Seminole County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 35 deaths in 35 fatal crashes in Seminole County in 2024.

FARS records 420 deaths in 391 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.9 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, Seminole County was number 22 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Seminole County rose by 15.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (365) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (420).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 8.7% of the fatal crashes in Seminole 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 Seminole 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.Seminole County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	35	35	5
2023	49	46	6
2022	50	49	11
2021	33	30	3
2020	37	34	9
2019	47	43	3
2018	36	33	7
2017	48	46	9
2016	41	37	9
2015	44	38	7
2015 to 2024	420	391	69

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 61 (2004)2024: 35

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

Table 2.Seminole County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	35	35
2023	49	46
2022	50	49
2021	33	30
2020	37	34
2019	47	43
2018	36	33
2017	48	46
2016	41	37
2015	44	38
2014	30	28
2013	44	39
2012	22	21
2011	48	44
2010	32	30
2009	23	22
2008	42	36
2007	48	46
2006	38	37
2005	38	37
2004	61	57
2003	23	20
2002	33	30
2001	44	42
2000	38	33
1999	40	38
1998	37	35
1997	40	37
1996	28	26
1995	39	32
1994	37	36
1993	28	26
1992	27	25
1991	33	31
1990	27	26
1989	37	36
1988	47	43
1987	27	27
1986	37	32
1985	47	42
1984	42	35
1983	27	26
1982	37	35
1981	25	25
1980	27	25
1979	42	36
1978	20	20
1977	26	22
1976	13	13
1975	20	20

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.Seminole County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Seminole County	Florida	United States
2024	7.1	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.9	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. Seminole County had 489,664 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Seminole County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 391 fatal crashes	69	391 fatal crashes	17.6%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 391 fatal crashes	41	391 fatal crashes	10.5%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 204 occupant deaths with restraint use known	87	204 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.6%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 420 deaths	98	420 deaths	23.3%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 420 deaths	25	420 deaths	6.0%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 420 deaths	82	420 deaths	19.5%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 390 fatal crashes with the condition reported	34	390 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	8.7%	23.6%
In the darkof 391 fatal crashes with the condition reported	211	391 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.Seminole 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	22	12	12	17	63
Monday	14	10	15	12	51
Tuesday	6	10	9	19	44
Wednesday	6	12	17	12	47
Thursday	10	13	12	15	50
Friday	14	6	19	29	68
Saturday	23	6	16	23	68
All days	95	69	100	127	391

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.Seminole County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	37	9.5%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	23	5.9%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	169	43.3%	40.4%
Minor arterial	63	16.2%	19.0%
Major collector	36	9.2%	11.8%
Minor collector	10	2.6%	3.1%
Local	52	13.3%	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.Seminole County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	162
Dark, not lighted	86
Dark, lighted	123
Dawn	9
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Seminole County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	308
Cloudy	57
Rain	22
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Seminole County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Seminole	In all of Florida
Interstate 4	Interstate	37	343
State Route 15	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 46	State highway	21	53
State Route 415	State highway	4	25
State Route 417	State highway	24	67
State Route 426	State highway	7	20
State Route 429	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 434	State highway	32	48
State Route 436	State highway	46	90
US Route 17	US highway	42	506
US Route 441	US highway	1 or 2	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.Seminole 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
Seminole County: 8.9

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 Seminole County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lake County	Florida	52	613	16.2
Orange County	Florida	158	1,776	12.6
Volusia County	Florida	108	1,205	21.6

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 Seminole 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 Seminole in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 365 deaths in Seminole County from 2005 to 2014. It records 420 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Seminole in 2024?

The rate of Seminole County in 2024 was 7.1 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 Seminole had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 69 of 391 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 Seminole?

11 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 217 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.