St. Johns County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in St. Johns County in 2024.

FARS records 353 deaths in 332 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.8 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, St. Johns County was number 25 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in St. Johns County rose by 14.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (309) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (353).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 48.2% of the fatal crashes in St. Johns 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 St. Johns 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.St. Johns County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	27	5
2023	41	38	10
2022	35	33	8
2021	37	33	7
2020	39	36	9
2019	31	30	7
2018	34	31	8
2017	42	39	7
2016	30	29	6
2015	37	36	6
2015 to 2024	353	332	73

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (1999)2024: 27

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

Table 2.St. Johns County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	27
2023	41	38
2022	35	33
2021	37	33
2020	39	36
2019	31	30
2018	34	31
2017	42	39
2016	30	29
2015	37	36
2014	39	35
2013	31	28
2012	31	28
2011	27	24
2010	21	21
2009	26	23
2008	39	38
2007	35	34
2006	19	18
2005	41	39
2004	38	37
2003	30	29
2002	35	32
2001	30	25
2000	36	31
1999	46	37
1998	29	23
1997	25	22
1996	21	19
1995	21	18
1994	12	11
1993	24	24
1992	24	21
1991	21	19
1990	31	26
1989	37	33
1988	37	31
1987	32	31
1986	28	22
1985	40	32
1984	14	13
1983	24	21
1982	23	22
1981	23	20
1980	42	36
1979	19	17
1978	24	23
1977	13	13
1976	18	17
1975	25	22

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.St. Johns County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. Johns County	Florida	United States
2024	8.1	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.8	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. St. Johns County had 333,334 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. Johns County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 332 fatal crashes	73	332 fatal crashes	22.0%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 332 fatal crashes	24	332 fatal crashes	7.2%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 195 occupant deaths with restraint use known	78	195 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.0%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 353 deaths	67	353 deaths	19.0%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 353 deaths	19	353 deaths	5.4%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 353 deaths	63	353 deaths	17.8%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 330 fatal crashes with the condition reported	159	330 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.2%	23.6%
In the darkof 330 fatal crashes with the condition reported	179	330 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.2%	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.St. Johns 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	14	5	20	15	54
Monday	7	10	11	20	48
Tuesday	7	10	11	17	45
Wednesday	8	10	7	12	37
Thursday	9	14	12	15	50
Friday	8	8	9	25	50
Saturday	7	10	8	23	48
All days	60	67	78	127	332

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.St. Johns County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	64	19.3%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	4	1.2%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	121	36.4%	40.4%
Minor arterial	57	17.2%	19.0%
Major collector	34	10.2%	11.8%
Minor collector	15	4.5%	3.1%
Local	37	11.1%	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.St. Johns County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	134
Dark, not lighted	117
Dark, lighted	58
Dawn	6
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.St. Johns County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	214
Cloudy	90
Rain	23
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in St. Johns County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. Johns	In all of Florida
Interstate 95	Interstate	65	1,028
State Route 5	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 13	State highway	13	47
State Route 16	State highway	27	50
State Route 207	State highway	17	27
US Route 1	US highway	69	1,222

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.St. Johns 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
St. Johns County: 12.8

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 St. Johns County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clay County	Florida	25	266	12.1
Duval County	Florida	152	1,586	16.2
Flagler County	Florida	17	207	17.5
Putnam County	Florida	17	272	36.7

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 St. Johns 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 St. Johns in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 309 deaths in St. Johns County from 2005 to 2014. It records 353 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. Johns in 2024?

The rate of St. Johns County in 2024 was 8.1 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 St. Johns had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 73 of 332 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 St. Johns?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 193 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.