Lincoln County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 12 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Lincoln County in 2024.

FARS records 95 deaths in 92 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 27.5 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, Lincoln County was number 26 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lincoln County fell by 14.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (111) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (95).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.5% of the fatal crashes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	12	11	3
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	9	9	1 or 2
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	12	12	3
2019	11	11	1 or 2
2018	9	9	0
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	13	13	0
2015	8	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	95	92	13

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (1995)2024: 12

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

Table 2.Lincoln County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	12	11
2023	6	6
2022	9	9
2021	10	9
2020	12	12
2019	11	11
2018	9	9
2017	5	5
2016	13	13
2015	8	7
2014	13	9
2013	11	11
2012	11	10
2011	13	12
2010	5	5
2009	10	10
2008	12	10
2007	16	13
2006	9	9
2005	11	10
2004	15	13
2003	13	13
2002	7	7
2001	14	12
2000	8	7
1999	14	14
1998	15	14
1997	9	8
1996	4	4
1995	16	14
1994	5	5
1993	6	6
1992	13	10
1991	12	10
1990	8	7
1989	9	7
1988	11	9
1987	15	13
1986	6	6
1985	15	12
1984	3	3
1983	11	6
1982	15	10
1981	12	11
1980	13	11
1979	11	9
1978	9	9
1977	5	5
1976	6	6
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.Lincoln County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lincoln County	Mississippi	United States
2024	34.3	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	27.5	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. Lincoln County had 35,005 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lincoln County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 92 fatal crashes	13	92 fatal crashes	14.1%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 92 fatal crashes	17	92 fatal crashes	18.5%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 73 occupant deaths with restraint use known	36	73 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.3%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 95 deaths	4	95 deaths	4.2%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 95 deaths	0	95 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 95 deaths	1 or 2	95 deaths	2.1%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 92 fatal crashes with the condition reported	75	92 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.5%	69.8%
In the darkof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	44	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.9%	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.Lincoln 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	7	3	3	3	16
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	10
Tuesday	0	3	3	6	12
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	8
Thursday	4	1 or 2	3	5	14
Friday	3	1 or 2	4	4	13
Saturday	7	4	6	1 or 2	19
All days	23	18	23	28	92

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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	23	25.0%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	12	13.0%	27.9%
Minor arterial	5	5.4%	22.1%
Major collector	24	26.1%	19.3%
Minor collector	16	17.4%	6.5%
Local	12	13.0%	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.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lincoln County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	8
Rain	5
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 Lincoln County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lincoln	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 55	Interstate	25	299
US Route 51	US highway	1 or 2	81
US Route 84	US highway	9	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.Lincoln 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
Lincoln County: 27.5

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 Lincoln County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Amite County	Mississippi	4	45	36.0
Copiah County	Mississippi	5	110	39.0
Franklin County	Mississippi	0	20	26.1
Jefferson County	Mississippi	1 or 2	29	40.6
Lawrence County	Mississippi	4	27	22.1
Pike County	Mississippi	18	126	31.8
Walthall County	Mississippi	6	27	19.1

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 Lincoln 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Lincoln County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/ms/lincoln/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Lincoln in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 111 deaths in Lincoln County from 2005 to 2014. It records 95 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lincoln in 2024?

The rate of Lincoln County in 2024 was 34.3 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 Lincoln had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 13 of 92 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 Lincoln?

FARS records 25 fatal crashes on Interstate 55 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on US Route 51 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 84 in the county from 2015 to 2024.