Madison County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Madison County in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 66 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 37.5 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, Madison County was number 55 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Madison County fell by 27.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (95) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 95.5% of the fatal crashes in Madison 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 Madison County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	1 or 2
2023	10	10	1 or 2
2022	7	4	1 or 2
2021	5	5	0
2020	5	5	0
2019	10	10	1 or 2
2018	6	6	1 or 2
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	7	7	3
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	69	66	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (2007)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Madison County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	10	10
2022	7	4
2021	5	5
2020	5	5
2019	10	10
2018	6	6
2017	1 or 2	1 or 2
2016	7	7
2015	7	7
2014	4	4
2013	9	7
2012	9	8
2011	6	6
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	10	8
2008	9	9
2007	20	19
2006	11	11
2005	15	10
2004	10	9
2003	8	8
2002	9	8
2001	11	9
2000	13	11
1999	10	8
1998	13	8
1997	9	7
1996	7	7
1995	18	16
1994	4	3
1993	7	6
1992	6	5
1991	7	7
1990	12	9
1989	7	5
1988	12	11
1987	4	4
1986	7	6
1985	4	4
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	3	3
1982	4	4
1981	17	17
1980	11	9
1979	4	4
1978	1 or 2	1 or 2
1977	5	5
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	7	5

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.Madison County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison County	Florida	United States
2024	53.6	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	37.5	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. Madison County had 18,644 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 66 fatal crashes	13	66 fatal crashes	19.7%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 66 fatal crashes	5	66 fatal crashes	7.6%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 54 occupant deaths with restraint use known	16	54 occupant deathswith restraint use known	29.6%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	11	69 deaths	15.9%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	0	69 deaths	0.0%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	1 or 2	69 deaths	2.9%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 66 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	66 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	95.5%	23.6%
In the darkof 65 fatal crashes with the condition reported	26	65 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.0%	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.Madison 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	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	0	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	0	0	5	1 or 2	7
Thursday	3	5	4	1 or 2	14
Friday	1 or 2	0	5	1 or 2	9
Saturday	1 or 2	3	4	3	11
All days	10	16	24	16	66

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.Madison County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	39	59.1%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	3.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	5	7.6%	40.4%
Minor arterial	12	18.2%	19.0%
Major collector	3	4.5%	11.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	3.0%	3.1%
Local	3	4.5%	12.9%
Not reported	0	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.Madison County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	38
Dark, not lighted	25
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Madison County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	39
Cloudy	13
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	39	394
US Route 19	US highway	1 or 2	632
US Route 90	US highway	6	444

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.Madison 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
Madison County: 37.5

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 Madison County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hamilton County	Florida	8	69	49.4
Jefferson County	Florida	10	49	33.4
Lafayette County	Florida	3	19	22.6
Suwannee County	Florida	15	167	37.3
Taylor County	Florida	4	64	29.5
Brooks County	Georgia	1 or 2	41	25.7
Lowndes County	Georgia	18	183	15.5

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 Madison 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

Fatal Roads. Madison County, Florida: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/fl/madison/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Madison in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 95 deaths in Madison County from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison County in 2024 was 53.6 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 66 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 Madison?

FARS records 39 fatal crashes on Interstate 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 19 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 6 fatal crashes on US Route 90 in the county from 2015 to 2024.