Jackson County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 26 deaths in 24 fatal crashes in Jackson County in 2024.

FARS records 263 deaths in 239 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.3 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, Jackson County was number 3 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Jackson County fell by 1.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (268) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (263).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 45.6% of the fatal crashes in Jackson 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 Jackson 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.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	26	24	1 or 2
2023	24	22	8
2022	37	34	9
2021	23	22	4
2020	33	32	12
2019	22	20	5
2018	28	23	4
2017	23	19	5
2016	27	25	7
2015	20	18	6
2015 to 2024	263	239	61

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 54 (2006)2024: 26

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

Table 2.Jackson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	26	24
2023	24	22
2022	37	34
2021	23	22
2020	33	32
2019	22	20
2018	28	23
2017	23	19
2016	27	25
2015	20	18
2014	28	23
2013	18	16
2012	16	16
2011	18	14
2010	26	23
2009	22	20
2008	25	23
2007	26	25
2006	54	47
2005	35	32
2004	31	29
2003	26	25
2002	18	17
2001	19	19
2000	40	31
1999	31	30
1998	29	28
1997	39	33
1996	15	14
1995	35	26
1994	25	24
1993	21	19
1992	16	14
1991	17	15
1990	31	29
1989	24	20
1988	26	26
1987	19	14
1986	26	25
1985	20	20
1984	18	18
1983	12	12
1982	27	22
1981	34	33
1980	24	20
1979	39	33
1978	20	18
1977	20	19
1976	24	23
1975	17	17

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.Jackson County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jackson County	Mississippi	United States
2024	17.7	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.3	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. Jackson County had 146,899 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jackson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 239 fatal crashes	61	239 fatal crashes	25.5%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 239 fatal crashes	41	239 fatal crashes	17.2%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 158 occupant deaths with restraint use known	76	158 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.1%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 263 deaths	52	263 deaths	19.8%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 263 deaths	16	263 deaths	6.1%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 263 deaths	23	263 deaths	8.7%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 239 fatal crashes with the condition reported	109	239 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.6%	69.8%
In the darkof 236 fatal crashes with the condition reported	127	236 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.8%	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.Jackson 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	16	8	11	15	50
Monday	3	3	9	14	29
Tuesday	5	3	8	6	22
Wednesday	8	8	10	14	40
Thursday	5	7	7	3	22
Friday	4	3	8	15	30
Saturday	15	9	9	13	46
All days	56	41	62	80	239

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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	42	17.6%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.4%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	76	31.9%	27.9%
Minor arterial	37	15.5%	22.1%
Major collector	44	18.5%	19.3%
Minor collector	13	5.5%	6.5%
Local	25	10.5%	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.Jackson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	100
Dark, not lighted	103
Dark, lighted	22
Dawn	6
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Jackson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	189
Cloudy	20
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jackson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jackson	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 10	Interstate	42	108
State Route 57	State highway	15	24
State Route 63	State highway	21	54
State Route 613	State highway	18	23
US Route 90	US highway	37	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.Jackson 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
Jackson County: 18.3

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 Mississippi

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Jackson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Mobile County	Alabama	74	758	18.3
George County	Mississippi	9	80	32.6
Harrison County	Mississippi	24	308	14.8
Stone County	Mississippi	7	55	29.6

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 Jackson 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 Jackson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 268 deaths in Jackson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 263 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jackson in 2024?

The rate of Jackson County in 2024 was 17.7 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 Jackson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 61 of 239 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 Jackson?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 133 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.