35
1976	28	23
1975	48	40

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.Lake County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lake County	Florida	United States
2024	11.7	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.2	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. Lake County had 443,454 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lake County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 547 fatal crashes	127	547 fatal crashes	23.2%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 547 fatal crashes	42	547 fatal crashes	7.7%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 367 occupant deaths with restraint use known	146	367 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.8%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 613 deaths	99	613 deaths	16.2%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 613 deaths	17	613 deaths	2.8%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 613 deaths	119	613 deaths	19.4%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 533 fatal crashes with the condition reported	185	533 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 546 fatal crashes with the condition reported	243	546 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.5%	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.Lake 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	24	15	24	29	92
Monday	8	14	24	18	64
Tuesday	4	14	20	24	62
Wednesday	9	19	20	25	73
Thursday	10	19	20	35	84
Friday	14	15	33	31	93
Saturday	13	10	21	35	79
All days	82	106	162	197	547

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.Lake 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	23	4.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	230	42.8%	40.4%
Minor arterial	74	13.8%	19.0%
Major collector	128	23.8%	11.8%
Minor collector	28	5.2%	3.1%
Local	55	10.2%	12.9%
Not reported	9	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.Lake County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	260
Dark, not lighted	158
Dark, lighted	78
Dawn	16
Dusk	27
Dark, lighting unknown	7
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lake County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	434
Cloudy	69
Rain	29
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	14
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lake County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lake	In all of Florida
State Route 19	State highway	34	52
State Route 33	State highway	14	50
State Route 40	State highway	6	115
State Route 44	State highway	36	174
State Route 46	State highway	18	53
State Route 50	State highway	24	257
State Route 91	State highway	19	291
State Route 429	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 916	State highway	1 or 2	32
US Route 27	US highway	83	670
US Route 192	US highway	8	158
US Route 441	US highway	50	594

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.Lake 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
Lake County: 16.2

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 Lake County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Marion County	Florida	113	926	24.6
Orange County	Florida	158	1,776	12.6
Polk County	Florida	113	1,328	18.0
Seminole County	Florida	35	420	8.9
Sumter County	Florida	21	241	17.9
Volusia County	Florida	108	1,205	21.6

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 Lake 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 Lake in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 503 deaths in Lake County from 2005 to 2014. It records 613 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lake in 2024?

The rate of Lake County in 2024 was 11.7 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 Lake had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 127 of 547 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 Lake?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 295 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.