Manatee County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 61 deaths in 58 fatal crashes in Manatee County in 2024.

FARS records 649 deaths in 613 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.9 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, Manatee County was number 14 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Manatee County rose by 30.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (497) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (649).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.3% of the occupants killed in Manatee County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 45.3% 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 Manatee 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.Manatee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	61	58	12
2023	71	67	10
2022	69	64	16
2021	71	67	12
2020	65	61	13
2019	56	53	13
2018	75	72	15
2017	54	50	14
2016	71	68	17
2015	56	53	11
2015 to 2024	649	613	133

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 76 (2003)2024: 61

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

Table 2.Manatee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	61	58
2023	71	67
2022	69	64
2021	71	67
2020	65	61
2019	56	53
2018	75	72
2017	54	50
2016	71	68
2015	56	53
2014	49	46
2013	40	38
2012	48	42
2011	40	39
2010	44	43
2009	37	34
2008	55	51
2007	58	52
2006	56	52
2005	70	62
2004	61	57
2003	76	69
2002	42	41
2001	59	54
2000	59	53
1999	58	51
1998	61	54
1997	63	52
1996	56	49
1995	47	44
1994	48	44
1993	42	36
1992	28	26
1991	31	31
1990	38	37
1989	47	43
1988	51	50
1987	44	41
1986	43	41
1985	53	46
1984	48	45
1983	56	48
1982	42	38
1981	49	41
1980	39	33
1979	50	44
1978	30	29
1977	38	36
1976	24	23
1975	34	32

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.Manatee County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Manatee County	Florida	United States
2024	13.3	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.9	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. Manatee County had 458,956 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Manatee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 613 fatal crashes	133	613 fatal crashes	21.7%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 613 fatal crashes	49	613 fatal crashes	8.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 300 occupant deaths with restraint use known	109	300 occupant deathswith restraint use known	36.3%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 649 deaths	157	649 deaths	24.2%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 649 deaths	54	649 deaths	8.3%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 649 deaths	123	649 deaths	19.0%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 612 fatal crashes with the condition reported	124	612 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	20.3%	23.6%
In the darkof 612 fatal crashes with the condition reported	328	612 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.6%	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.Manatee 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	27	14	12	31	84
Monday	10	21	25	28	84
Tuesday	10	24	24	28	86
Wednesday	14	10	21	32	77
Thursday	9	15	21	34	79
Friday	16	19	19	40	94
Saturday	23	18	21	47	109
All days	109	121	143	240	613

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.Manatee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	40	6.5%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	0.5%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	375	61.3%	40.4%
Minor arterial	45	7.4%	19.0%
Major collector	79	12.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	7	1.1%	3.1%
Local	63	10.3%	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.Manatee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	252
Dark, not lighted	173
Dark, lighted	152
Dawn	10
Dusk	22
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Manatee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	479
Cloudy	98
Rain	27
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Manatee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Manatee	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	34	765
Interstate 275	Interstate	8	116
State Route 45	State highway	6	25
State Route 62	State highway	14	21
State Route 64	State highway	45	71
State Route 70	State highway	76	178
State Route 520	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 684	State highway	25	25
US Route 1	US highway	1 or 2	1,222
US Route 19	US highway	13	632
US Route 41	US highway	140	923
US Route 301	US highway	44	397

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.Manatee 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
Manatee County: 15.9

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 Manatee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
DeSoto County	Florida	8	134	37.1
Hardee County	Florida	13	100	37.9
Hillsborough County	Florida	181	2,124	14.4
Sarasota County	Florida	56	577	13.1

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 Manatee 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 Manatee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 497 deaths in Manatee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 649 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Manatee in 2024?

The rate of Manatee County in 2024 was 13.3 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 Manatee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 133 of 613 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 Manatee?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 407 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.