Marion County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 113 deaths in 92 fatal crashes in Marion County in 2024.

FARS records 926 deaths in 840 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.6 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, Marion County was number 12 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Marion County rose by 35.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (685) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (926).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 45.7% of the fatal crashes in Marion 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 Marion County by year, 2015 to 2024

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112

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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.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	113	92	20
2023	99	91	22
2022	112	104	23
2021	93	84	20
2020	105	94	25
2019	90	82	24
2018	84	78	28
2017	90	83	24
2016	70	69	19
2015	70	63	23
2015 to 2024	926	840	228

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 115 (2003)2024: 113

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

Table 2.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	113	92
2023	99	91
2022	112	104
2021	93	84
2020	105	94
2019	90	82
2018	84	78
2017	90	83
2016	70	69
2015	70	63
2014	55	49
2013	46	43
2012	65	60
2011	62	55
2010	73	68
2009	61	53
2008	87	83
2007	65	61
2006	67	60
2005	104	88
2004	87	77
2003	115	96
2002	82	72
2001	87	75
2000	81	74
1999	75	64
1998	62	58
1997	79	71
1996	50	47
1995	81	69
1994	57	54
1993	75	71
1992	63	57
1991	63	54
1990	84	75
1989	67	57
1988	69	61
1987	64	57
1986	71	65
1985	50	41
1984	79	71
1983	82	72
1982	72	65
1981	63	57
1980	43	39
1979	57	50
1978	50	45
1977	54	46
1976	38	32
1975	33	27

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.Marion County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marion County	Florida	United States
2024	26.4	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.6	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. Marion County had 427,995 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marion County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 840 fatal crashes	228	840 fatal crashes	27.1%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 840 fatal crashes	87	840 fatal crashes	10.4%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 559 occupant deaths with restraint use known	277	559 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.6%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 926 deaths	160	926 deaths	17.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 926 deaths	40	926 deaths	4.3%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 926 deaths	155	926 deaths	16.7%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 836 fatal crashes with the condition reported	382	836 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 838 fatal crashes with the condition reported	420	838 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.1%	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.Marion 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	36	10	32	37	115
Monday	17	19	29	26	91
Tuesday	14	28	29	35	106
Wednesday	16	30	32	36	114
Thursday	17	23	35	41	116
Friday	25	28	43	50	146
Saturday	30	25	41	56	152
All days	155	163	241	281	840

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.Marion County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	67	8.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	6	0.7%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	302	36.0%	40.4%
Minor arterial	111	13.2%	19.0%
Major collector	100	11.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	128	15.3%	3.1%
Local	124	14.8%	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.Marion County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	368
Dark, not lighted	335
Dark, lighted	80
Dawn	19
Dusk	31
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Marion County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	580
Cloudy	187
Rain	45
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	23
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	5

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Marion County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marion	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	68	765
State Route 19	State highway	4	52
State Route 40	State highway	70	115
State Route 200	State highway	47	74
US Route 27	US highway	49	670
US Route 41	US highway	13	923
US Route 301	US highway	33	397
US Route 441	US highway	69	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.Marion 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
Marion County: 24.6

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 Marion County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Alachua County	Florida	50	526	19.1
Citrus County	Florida	32	301	19.6
Lake County	Florida	52	613	16.2
Levy County	Florida	20	180	41.9
Putnam County	Florida	17	272	36.7
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 Marion 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 Marion in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 685 deaths in Marion County from 2005 to 2014. It records 926 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marion in 2024?

The rate of Marion County in 2024 was 26.4 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 Marion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 228 of 840 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 Marion?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 353 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.