Lee County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 122 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in Lee County in 2024.

FARS records 1,105 deaths in 1,031 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.2 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, Lee County was number 10 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Lee County rose by 21.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (910) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,105).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 12.5% of the fatal crashes in Lee 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 Lee County by year, 2015 to 2024

105

113

107

116

135

120

122

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.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	122	113	17
2023	120	109	27
2022	135	128	26
2021	116	109	28
2020	107	100	21
2019	98	88	18
2018	94	89	23
2017	113	106	26
2016	105	102	25
2015	95	87	22
2015 to 2024	1,105	1,031	233

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 150 (2005)2024: 122

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

Table 2.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	122	113
2023	120	109
2022	135	128
2021	116	109
2020	107	100
2019	98	88
2018	94	89
2017	113	106
2016	105	102
2015	95	87
2014	81	78
2013	92	83
2012	64	63
2011	75	71
2010	65	59
2009	80	75
2008	77	76
2007	106	96
2006	120	111
2005	150	134
2004	107	95
2003	120	111
2002	71	64
2001	112	101
2000	104	96
1999	99	91
1998	73	68
1997	87	79
1996	79	71
1995	66	65
1994	93	82
1993	82	78
1992	82	74
1991	75	74
1990	84	79
1989	100	85
1988	85	78
1987	89	82
1986	80	70
1985	69	61
1984	72	60
1983	56	50
1982	67	57
1981	69	63
1980	68	54
1979	51	48
1978	40	38
1977	41	36
1976	51	44
1975	38	34

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.Lee County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lee County	Florida	United States
2024	14.2	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.2	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. Lee County had 861,667 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,031 fatal crashes	233	1,031 fatal crashes	22.6%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 1,031 fatal crashes	158	1,031 fatal crashes	15.3%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 558 occupant deaths with restraint use known	219	558 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.2%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 1,105 deaths	218	1,105 deaths	19.7%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 1,105 deaths	72	1,105 deaths	6.5%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 1,105 deaths	240	1,105 deaths	21.7%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 1,020 fatal crashes with the condition reported	128	1,020 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	12.5%	23.6%
In the darkof 1,025 fatal crashes with the condition reported	564	1,025 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.0%	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.Lee 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	47	22	33	65	167
Monday	19	26	35	48	128
Tuesday	19	27	40	45	131
Wednesday	15	28	36	48	127
Thursday	14	23	36	63	136
Friday	28	31	32	69	160
Saturday	45	22	33	81	181
All days	187	179	245	419	1,030

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.Lee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	65	6.3%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	5	0.5%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	403	39.3%	40.4%
Minor arterial	243	23.7%	19.0%
Major collector	132	12.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	25	2.4%	3.1%
Local	152	14.8%	12.9%
Not reported	6	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.Lee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	412
Dark, not lighted	262
Dark, lighted	297
Dawn	14
Dusk	35
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Lee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	846
Cloudy	136
Rain	38
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 Lee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lee	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	65	765
State Route 31	State highway	7	30
State Route 78	State highway	51	73
State Route 80	State highway	47	98
State Route 82	State highway	62	73
State Route 739	State highway	20	20
State Route 802	State highway	1 or 2	41
US Route 1	US highway	1 or 2	1,222
US Route 41	US highway	151	923

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.Lee 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
Lee County: 14.2

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 Lee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Charlotte County	Florida	29	285	14.9
Collier County	Florida	59	425	11.0
Hendry County	Florida	10	138	33.1

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 Lee 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 Lee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 910 deaths in Lee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,105 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lee in 2024?

The rate of Lee County in 2024 was 14.2 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 Lee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 233 of 1,031 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 Lee?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 405 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.