Hancock County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Hancock County in 2024.

FARS records 112 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Hancock County was number 17 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Hancock County fell by 8.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (123) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (112).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 57.7% of the fatal crashes in Hancock County with known light were in the dark, against 46.7% 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 Hancock 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.Hancock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	13	9	0
2022	18	16	4
2021	7	7	1 or 2
2020	10	9	3
2019	13	9	0
2018	11	10	1 or 2
2017	4	4	0
2016	13	12	1 or 2
2015	13	12	4
2015 to 2024	112	98	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (2000)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Hancock County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	13	9
2022	18	16
2021	7	7
2020	10	9
2019	13	9
2018	11	10
2017	4	4
2016	13	12
2015	13	12
2014	8	5
2013	8	8
2012	7	7
2011	17	14
2010	15	14
2009	11	10
2008	22	17
2007	18	15
2006	12	12
2005	5	5
2004	15	15
2003	13	12
2002	17	13
2001	10	10
2000	25	21
1999	17	12
1998	15	14
1997	6	6
1996	10	10
1995	13	12
1994	11	10
1993	13	10
1992	6	6
1991	6	6
1990	8	7
1989	9	8
1988	10	8
1987	17	12
1986	9	8
1985	7	7
1984	14	13
1983	13	12
1982	14	11
1981	15	15
1980	18	14
1979	16	16
1978	14	8
1977	7	6
1976	9	8
1975	4	4

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.Hancock County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Hancock County	Mississippi	United States
2024	21.5	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Hancock County had 46,510 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Hancock County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	17	98 fatal crashes	17.3%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	18	98 fatal crashes	18.4%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.5%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 112 deaths	14	112 deaths	12.5%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 112 deaths	1 or 2	112 deaths	1.8%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 112 deaths	9	112 deaths	8.0%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.5%	69.8%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	56	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	57.7%	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.Hancock 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	4	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	6	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	12
Wednesday	6	3	1 or 2	4	15
Thursday	1 or 2	4	3	1 or 2	9
Friday	4	4	3	9	20
Saturday	6	6	1 or 2	4	18
All days	21	21	23	33	98

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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	25	25.5%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	21	21.4%	27.9%
Minor arterial	21	21.4%	22.1%
Major collector	18	18.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	5	5.1%	6.5%
Local	8	8.2%	11.4%
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.Hancock County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	39
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Hancock County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	10
Rain	12
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Hancock County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Hancock	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 10	Interstate	25	108
State Route 43	State highway	6	59
State Route 53	State highway	3	25
US Route 90	US highway	11	95

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.Hancock 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
Hancock County: 24.0

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 Hancock County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
St. Bernard Parish	Louisiana	7	50	11.0
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0
Harrison County	Mississippi	24	308	14.8
Pearl River County	Mississippi	15	148	26.2

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 Hancock 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 Hancock in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 123 deaths in Hancock County from 2005 to 2014. It records 112 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Hancock in 2024?

The rate of Hancock County in 2024 was 21.5 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 Hancock had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 98 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 Hancock?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 45 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.