Lee County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Lee County in 2024.

FARS records 180 deaths in 165 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.4 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, Lee County was number 6 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lee County rose by 1.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (177) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (180).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.2% of the fatal crashes in Lee 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 Lee 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.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	14	4
2023	15	15	3
2022	13	13	1 or 2
2021	25	23	5
2020	23	22	1 or 2
2019	14	13	4
2018	18	17	1 or 2
2017	23	18	1 or 2
2016	19	17	1 or 2
2015	14	13	4
2015 to 2024	180	165	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (1993)2024: 16

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

Table 2.Lee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	14
2023	15	15
2022	13	13
2021	25	23
2020	23	22
2019	14	13
2018	18	17
2017	23	18
2016	19	17
2015	14	13
2014	20	20
2013	19	16
2012	15	12
2011	17	16
2010	10	10
2009	10	9
2008	23	22
2007	25	22
2006	21	18
2005	17	17
2004	17	13
2003	22	21
2002	19	16
2001	12	12
2000	22	20
1999	27	25
1998	24	22
1997	17	15
1996	22	17
1995	20	14
1994	25	22
1993	32	24
1992	16	15
1991	16	12
1990	17	17
1989	20	14
1988	22	21
1987	20	18
1986	13	12
1985	13	12
1984	17	15
1983	18	16
1982	22	17
1981	15	13
1980	18	14
1979	17	13
1978	17	15
1977	22	19
1976	15	13
1975	12	10

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.Lee County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lee County	Mississippi	United States
2024	19.2	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.4	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. Lee County had 83,329 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 165 fatal crashes	29	165 fatal crashes	17.6%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 165 fatal crashes	21	165 fatal crashes	12.7%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 125 occupant deaths with restraint use known	69	125 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.2%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 180 deaths	24	180 deaths	13.3%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 180 deaths	1 or 2	180 deaths	1.1%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 180 deaths	13	180 deaths	7.2%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	97	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.2%	69.8%
In the darkof 161 fatal crashes with the condition reported	79	161 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.1%	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.Lee 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	10	1 or 2	4	4	19
Monday	1 or 2	7	10	4	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	5	8	1 or 2	17
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	11	9	26
Thursday	4	6	6	7	23
Friday	1 or 2	5	9	13	29
Saturday	4	4	4	15	27
All days	25	33	52	54	164

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.Lee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	8	4.9%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	4	2.5%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	38	23.5%	27.9%
Minor arterial	28	17.3%	22.1%
Major collector	35	21.6%	19.3%
Minor collector	16	9.9%	6.5%
Local	33	20.4%	11.4%
Not reported	3	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.Lee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	78
Dark, not lighted	57
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Lee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	131
Cloudy	11
Rain	11
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lee	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 22	Interstate	8	52
State Route 145	State highway	17	30
State Route 178	State highway	7	31
US Route 45	US highway	23	143
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	36
US Route 278	US highway	1 or 2	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.Lee 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
Lee County: 21.4

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 Lee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chickasaw County	Mississippi	7	54	31.7
Itawamba County	Mississippi	5	66	27.8
Monroe County	Mississippi	7	90	25.9
Pontotoc County	Mississippi	7	88	27.8
Prentiss County	Mississippi	8	62	24.6
Union County	Mississippi	5	70	24.7

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 Lee 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 Lee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 177 deaths in Lee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 180 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lee in 2024?

The rate of Lee County in 2024 was 19.2 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 Lee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 165 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 Lee?

6 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.