Sumter County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Sumter County in 2024.

FARS records 241 deaths in 218 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.9 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, Sumter County was number 35 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Sumter County rose by 15.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (209) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (241).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 67.6% of the fatal crashes in Sumter 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 Sumter 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.Sumter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	21	3
2023	22	19	1 or 2
2022	38	33	5
2021	29	26	3
2020	24	22	4
2019	25	22	3
2018	25	23	3
2017	23	21	4
2016	17	15	1 or 2
2015	17	16	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	241	218	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 38 (2022)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Sumter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	21
2023	22	19
2022	38	33
2021	29	26
2020	24	22
2019	25	22
2018	25	23
2017	23	21
2016	17	15
2015	17	16
2014	20	18
2013	19	19
2012	19	18
2011	16	16
2010	23	17
2009	22	17
2008	17	14
2007	26	25
2006	25	19
2005	22	17
2004	22	20
2003	13	12
2002	27	21
2001	19	17
2000	18	18
1999	31	27
1998	20	17
1997	11	9
1996	24	20
1995	8	7
1994	8	8
1993	14	14
1992	19	15
1991	16	15
1990	17	11
1989	14	11
1988	26	15
1987	14	13
1986	16	13
1985	11	10
1984	27	22
1983	22	16
1982	16	9
1981	9	9
1980	12	12
1979	17	14
1978	23	18
1977	11	9
1976	20	14
1975	17	15

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.Sumter County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sumter County	Florida	United States
2024	13.6	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.9	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. Sumter County had 154,261 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sumter County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 218 fatal crashes	29	218 fatal crashes	13.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 218 fatal crashes	14	218 fatal crashes	6.4%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 179 occupant deaths with restraint use known	81	179 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.3%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 241 deaths	25	241 deaths	10.4%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 241 deaths	7	241 deaths	2.9%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 241 deaths	26	241 deaths	10.8%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 216 fatal crashes with the condition reported	146	216 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	67.6%	23.6%
In the darkof 218 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	218 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.6%	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.Sumter 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	12	7	3	10	32
Monday	8	10	7	11	36
Tuesday	3	12	10	7	32
Wednesday	5	4	9	1 or 2	20
Thursday	12	7	7	8	34
Friday	4	9	12	10	35
Saturday	6	6	5	12	29
All days	50	55	53	60	218

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.Sumter County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	41	19.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	10	4.6%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	67	31.0%	40.4%
Minor arterial	26	12.0%	19.0%
Major collector	36	16.7%	11.8%
Minor collector	8	3.7%	3.1%
Local	28	13.0%	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.Sumter County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	106
Dark, not lighted	75
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	6
Dusk	11
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sumter County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	176
Cloudy	30
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sumter County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sumter	In all of Florida
Interstate 75	Interstate	40	765
State Route 44	State highway	30	174
State Route 50	State highway	9	257
State Route 91	State highway	10	291
US Route 27	US highway	1 or 2	670
US Route 301	US highway	23	397
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.Sumter 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
Sumter County: 17.9

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 Sumter County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Citrus County	Florida	32	301	19.6
Hernando County	Florida	44	361	18.4
Lake County	Florida	52	613	16.2
Marion County	Florida	113	926	24.6
Pasco County	Florida	111	979	17.2
Polk County	Florida	113	1,328	18.0

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 Sumter 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 Sumter in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 209 deaths in Sumter County from 2005 to 2014. It records 241 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sumter in 2024?

The rate of Sumter County in 2024 was 13.6 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 Sumter had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 218 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 Sumter?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 115 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.