Monroe County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 6 fatal crashes in Monroe County in 2024.

FARS records 177 deaths in 164 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.4 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, Monroe County was number 41 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Monroe County fell by 10.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (198) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (177).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.2% of the occupants killed in Monroe 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 Monroe 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.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	6	0
2023	18	18	1 or 2
2022	12	12	3
2021	20	18	1 or 2
2020	12	11	3
2019	18	18	1 or 2
2018	20	17	4
2017	18	17	1 or 2
2016	32	29	5
2015	21	18	6
2015 to 2024	177	164	28

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 54 (1980)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Monroe County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	6
2023	18	18
2022	12	12
2021	20	18
2020	12	11
2019	18	18
2018	20	17
2017	18	17
2016	32	29
2015	21	18
2014	11	11
2013	20	19
2012	17	15
2011	19	17
2010	21	19
2009	23	20
2008	20	18
2007	21	19
2006	23	23
2005	23	20
2004	30	28
2003	26	23
2002	19	18
2001	23	21
2000	21	20
1999	25	23
1998	26	23
1997	16	14
1996	20	20
1995	22	20
1994	27	25
1993	25	19
1992	30	24
1991	30	26
1990	31	26
1989	36	28
1988	41	34
1987	31	27
1986	27	24
1985	23	22
1984	46	37
1983	30	26
1982	39	33
1981	30	29
1980	54	42
1979	34	26
1978	30	26
1977	44	33
1976	23	23
1975	36	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.Monroe County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Monroe County	Florida	United States
2024	7.3	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.4	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. Monroe County had 82,015 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Monroe County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 164 fatal crashes	28	164 fatal crashes	17.1%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 164 fatal crashes	6	164 fatal crashes	3.7%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 79 occupant deaths with restraint use known	27	79 occupant deathswith restraint use known	34.2%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 177 deaths	30	177 deaths	16.9%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 177 deaths	21	177 deaths	11.9%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 177 deaths	44	177 deaths	24.9%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 163 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	163 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	22.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 164 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	164 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.6%	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.Monroe 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	3	4	1 or 2	11	19
Monday	4	4	6	8	22
Tuesday	4	5	5	9	23
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	8	5	18
Thursday	3	5	4	9	21
Friday	3	3	7	10	23
Saturday	6	6	13	13	38
All days	25	30	44	65	164

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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	0	0.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.8%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	131	80.4%	40.4%
Minor arterial	10	6.1%	19.0%
Major collector	8	4.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.2%	3.1%
Local	9	5.5%	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.Monroe County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	77
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	30
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Monroe County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	137
Cloudy	20
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Monroe County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Monroe	In all of Florida
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	36
US Route 1	US highway	126	1,222

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.Monroe 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
Monroe County: 22.4

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 Monroe County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Collier County	Florida	59	425	11.0
Miami-Dade County	Florida	279	3,086	11.4

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 Monroe 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 Monroe in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 198 deaths in Monroe County from 2005 to 2014. It records 177 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Monroe in 2024?

The rate of Monroe County in 2024 was 7.3 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 Monroe had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 28 of 164 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 Monroe?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 5 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 126 fatal crashes on US Route 1 in the county from 2015 to 2024.