Okaloosa County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Okaloosa County in 2024.

FARS records 307 deaths in 289 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.6 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, Okaloosa County was number 27 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Okaloosa County rose by 20.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (254) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (307).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 34.3% of the fatal crashes in Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa 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.Okaloosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	19	5
2023	28	26	6
2022	19	19	5
2021	43	41	13
2020	45	38	4
2019	39	35	6
2018	27	26	9
2017	32	31	5
2016	21	21	1 or 2
2015	34	33	14
2015 to 2024	307	289	69

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 45 (2020)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Okaloosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	19
2023	28	26
2022	19	19
2021	43	41
2020	45	38
2019	39	35
2018	27	26
2017	32	31
2016	21	21
2015	34	33
2014	29	27
2013	22	20
2012	25	23
2011	22	21
2010	20	20
2009	21	21
2008	26	25
2007	25	24
2006	25	24
2005	39	34
2004	8	7
2003	27	24
2002	36	33
2001	29	26
2000	22	20
1999	17	15
1998	25	22
1997	16	16
1996	29	27
1995	28	23
1994	19	18
1993	23	20
1992	25	18
1991	20	18
1990	31	25
1989	17	15
1988	28	26
1987	27	24
1986	27	25
1985	33	29
1984	27	25
1983	41	37
1982	30	28
1981	35	30
1980	28	27
1979	21	20
1978	22	22
1977	19	18
1976	27	21
1975	15	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.Okaloosa County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Okaloosa County	Florida	United States
2024	8.6	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.6	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. Okaloosa County had 220,105 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Okaloosa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 289 fatal crashes	69	289 fatal crashes	23.9%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 289 fatal crashes	29	289 fatal crashes	10.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 151 occupant deaths with restraint use known	67	151 occupant deathswith restraint use known	44.4%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 307 deaths	62	307 deaths	20.2%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 307 deaths	14	307 deaths	4.6%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 307 deaths	73	307 deaths	23.8%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 289 fatal crashes with the condition reported	99	289 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.3%	23.6%
In the darkof 289 fatal crashes with the condition reported	175	289 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.6%	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.Okaloosa 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	20	6	15	15	56
Monday	8	3	7	26	44
Tuesday	3	6	8	9	26
Wednesday	6	10	12	15	43
Thursday	9	5	8	15	37
Friday	8	3	10	24	45
Saturday	10	3	9	16	38
All days	64	36	69	120	289

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.Okaloosa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	21	7.3%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	150	51.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	55	19.0%	19.0%
Major collector	17	5.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	3	1.0%	3.1%
Local	40	13.8%	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.Okaloosa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	101
Dark, not lighted	110
Dark, lighted	64
Dawn	4
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Okaloosa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	206
Cloudy	58
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Okaloosa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Okaloosa	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	22	394
State Route 20	State highway	11	129
State Route 85	State highway	55	56
US Route 1	US highway	1 or 2	1,222
US Route 90	US highway	16	444
US Route 98	US highway	70	514

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.Okaloosa 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
Okaloosa County: 14.6

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 Okaloosa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Covington County	Alabama	11	86	23.0
Escambia County	Alabama	9	108	29.3
Santa Rosa County	Florida	27	210	11.2
Walton County	Florida	25	228	30.1

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 Okaloosa 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 Okaloosa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 254 deaths in Okaloosa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 307 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Okaloosa in 2024?

The rate of Okaloosa County in 2024 was 8.6 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 Okaloosa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 69 of 289 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 Okaloosa?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 175 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.