Nassau County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Nassau County in 2024.

FARS records 166 deaths in 148 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.3 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, Nassau County was number 44 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Nassau County fell by 0.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (167) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (166).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.9% of the fatal crashes in Nassau 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 Nassau 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.Nassau County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	14	7
2023	21	16	3
2022	14	12	1 or 2
2021	10	10	3
2020	16	15	1 or 2
2019	17	16	6
2018	18	16	7
2017	18	16	3
2016	22	19	5
2015	15	14	5
2015 to 2024	166	148	42

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1998)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Nassau County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	14
2023	21	16
2022	14	12
2021	10	10
2020	16	15
2019	17	16
2018	18	16
2017	18	16
2016	22	19
2015	15	14
2014	17	17
2013	10	10
2012	11	10
2011	12	12
2010	21	15
2009	15	14
2008	21	19
2007	27	27
2006	20	18
2005	13	11
2004	11	10
2003	14	12
2002	11	11
2001	20	16
2000	15	13
1999	18	16
1998	28	22
1997	17	14
1996	14	12
1995	17	15
1994	15	14
1993	14	11
1992	26	18
1991	9	7
1990	21	20
1989	17	13
1988	18	16
1987	12	11
1986	12	12
1985	13	12
1984	12	12
1983	10	10
1982	11	9
1981	10	9
1980	13	10
1979	15	10
1978	7	7
1977	7	7
1976	14	12
1975	14	13

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.Nassau County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Nassau County	Florida	United States
2024	14.4	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.3	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. Nassau County had 104,492 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Nassau County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 148 fatal crashes	42	148 fatal crashes	28.4%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 148 fatal crashes	6	148 fatal crashes	4.1%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 122 occupant deaths with restraint use known	62	122 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.8%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 166 deaths	20	166 deaths	12.0%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 166 deaths	3	166 deaths	1.8%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 166 deaths	20	166 deaths	12.0%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	99	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.9%	23.6%
In the darkof 148 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	148 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.4%	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.Nassau 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	8	1 or 2	7	5	22
Monday	1 or 2	6	5	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	4	5	4	7	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	7	17
Thursday	4	9	8	4	25
Friday	3	3	8	11	25
Saturday	8	1 or 2	8	7	24
All days	31	29	45	43	148

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.Nassau County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	18	12.2%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.4%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	64	43.2%	40.4%
Minor arterial	21	14.2%	19.0%
Major collector	22	14.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.4%	3.1%
Local	19	12.8%	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.Nassau County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	65
Dark, not lighted	63
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Nassau County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	89
Cloudy	42
Rain	10
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 Nassau County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Nassau	In all of Florida
Interstate 95	Interstate	18	1,028
State Route 115	State highway	5	57
State Route 200	State highway	15	74
US Route 1	US highway	24	1,222
US Route 17	US highway	20	506
US Route 90	US highway	1 or 2	444
US Route 301	US highway	7	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.Nassau 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
Nassau County: 18.3

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 Nassau County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Baker County	Florida	9	72	25.4
Duval County	Florida	152	1,586	16.2
Camden County	Georgia	6	72	13.1
Charlton County	Georgia	1 or 2	23	17.8

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 Nassau 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 Nassau in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 167 deaths in Nassau County from 2005 to 2014. It records 166 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Nassau in 2024?

The rate of Nassau County in 2024 was 14.4 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 Nassau had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 42 of 148 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 Nassau?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 90 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.