Suwannee County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Suwannee County in 2024.

FARS records 167 deaths in 152 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 37.3 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, Suwannee County was number 43 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Suwannee County rose by 1.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (164) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (167).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 92.1% of the fatal crashes in Suwannee 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 Suwannee 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.Suwannee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	13	1 or 2
2023	19	17	4
2022	16	14	5
2021	17	17	7
2020	20	18	5
2019	14	12	3
2018	20	18	7
2017	14	14	1 or 2
2016	20	18	1 or 2
2015	12	11	6
2015 to 2024	167	152	43

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (2005)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Suwannee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	13
2023	19	17
2022	16	14
2021	17	17
2020	20	18
2019	14	12
2018	20	18
2017	14	14
2016	20	18
2015	12	11
2014	17	16
2013	13	11
2012	13	13
2011	19	14
2010	12	11
2009	11	10
2008	11	11
2007	20	15
2006	22	21
2005	26	19
2004	19	18
2003	14	14
2002	23	17
2001	10	10
2000	12	11
1999	14	13
1998	9	8
1997	13	12
1996	15	15
1995	15	14
1994	16	13
1993	12	12
1992	11	10
1991	14	13
1990	12	11
1989	5	4
1988	11	7
1987	6	6
1986	11	10
1985	6	6
1984	7	7
1983	13	11
1982	15	8
1981	3	3
1980	11	11
1979	7	7
1978	8	7
1977	15	11
1976	14	9
1975	10	6

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.Suwannee County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Suwannee County	Florida	United States
2024	31.4	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	37.3	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. Suwannee County had 47,803 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Suwannee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 152 fatal crashes	43	152 fatal crashes	28.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 152 fatal crashes	16	152 fatal crashes	10.5%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 132 occupant deaths with restraint use known	71	132 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.8%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 167 deaths	14	167 deaths	8.4%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 167 deaths	1 or 2	167 deaths	0.6%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 167 deaths	10	167 deaths	6.0%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 151 fatal crashes with the condition reported	139	151 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	92.1%	23.6%
In the darkof 152 fatal crashes with the condition reported	64	152 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.1%	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.Suwannee 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	7	5	5	9	26
Monday	3	4	3	8	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	6	6	19
Wednesday	3	11	4	3	21
Thursday	1 or 2	5	9	9	25
Friday	3	1 or 2	10	4	18
Saturday	8	5	5	7	25
All days	28	36	42	46	152

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.Suwannee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	39	25.8%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	21	13.9%	40.4%
Minor arterial	34	22.5%	19.0%
Major collector	32	21.2%	11.8%
Minor collector	4	2.6%	3.1%
Local	20	13.2%	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.Suwannee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	80
Dark, not lighted	59
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Suwannee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	21
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Suwannee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Suwannee	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	32	394
Interstate 75	Interstate	7	765
US Route 27	US highway	10	670
US Route 90	US highway	13	444
US Route 129	US highway	14	32

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.Suwannee 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
Suwannee County: 37.3

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 Suwannee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	Florida	27	231	32.6
Gilchrist County	Florida	6	51	27.6
Hamilton County	Florida	8	69	49.4
Lafayette County	Florida	3	19	22.6
Madison County	Florida	10	69	37.5

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 Suwannee 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 Suwannee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 164 deaths in Suwannee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 167 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Suwannee in 2024?

The rate of Suwannee County in 2024 was 31.4 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 Suwannee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 43 of 152 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 Suwannee?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.