Walton County, Florida: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 25 deaths in 25 fatal crashes in Walton County in 2024.

FARS records 228 deaths in 209 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.1 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, Walton County was number 37 of 67 counties of Florida.

Deaths in Walton County rose by 13.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (201) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (228).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.8% of the fatal crashes in Walton 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 Walton 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.Walton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	25	25	4
2023	21	19	1 or 2
2022	24	22	4
2021	39	34	8
2020	29	27	7
2019	19	18	6
2018	24	18	3
2017	21	20	7
2016	17	17	6
2015	9	9	4
2015 to 2024	228	209	51

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (2021)2024: 25

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

Table 2.Walton County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	25	25
2023	21	19
2022	24	22
2021	39	34
2020	29	27
2019	19	18
2018	24	18
2017	21	20
2016	17	17
2015	9	9
2014	13	11
2013	17	16
2012	15	14
2011	17	17
2010	28	24
2009	18	15
2008	17	16
2007	22	19
2006	23	19
2005	31	22
2004	22	20
2003	20	16
2002	16	14
2001	15	14
2000	15	14
1999	16	13
1998	17	14
1997	22	19
1996	9	9
1995	14	12
1994	11	11
1993	17	16
1992	17	16
1991	18	14
1990	19	16
1989	13	12
1988	11	10
1987	17	12
1986	22	16
1985	14	11
1984	26	20
1983	12	11
1982	18	17
1981	11	10
1980	6	6
1979	9	9
1978	10	10
1977	10	8
1976	16	10
1975	6	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.Walton County beside Florida and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Walton County	Florida	United States
2024	27.7	13.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.1	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. Walton County had 90,096 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Walton County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 209 fatal crashes	51	209 fatal crashes	24.4%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 209 fatal crashes	23	209 fatal crashes	11.0%	9.8%
No restraint usedof 150 occupant deaths with restraint use known	63	150 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.0%	45.3%
Pedestriansof 228 deaths	32	228 deaths	14.0%	21.7%
Bicyclistsof 228 deaths	9	228 deaths	3.9%	5.4%
Motorcyclistsof 228 deaths	34	228 deaths	14.9%	19.0%
On a rural roadof 209 fatal crashes with the condition reported	171	209 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.8%	23.6%
In the darkof 208 fatal crashes with the condition reported	114	208 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.8%	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.Walton 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	5	1 or 2	14	12	33
Monday	5	3	7	10	25
Tuesday	6	5	14	9	34
Wednesday	6	9	6	4	25
Thursday	3	8	6	10	27
Friday	6	3	10	22	41
Saturday	8	1 or 2	4	10	23
All days	39	31	61	77	208

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.Walton County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Florida
Interstate	25	12.0%	9.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.0%	3.4%
Other principal arterial	85	40.7%	40.4%
Minor arterial	43	20.6%	19.0%
Major collector	17	8.1%	11.8%
Minor collector	17	8.1%	3.1%
Local	20	9.6%	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.Walton County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	104
Dark, lighted	10
Dawn	3
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Walton County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	145
Cloudy	47
Rain	12
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 Walton County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Walton	In all of Florida
Interstate 10	Interstate	24	394
State Route 20	State highway	15	129
State Route 85	State highway	1 or 2	56
US Route 90	US highway	31	444
US Route 98	US highway	34	514
US Route 331	US highway	32	33

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.Walton 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
Walton County: 30.1

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 Walton County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Covington County	Alabama	11	86	23.0
Geneva County	Alabama	7	70	26.3
Bay County	Florida	36	346	18.8
Holmes County	Florida	6	70	35.7
Okaloosa County	Florida	19	307	14.6
Washington County	Florida	9	74	29.4

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 Walton 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 Walton in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 201 deaths in Walton County from 2005 to 2014. It records 228 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Walton in 2024?

The rate of Walton County in 2024 was 27.7 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 Walton had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 51 of 209 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 Walton?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 137 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.