Itawamba County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 66 deaths in 58 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.8 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, Itawamba County was number 40 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Itawamba County fell by 23.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (86) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (66).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.3% of the fatal crashes in Itawamba 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 Itawamba 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.Itawamba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	0
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	6	6	0
2021	5	4	0
2020	5	5	0
2019	9	7	1 or 2
2018	5	5	0
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	10	7	1 or 2
2015	9	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	66	58	8

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (2008)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Itawamba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	4	4
2022	6	6
2021	5	4
2020	5	5
2019	9	7
2018	5	5
2017	8	8
2016	10	7
2015	9	8
2014	7	7
2013	6	6
2012	5	5
2011	6	6
2010	8	4
2009	9	9
2008	17	15
2007	9	9
2006	8	8
2005	11	11
2004	11	10
2003	11	10
2002	3	3
2001	10	9
2000	10	10
1999	13	12
1998	8	8
1997	7	7
1996	8	8
1995	5	5
1994	11	9
1993	6	5
1992	11	10
1991	7	7
1990	9	8
1989	9	7
1988	14	9
1987	8	8
1986	9	6
1985	6	6
1984	8	7
1983	5	5
1982	6	6
1981	15	14
1980	7	7
1979	10	8
1978	9	7
1977	3	3
1976	3	3
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.Itawamba County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Itawamba County	Mississippi	United States
2024	20.7	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.8	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. Itawamba County had 24,190 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Itawamba County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 58 fatal crashes	8	58 fatal crashes	13.8%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 58 fatal crashes	8	58 fatal crashes	13.8%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 58 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	58 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 66 deaths	3	66 deaths	4.5%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 66 deaths	1 or 2	66 deaths	1.5%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 66 deaths	1 or 2	66 deaths	1.5%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.3%	69.8%
In the darkof 58 fatal crashes with the condition reported	20	58 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.5%	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.Itawamba 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	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Monday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	3	3	11
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Thursday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Friday	0	1 or 2	7	4	12
Saturday	0	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	8
All days	1 or 2	13	27	16	58

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.Itawamba County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	9	15.5%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	6	10.3%	27.9%
Minor arterial	10	17.2%	22.1%
Major collector	20	34.5%	19.3%
Minor collector	6	10.3%	6.5%
Local	7	12.1%	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.Itawamba County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	36
Dark, not lighted	18
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Itawamba County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	49
Cloudy	4
Rain	4
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Itawamba County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Itawamba	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 22	Interstate	9	52
State Route 25	State highway	7	79
State Route 178	State highway	3	31
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	36

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.Itawamba 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
Itawamba County: 27.8

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 Itawamba County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Alabama	7	65	20.4
Marion County	Alabama	13	71	24.0
Lee County	Mississippi	16	180	21.4
Monroe County	Mississippi	7	90	25.9
Prentiss County	Mississippi	8	62	24.6
Tishomingo County	Mississippi	4	57	29.9

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 Itawamba 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Itawamba County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ms/itawamba/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Itawamba in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 86 deaths in Itawamba County from 2005 to 2014. It records 66 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Itawamba in 2024?

The rate of Itawamba County in 2024 was 20.7 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 Itawamba had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 8 of 58 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 Itawamba?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 20 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.