Jones County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in Jones County in 2024.

FARS records 139 deaths in 123 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.6 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, Jones County was number 13 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Jones County fell by 30.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (201) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (139).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 43.1% of the occupants killed in Jones County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 53.0% 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 Jones 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.Jones County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	3
2023	16	12	1 or 2
2022	11	10	3
2021	15	14	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	14	14	1 or 2
2018	12	11	0
2017	14	13	0
2016	17	13	0
2015	19	16	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	139	123	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (2006)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Jones County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	16	12
2022	11	10
2021	15	14
2020	5	5
2019	14	14
2018	12	11
2017	14	13
2016	17	13
2015	19	16
2014	14	13
2013	11	11
2012	15	13
2011	27	20
2010	14	13
2009	18	16
2008	26	24
2007	24	23
2006	30	28
2005	22	22
2004	18	18
2003	26	23
2002	23	19
2001	13	11
2000	16	14
1999	13	13
1998	18	15
1997	15	15
1996	16	13
1995	10	10
1994	25	21
1993	24	23
1992	18	13
1991	19	15
1990	24	17
1989	18	16
1988	11	10
1987	14	13
1986	21	18
1985	21	19
1984	14	14
1983	13	12
1982	14	12
1981	21	21
1980	18	17
1979	11	8
1978	26	22
1977	18	14
1976	6	5
1975	11	11

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.Jones County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jones County	Mississippi	United States
2024	24.2	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.6	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. Jones County had 66,101 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jones County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 123 fatal crashes	12	123 fatal crashes	9.8%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 123 fatal crashes	20	123 fatal crashes	16.3%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 109 occupant deaths with restraint use known	47	109 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.1%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 139 deaths	14	139 deaths	10.1%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 139 deaths	0	139 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 139 deaths	6	139 deaths	4.3%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 122 fatal crashes with the condition reported	89	122 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	73.0%	69.8%
In the darkof 123 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	123 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.0%	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.Jones 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	1 or 2	7	5	16
Monday	3	8	8	5	24
Tuesday	3	5	5	5	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	5	8	21
Thursday	1 or 2	6	5	0	13
Friday	1 or 2	4	8	6	19
Saturday	0	4	3	5	12
All days	14	34	41	34	123

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.Jones County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	20	16.4%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	18	14.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	20	16.4%	22.1%
Major collector	31	25.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	17	13.9%	6.5%
Local	16	13.1%	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.Jones County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	69
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	5
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Jones County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	95
Cloudy	14
Rain	8
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jones County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jones	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 59	Interstate	20	122
State Route 15	State highway	10	101
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	38
US Route 11	US highway	8	45
US Route 84	US highway	19	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.Jones 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
Jones County: 20.6

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 Jones County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Covington County	Mississippi	8	99	53.3
Forrest County	Mississippi	27	173	22.5
Jasper County	Mississippi	4	72	44.2
Perry County	Mississippi	10	52	44.3
Smith County	Mississippi	4	35	23.3
Wayne County	Mississippi	9	63	31.4

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 Jones 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 Jones in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 201 deaths in Jones County from 2005 to 2014. It records 139 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jones in 2024?

The rate of Jones County in 2024 was 24.2 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 Jones had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 of 123 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 Jones?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 58 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.