Santa Rosa County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Santa Rosa County in 2024.

FARS records 210 deaths in 201 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 11.2 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, Santa Rosa County was number 38 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Santa Rosa County fell by 5.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (222) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (210).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.7% of the fatal crashes in Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa 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.Santa Rosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	27	4
2023	23	21	4
2022	20	20	4
2021	22	21	5
2020	21	21	3
2019	21	18	1 or 2
2018	25	23	4
2017	19	19	4
2016	13	13	1 or 2
2015	19	18	8
2015 to 2024	210	201	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 37 (2003)2024: 27

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

Table 2.Santa Rosa County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	27
2023	23	21
2022	20	20
2021	22	21
2020	21	21
2019	21	18
2018	25	23
2017	19	19
2016	13	13
2015	19	18
2014	18	17
2013	31	29
2012	19	18
2011	22	21
2010	21	21
2009	27	22
2008	15	12
2007	25	23
2006	25	23
2005	19	19
2004	21	18
2003	37	34
2002	21	19
2001	15	13
2000	14	14
1999	14	9
1998	16	14
1997	27	26
1996	18	16
1995	25	23
1994	13	13
1993	24	21
1992	21	20
1991	23	21
1990	26	23
1989	14	14
1988	24	21
1987	20	19
1986	24	20
1985	16	14
1984	22	21
1983	34	30
1982	18	17
1981	19	15
1980	19	18
1979	11	11
1978	23	23
1977	21	17
1976	10	10
1975	15	14

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.Santa Rosa County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Santa Rosa County	Florida	United States
2024	13.0	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	11.2	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. Santa Rosa County had 207,471 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Santa Rosa County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 201 fatal crashes	39	201 fatal crashes	19.4%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 201 fatal crashes	14	201 fatal crashes	7.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 128 occupant deaths with restraint use known	69	128 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.9%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 210 deaths	32	210 deaths	15.2%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 210 deaths	8	210 deaths	3.8%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 210 deaths	37	210 deaths	17.6%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 199 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	199 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 201 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	201 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.8%	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.Santa Rosa 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	5	9	7	30
Monday	4	6	14	10	34
Tuesday	5	7	3	5	20
Wednesday	4	4	7	10	25
Thursday	3	9	4	10	26
Friday	4	5	12	12	33
Saturday	8	8	11	6	33
All days	37	44	60	60	201

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.Santa Rosa County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	34	17.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	34	17.0%	40.4%
Minor arterial	70	35.0%	19.0%
Major collector	32	16.0%	11.8%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.0%	3.1%
Local	28	14.0%	12.9%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Santa Rosa County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	98
Dark, not lighted	73
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	5
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Santa Rosa County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	136
Cloudy	50
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Santa Rosa County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Santa Rosa	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	33	394
State Route 87	State highway	22	23
US Route 90	US highway	28	444
US Route 98	US highway	26	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.Santa Rosa 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
Santa Rosa County: 11.2

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 Santa Rosa County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Escambia County	Alabama	9	108	29.3
Escambia County	Florida	61	587	18.3
Okaloosa County	Florida	19	307	14.6

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 Santa Rosa 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.

Cite this page

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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 Santa Rosa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 222 deaths in Santa Rosa County from 2005 to 2014. It records 210 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Santa Rosa in 2024?

The rate of Santa Rosa County in 2024 was 13.0 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 Santa Rosa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 201 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 Santa Rosa?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 109 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.