Lafayette County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Lafayette County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.4 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, Lafayette County was number 21 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lafayette County rose by 39.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (74) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 7.4% of fatal crashes in Lafayette County and 14.8% 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 Lafayette 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.Lafayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	13	5
2023	7	7	1 or 2
2022	9	8	1 or 2
2021	17	13	0
2020	11	10	1 or 2
2019	10	9	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	13	12	5
2016	7	7	3
2015	11	11	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	103	95	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 17 (2021)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Lafayette County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	13
2023	7	7
2022	9	8
2021	17	13
2020	11	10
2019	10	9
2018	5	5
2017	13	12
2016	7	7
2015	11	11
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	7	6
2012	10	8
2011	6	6
2010	6	5
2009	6	6
2008	14	14
2007	12	11
2006	6	5
2005	5	5
2004	9	7
2003	8	8
2002	6	6
2001	7	6
2000	11	11
1999	9	8
1998	8	8
1997	4	4
1996	13	12
1995	5	4
1994	7	7
1993	5	5
1992	7	5
1991	6	5
1990	9	6
1989	9	9
1988	10	6
1987	14	9
1986	9	7
1985	5	5
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	6	4
1982	10	9
1981	7	7
1980	11	10
1979	9	8
1978	11	10
1977	5	5
1976	3	3
1975	5	5

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.Lafayette County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lafayette County	Mississippi	United States
2024	21.6	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.4	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. Lafayette County had 60,075 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lafayette County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	21	95 fatal crashes	22.1%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	7	95 fatal crashes	7.4%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 82 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	82 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	7	103 deaths	6.8%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	0	103 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	7	103 deaths	6.8%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	72	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.8%	69.8%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.4%	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.Lafayette 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	4	3	3	5	15
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	4	4	16
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Thursday	0	6	6	4	16
Friday	1 or 2	7	4	3	15
Saturday	7	1 or 2	7	4	19
All days	16	27	29	23	95

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.Lafayette County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	0	0.0%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	41	43.6%	27.9%
Minor arterial	26	27.7%	22.1%
Major collector	15	16.0%	19.3%
Minor collector	5	5.3%	6.5%
Local	7	7.4%	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.Lafayette County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	32
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lafayette County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	10
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lafayette County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lafayette	In all of Mississippi
State Route 7	State highway	17	39
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 30	State highway	10	30
State Route 315	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 278	US highway	21	66

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.Lafayette 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
Lafayette County: 18.4

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 Lafayette County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calhoun County	Mississippi	5	39	28.5
Marshall County	Mississippi	20	176	50.6
Panola County	Mississippi	13	135	40.3
Pontotoc County	Mississippi	7	88	27.8
Tate County	Mississippi	9	97	34.2
Union County	Mississippi	5	70	24.7
Yalobusha County	Mississippi	7	46	37.1

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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 74 deaths in Lafayette County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lafayette in 2024?

The rate of Lafayette County in 2024 was 21.6 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 Lafayette had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 95 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 Lafayette?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 51 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.