Okeechobee County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Okeechobee County in 2024.

FARS records 128 deaths in 113 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.3 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, Okeechobee County was number 48 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Okeechobee County rose by 4.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (123) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (128).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 66.4% of the fatal crashes in Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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.Okeechobee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	8	4
2023	10	9	0
2022	12	12	5
2021	19	17	6
2020	19	16	8
2019	14	12	6
2018	14	12	3
2017	13	12	3
2016	10	9	1 or 2
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	128	113	38

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (1990)2024: 11

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

Table 2.Okeechobee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	8
2023	10	9
2022	12	12
2021	19	17
2020	19	16
2019	14	12
2018	14	12
2017	13	12
2016	10	9
2015	6	6
2014	9	9
2013	12	11
2012	8	7
2011	5	4
2010	13	12
2009	14	14
2008	9	8
2007	14	13
2006	19	18
2005	20	15
2004	13	13
2003	21	18
2002	12	9
2001	16	12
2000	10	10
1999	7	7
1998	15	12
1997	22	18
1996	13	11
1995	8	7
1994	12	11
1993	16	12
1992	6	5
1991	11	10
1990	23	19
1989	14	13
1988	19	16
1987	10	8
1986	12	11
1985	12	11
1984	15	11
1983	4	4
1982	16	11
1981	14	13
1980	11	11
1979	8	7
1978	9	8
1977	5	4
1976	7	7
1975	6	5

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.Okeechobee County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Okeechobee County	Florida	United States
2024	26.0	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.3	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. Okeechobee County had 42,341 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Okeechobee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 113 fatal crashes	38	113 fatal crashes	33.6%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 113 fatal crashes	7	113 fatal crashes	6.2%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 88 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	88 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 128 deaths	14	128 deaths	10.9%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 128 deaths	7	128 deaths	5.5%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 128 deaths	16	128 deaths	12.5%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.4%	23.6%
In the darkof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	61	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.0%	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.Okeechobee 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	9	3	6	6	24
Monday	0	5	4	6	15
Tuesday	0	3	4	3	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
Thursday	6	6	5	1 or 2	18
Friday	1 or 2	3	5	6	16
Saturday	3	1 or 2	6	8	18
All days	21	23	33	36	113

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.Okeechobee 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	6	5.3%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	76	67.3%	40.4%
Minor arterial	6	5.3%	19.0%
Major collector	12	10.6%	11.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.8%	3.1%
Local	11	9.7%	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.Okeechobee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	49
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	6
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Okeechobee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	78
Cloudy	17
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	8
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Okeechobee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Okeechobee	In all of Florida
State Route 70	State highway	19	178
State Route 78	State highway	5	73
State Route 91	State highway	5	291
State Route 710	State highway	8	49
US Route 98	US highway	23	514
US Route 441	US highway	27	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.Okeechobee 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
Okeechobee County: 31.3

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 Okeechobee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Glades County	Florida	8	89	68.1
Highlands County	Florida	22	253	24.2
Indian River County	Florida	23	247	15.4
Martin County	Florida	19	262	16.3
Osceola County	Florida	48	618	15.9
St. Lucie County	Florida	50	430	12.8

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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 123 deaths in Okeechobee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 128 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Okeechobee in 2024?

The rate of Okeechobee County in 2024 was 26.0 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 Okeechobee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 38 of 113 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 Okeechobee?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.