Pinellas County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 108 deaths in 102 fatal crashes in Pinellas County in 2024.

FARS records 1,197 deaths in 1,140 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.4 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, Pinellas County was number 9 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Pinellas County rose by 12.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (1,063) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (1,197).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 1.8% of the fatal crashes in Pinellas 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 Pinellas County by year, 2015 to 2024

103

128

119

130

108

158

123

112

108

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.Pinellas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	108	102	11
2023	112	105	15
2022	123	116	22
2021	158	148	26
2020	108	102	27
2019	108	107	20
2018	130	126	26
2017	119	113	27
2016	128	120	28
2015	103	101	18
2015 to 2024	1,197	1,140	220

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 158 (2021)2024: 108

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

Table 2.Pinellas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	108	102
2023	112	105
2022	123	116
2021	158	148
2020	108	102
2019	108	107
2018	130	126
2017	119	113
2016	128	120
2015	103	101
2014	116	107
2013	83	81
2012	99	97
2011	112	108
2010	95	89
2009	104	98
2008	114	109
2007	113	108
2006	120	109
2005	107	99
2004	116	110
2003	103	98
2002	119	115
2001	100	96
2000	123	118
1999	119	114
1998	115	109
1997	126	124
1996	119	114
1995	117	112
1994	103	97
1993	94	88
1992	110	102
1991	99	94
1990	85	83
1989	90	89
1988	100	94
1987	115	103
1986	123	116
1985	144	128
1984	140	126
1983	130	124
1982	131	117
1981	127	119
1980	121	107
1979	110	105
1978	144	135
1977	80	75
1976	122	109
1975	107	102

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.Pinellas County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pinellas County	Florida	United States
2024	11.2	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.4	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. Pinellas County had 960,397 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pinellas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 1,140 fatal crashes	220	1,140 fatal crashes	19.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 1,140 fatal crashes	139	1,140 fatal crashes	12.2%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 402 occupant deaths with restraint use known	172	402 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.8%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 1,197 deaths	378	1,197 deaths	31.6%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 1,197 deaths	92	1,197 deaths	7.7%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 1,197 deaths	285	1,197 deaths	23.8%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 1,126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	1,126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	1.8%	23.6%
In the darkof 1,139 fatal crashes with the condition reported	645	1,139 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.6%	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.Pinellas 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	50	24	34	59	167
Monday	21	29	34	55	139
Tuesday	26	31	35	68	160
Wednesday	15	30	29	68	142
Thursday	23	23	45	63	154
Friday	26	36	42	74	178
Saturday	42	21	35	102	200
All days	203	194	254	489	1,140

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.Pinellas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	59	5.2%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	8	0.7%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	484	42.8%	40.4%
Minor arterial	331	29.3%	19.0%
Major collector	118	10.4%	11.8%
Minor collector	10	0.9%	3.1%
Local	120	10.6%	12.9%
Not reported	10	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.Pinellas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	450
Dark, not lighted	94
Dark, lighted	547
Dawn	14
Dusk	30
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Pinellas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	965
Cloudy	112
Rain	52
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	10
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pinellas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pinellas	In all of Florida
Interstate 275	Interstate	57	116
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 60	State highway	45	325
State Route 580	State highway	16	101
State Route 686	State highway	32	32
State Route 688	State highway	52	52
State Route 693	State highway	37	37
US Route 1	US highway	1 or 2	1,222
US Route 19	US highway	254	632
US Route 92	US highway	38	282

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.Pinellas 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
Pinellas County: 12.4

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 Pinellas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hillsborough County	Florida	181	2,124	14.4
Pasco County	Florida	111	979	17.2

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 Pinellas 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 Pinellas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 1,063 deaths in Pinellas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 1,197 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pinellas in 2024?

The rate of Pinellas County in 2024 was 11.2 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 Pinellas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 220 of 1,140 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 Pinellas?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 533 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.