Lamar County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Lamar County in 2024.

FARS records 107 deaths in 98 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.7 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, Lamar County was number 20 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lamar County rose by 11.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (107).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 45.5% of the occupants killed in Lamar 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 Lamar 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.Lamar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	1 or 2
2023	12	12	1 or 2
2022	10	10	4
2021	16	13	1 or 2
2020	9	9	0
2019	12	11	0
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	11	9	3
2016	10	9	0
2015	5	5	0
2015 to 2024	107	98	12

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2010)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Lamar County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	12	12
2022	10	10
2021	16	13
2020	9	9
2019	12	11
2018	8	8
2017	11	9
2016	10	9
2015	5	5
2014	6	4
2013	10	9
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	4	3
2010	21	13
2009	11	10
2008	9	8
2007	10	9
2006	10	9
2005	13	12
2004	7	7
2003	13	13
2002	14	14
2001	11	9
2000	7	6
1999	6	5
1998	17	16
1997	9	6
1996	10	8
1995	9	9
1994	12	11
1993	11	8
1992	12	12
1991	12	10
1990	8	7
1989	6	6
1988	6	6
1987	8	8
1986	5	5
1985	12	12
1984	13	11
1983	9	9
1982	12	11
1981	7	6
1980	7	7
1979	7	6
1978	7	7
1977	4	4
1976	5	3
1975	6	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.Lamar County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lamar County	Mississippi	United States
2024	20.9	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.7	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. Lamar County had 66,914 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lamar County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 98 fatal crashes	12	98 fatal crashes	12.2%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	14	98 fatal crashes	14.3%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 77 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	77 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.5%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 107 deaths	10	107 deaths	9.3%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 107 deaths	3	107 deaths	2.8%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 107 deaths	12	107 deaths	11.2%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	68.0%	69.8%
In the darkof 98 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	98 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.9%	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.Lamar 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	3	8	1 or 2	16
Monday	3	3	1 or 2	3	11
Tuesday	3	3	6	1 or 2	14
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	4	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11
Friday	0	3	7	7	17
Saturday	6	1 or 2	5	3	16
All days	19	17	36	26	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.Lamar County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	17	17.3%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	23	23.5%	27.9%
Minor arterial	13	13.3%	22.1%
Major collector	28	28.6%	19.3%
Minor collector	10	10.2%	6.5%
Local	7	7.1%	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.Lamar County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	38
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lamar County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	72
Cloudy	14
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lamar County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lamar	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 59	Interstate	17	122
State Route 13	State highway	4	49
State Route 42	State highway	6	29
US Route 11	US highway	6	45
US Route 98	US highway	21	107

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.Lamar 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
Lamar County: 16.7

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 Lamar 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
Jefferson Davis County	Mississippi	4	54	48.1
Marion County	Mississippi	5	68	27.6
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 Lamar 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 Lamar in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 96 deaths in Lamar County from 2005 to 2014. It records 107 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lamar in 2024?

The rate of Lamar County in 2024 was 20.9 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 Lamar had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 12 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 Lamar?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.