Leon County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 38 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in Leon County in 2024.

FARS records 362 deaths in 336 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.3 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, Leon County was number 23 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Leon County rose by 13.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (318) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (362).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 28.6% of fatal crashes in Leon County and 20.7% 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 Leon 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.Leon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	38	35	4
2023	38	35	10
2022	38	37	13
2021	45	38	14
2020	35	33	7
2019	35	33	13
2018	30	29	6
2017	34	33	11
2016	40	36	10
2015	29	27	8
2015 to 2024	362	336	96

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1988)2024: 38

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

Table 2.Leon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	38	35
2023	38	35
2022	38	37
2021	45	38
2020	35	33
2019	35	33
2018	30	29
2017	34	33
2016	40	36
2015	29	27
2014	33	31
2013	18	18
2012	42	36
2011	37	31
2010	36	33
2009	29	26
2008	31	30
2007	22	20
2006	28	27
2005	42	40
2004	17	17
2003	36	34
2002	27	26
2001	25	24
2000	44	40
1999	16	15
1998	19	19
1997	29	28
1996	31	30
1995	40	38
1994	36	33
1993	28	24
1992	39	35
1991	41	36
1990	27	24
1989	30	30
1988	47	42
1987	30	30
1986	31	27
1985	32	31
1984	37	36
1983	35	34
1982	30	28
1981	34	31
1980	33	31
1979	14	14
1978	34	27
1977	28	24
1976	29	27
1975	24	20

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.Leon County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Leon County	Florida	United States
2024	12.7	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.3	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. Leon County had 298,712 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Leon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 336 fatal crashes	96	336 fatal crashes	28.6%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 336 fatal crashes	49	336 fatal crashes	14.6%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 201 occupant deaths with restraint use known	88	201 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.8%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 362 deaths	89	362 deaths	24.6%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 362 deaths	14	362 deaths	3.9%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 362 deaths	45	362 deaths	12.4%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 334 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	334 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	23.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 333 fatal crashes with the condition reported	190	333 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.1%	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.Leon 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	18	12	12	20	62
Monday	6	9	10	22	47
Tuesday	5	11	9	16	41
Wednesday	7	7	9	9	32
Thursday	9	10	9	13	41
Friday	12	12	7	16	47
Saturday	24	6	7	29	66
All days	81	67	63	125	336

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.Leon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	26	7.8%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	125	37.4%	40.4%
Minor arterial	79	23.7%	19.0%
Major collector	47	14.1%	11.8%
Minor collector	17	5.1%	3.1%
Local	39	11.7%	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.Leon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	121
Dark, not lighted	97
Dark, lighted	90
Dawn	9
Dusk	13
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Leon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	248
Cloudy	57
Rain	23
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Leon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Leon	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	26	394
State Route 20	State highway	12	129
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	257
US Route 19	US highway	1 or 2	632
US Route 27	US highway	43	670
US Route 90	US highway	45	444
US Route 319	US highway	15	26

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.Leon 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
Leon County: 12.3

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 Leon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Gadsden County	Florida	12	147	32.8
Jefferson County	Florida	10	49	33.4
Liberty County	Florida	0	15	18.7
Wakulla County	Florida	4	65	19.2
Grady County	Georgia	8	60	23.5
Thomas County	Georgia	16	94	20.8

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 Leon 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 Leon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 318 deaths in Leon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 362 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Leon in 2024?

The rate of Leon County in 2024 was 12.7 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 Leon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 96 of 336 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 Leon?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 143 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.