Pasco County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 111 deaths in 106 fatal crashes in Pasco County in 2024.

FARS records 979 deaths in 929 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.2 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, Pasco County was number 11 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Pasco County rose by 25.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (783) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (979).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 15.2% of the fatal crashes in Pasco 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 Pasco County by year, 2015 to 2024

107

105

111

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.Pasco County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	111	106	8
2023	92	91	13
2022	105	98	18
2021	105	94	14
2020	107	100	18
2019	97	96	18
2018	99	94	22
2017	107	103	20
2016	86	82	13
2015	70	65	19
2015 to 2024	979	929	163

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 111 (2024)2024: 111

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

Table 2.Pasco County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	111	106
2023	92	91
2022	105	98
2021	105	94
2020	107	100
2019	97	96
2018	99	94
2017	107	103
2016	86	82
2015	70	65
2014	71	64
2013	55	53
2012	74	62
2011	64	60
2010	75	70
2009	78	74
2008	88	80
2007	99	92
2006	96	88
2005	83	74
2004	78	75
2003	83	81
2002	95	91
2001	102	86
2000	82	73
1999	82	73
1998	63	61
1997	64	54
1996	60	52
1995	65	60
1994	71	65
1993	56	48
1992	41	38
1991	35	34
1990	74	65
1989	52	51
1988	66	60
1987	64	60
1986	63	61
1985	64	59
1984	65	62
1983	66	60
1982	57	52
1981	46	39
1980	46	40
1979	52	49
1978	56	51
1977	48	42
1976	40	38
1975	33	29

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.Pasco County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pasco County	Florida	United States
2024	16.9	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.2	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. Pasco County had 656,190 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pasco County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 929 fatal crashes	163	929 fatal crashes	17.5%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 929 fatal crashes	52	929 fatal crashes	5.6%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 418 occupant deaths with restraint use known	174	418 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.6%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 979 deaths	213	979 deaths	21.8%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 979 deaths	78	979 deaths	8.0%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 979 deaths	249	979 deaths	25.4%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 923 fatal crashes with the condition reported	140	923 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	15.2%	23.6%
In the darkof 928 fatal crashes with the condition reported	492	928 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.0%	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.Pasco 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	29	27	27	63	146
Monday	19	24	29	43	115
Tuesday	12	26	23	51	112
Wednesday	12	26	31	43	112
Thursday	19	27	34	49	129
Friday	23	21	47	54	145
Saturday	33	22	39	76	170
All days	147	173	230	379	929

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.Pasco County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	34	3.7%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	9	1.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	498	53.8%	40.4%
Minor arterial	138	14.9%	19.0%
Major collector	119	12.9%	11.8%
Minor collector	19	2.1%	3.1%
Local	109	11.8%	12.9%
Not reported	3	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.Pasco County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	386
Dark, not lighted	235
Dark, lighted	254
Dawn	19
Dusk	31
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Pasco County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	768
Cloudy	103
Rain	46
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	9
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pasco County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pasco	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	35	765
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 52	State highway	68	68
State Route 54	State highway	97	98
State Route 589	State highway	7	25
State Route 597	State highway	4	20
US Route 19	US highway	192	632
US Route 41	US highway	34	923
US Route 98	US highway	22	514
US Route 301	US highway	60	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.Pasco 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
Pasco County: 17.2

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 Pasco County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hernando County	Florida	44	361	18.4
Hillsborough County	Florida	181	2,124	14.4
Pinellas County	Florida	108	1,197	12.4
Polk County	Florida	113	1,328	18.0
Sumter County	Florida	21	241	17.9

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 Pasco 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 Pasco in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 783 deaths in Pasco County from 2005 to 2014. It records 979 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pasco in 2024?

The rate of Pasco County in 2024 was 16.9 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 Pasco had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 163 of 929 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 Pasco?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 522 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.