Copiah County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Copiah County in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 93 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 39.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Mississippi in the same years is 23.8.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Copiah County was number 18 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Copiah County fell by 12.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (125) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

In the counties of Mississippi the deaths fell by 3.1% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 88.2% of the fatal crashes in Copiah County with a known setting were rural, against 69.8% in Mississippi.

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 Copiah 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.Copiah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	1 or 2
2023	13	12	1 or 2
2022	13	10	1 or 2
2021	11	10	1 or 2
2020	10	6	0
2019	7	6	1 or 2
2018	9	7	0
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	19	16	4
2015 to 2024	110	93	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 19 (2015)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Copiah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	13	12
2022	13	10
2021	11	10
2020	10	6
2019	7	6
2018	9	7
2017	11	11
2016	12	11
2015	19	16
2014	7	7
2013	14	12
2012	12	9
2011	11	11
2010	14	14
2009	12	10
2008	12	12
2007	15	14
2006	14	12
2005	14	14
2004	16	14
2003	8	7
2002	12	10
2001	10	9
2000	15	14
1999	9	7
1998	12	12
1997	10	9
1996	12	11
1995	11	11
1994	6	6
1993	7	7
1992	10	9
1991	8	8
1990	11	6
1989	6	5
1988	7	6
1987	15	13
1986	16	14
1985	6	5
1984	11	9
1983	12	9
1982	7	3
1981	13	12
1980	6	4
1979	7	7
1978	8	8
1977	7	6
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	10	7

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.Copiah County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Copiah County	Mississippi	United States
2024	18.1	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	39.0	23.8	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. Copiah County had 27,629 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Copiah County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 93 fatal crashes	15	93 fatal crashes	16.1%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 93 fatal crashes	7	93 fatal crashes	7.5%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	45	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	11	110 deaths	10.0%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	0	110 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	1 or 2	110 deaths	0.9%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 93 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	93 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	88.2%	69.8%
In the darkof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.7%	46.7%

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.Copiah 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	3	4	3	6	16
Monday	3	1 or 2	5	3	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	4	3	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	5	15
Thursday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	6	12
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
Saturday	7	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	13
All days	17	18	26	32	93

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.Copiah County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	24	26.1%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	4	4.3%	27.9%
Minor arterial	34	37.0%	22.1%
Major collector	18	19.6%	19.3%
Minor collector	6	6.5%	6.5%
Local	6	6.5%	11.4%
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.Copiah County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Copiah County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	3
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Copiah County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Copiah	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 55	Interstate	24	299
State Route 18	State highway	3	62
State Route 27	State highway	8	34
State Route 28	State highway	17	38
US Route 51	US highway	11	81

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 Mississippi

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Copiah County on the county map of Mississippi

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 100 counties
10 to 14.95 counties
15 to 19.98 counties
20 to 29.936 counties
30 or more33 counties
Copiah County: 39.0

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 Mississippi

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Copiah County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Claiborne County	Mississippi	6	43	48.7
Hinds County	Mississippi	59	529	23.1
Jefferson County	Mississippi	1 or 2	29	40.6
Lawrence County	Mississippi	4	27	22.1
Lincoln County	Mississippi	12	95	27.5
Simpson County	Mississippi	4	70	26.6

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Mississippi have a population nearest to that of Copiah 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.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

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 Copiah in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 125 deaths in Copiah County from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Copiah in 2024?

The rate of Copiah County in 2024 was 18.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Mississippi was 25.5. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Copiah had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 93 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 Copiah?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 63 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.