Lauderdale County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Lauderdale County in 2024.

FARS records 178 deaths in 163 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.1 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, Lauderdale County was number 7 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lauderdale County rose by 6.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (168) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (178).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.2% of the occupants killed in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale 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.Lauderdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	13	1 or 2
2023	20	17	4
2022	23	21	3
2021	17	16	3
2020	26	23	5
2019	22	21	1 or 2
2018	10	10	0
2017	12	10	0
2016	24	23	3
2015	10	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	178	163	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1999)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Lauderdale County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	13
2023	20	17
2022	23	21
2021	17	16
2020	26	23
2019	22	21
2018	10	10
2017	12	10
2016	24	23
2015	10	9
2014	17	17
2013	15	12
2012	15	11
2011	18	17
2010	9	7
2009	10	8
2008	18	18
2007	26	23
2006	15	14
2005	25	24
2004	20	18
2003	26	25
2002	31	26
2001	23	21
2000	31	28
1999	34	30
1998	23	22
1997	26	20
1996	23	21
1995	25	20
1994	16	14
1993	18	17
1992	17	17
1991	15	15
1990	27	25
1989	16	16
1988	23	21
1987	20	19
1986	26	22
1985	26	22
1984	27	24
1983	25	24
1982	20	19
1981	25	20
1980	14	11
1979	17	14
1978	30	25
1977	18	16
1976	12	10
1975	15	15

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.Lauderdale County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lauderdale County	Mississippi	United States
2024	19.9	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.1	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. Lauderdale County had 70,527 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lauderdale County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 163 fatal crashes	23	163 fatal crashes	14.1%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 163 fatal crashes	31	163 fatal crashes	19.0%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 130 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	130 occupant deathswith restraint use known	39.2%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 178 deaths	25	178 deaths	14.0%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 178 deaths	1 or 2	178 deaths	1.1%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 178 deaths	11	178 deaths	6.2%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 162 fatal crashes with the condition reported	91	162 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.2%	69.8%
In the darkof 163 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	163 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.7%	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.Lauderdale 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	11	8	7	4	30
Monday	1 or 2	4	8	4	17
Tuesday	3	6	5	10	24
Wednesday	1 or 2	7	4	13	26
Thursday	3	5	6	8	22
Friday	3	4	11	10	28
Saturday	5	3	3	5	16
All days	28	37	44	54	163

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.Lauderdale County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	45	27.6%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	30	18.4%	27.9%
Minor arterial	29	17.8%	22.1%
Major collector	29	17.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	13	8.0%	6.5%
Local	16	9.8%	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.Lauderdale County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark, not lighted	60
Dark, lighted	21
Dawn	3
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lauderdale County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	129
Cloudy	13
Rain	18
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 Lauderdale County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lauderdale	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 20	Interstate	31	150
Interstate 59	Interstate	14	122
State Route 19	State highway	27	50
State Route 145	State highway	3	30
US Route 11	US highway	7	45
US Route 45	US highway	10	143
US Route 80	US highway	1 or 2	68

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.Lauderdale 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
Lauderdale County: 24.1

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 Lauderdale County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Choctaw County	Alabama	6	51	40.3
Sumter County	Alabama	6	61	49.4
Clarke County	Mississippi	3	43	27.7
Kemper County	Mississippi	3	49	52.5
Newton County	Mississippi	6	52	24.5

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 Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 168 deaths in Lauderdale County from 2005 to 2014. It records 178 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lauderdale in 2024?

The rate of Lauderdale County in 2024 was 19.9 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 Lauderdale had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 163 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 Lauderdale?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 93 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.