Lowndes County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Lowndes County in 2024.

FARS records 102 deaths in 96 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.4 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, Lowndes County was number 22 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Lowndes County rose by 20.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (85) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (102).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.6% of the fatal crashes in Lowndes County with known light were in the dark, against 46.7% 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 Lowndes 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.Lowndes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	4
2023	12	11	1 or 2
2022	13	11	1 or 2
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	8	8	1 or 2
2018	14	11	1 or 2
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	7	7	0
2015	7	7	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	102	96	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1997)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Lowndes County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	12	11
2022	13	11
2021	8	8
2020	8	8
2019	8	8
2018	14	11
2017	11	11
2016	7	7
2015	7	7
2014	13	10
2013	9	8
2012	8	7
2011	6	5
2010	8	8
2009	9	9
2008	7	7
2007	10	10
2006	7	7
2005	8	7
2004	7	6
2003	15	14
2002	8	8
2001	10	8
2000	10	10
1999	16	15
1998	10	10
1997	25	18
1996	11	11
1995	10	10
1994	10	9
1993	18	15
1992	17	13
1991	21	14
1990	17	16
1989	20	17
1988	12	12
1987	10	9
1986	14	13
1985	16	13
1984	15	12
1983	12	12
1982	14	9
1981	22	19
1980	23	20
1979	16	12
1978	7	7
1977	12	10
1976	7	7
1975	13	11

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.Lowndes County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lowndes County	Mississippi	United States
2024	24.5	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.4	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. Lowndes County had 57,210 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lowndes County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 96 fatal crashes	14	96 fatal crashes	14.6%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 96 fatal crashes	13	96 fatal crashes	13.5%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 72 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	72 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.6%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 102 deaths	6	102 deaths	5.9%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 102 deaths	1 or 2	102 deaths	2.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 102 deaths	12	102 deaths	11.8%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	65.3%	69.8%
In the darkof 96 fatal crashes with the condition reported	39	96 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	40.6%	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.Lowndes 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	5	1 or 2	4	18
Monday	1 or 2	6	6	1 or 2	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	6	8	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	4	13
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	10
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Saturday	1 or 2	4	4	6	16
All days	15	25	25	31	96

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.Lowndes 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	1 or 2	2.1%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	35	36.5%	27.9%
Minor arterial	23	24.0%	22.1%
Major collector	16	16.7%	19.3%
Minor collector	9	9.4%	6.5%
Local	11	11.5%	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.Lowndes County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	46
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	4
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lowndes County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	83
Cloudy	7
Rain	5
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lowndes County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lowndes	In all of Mississippi
State Route 12	State highway	11	55
US Route 45	US highway	19	143
US Route 82	US highway	17	137

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.Lowndes 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
Lowndes County: 17.4

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 Lowndes County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lamar County	Alabama	4	38	27.6
Pickens County	Alabama	7	46	23.6
Clay County	Mississippi	4	36	18.9
Monroe County	Mississippi	7	90	25.9
Noxubee County	Mississippi	8	41	39.5
Oktibbeha County	Mississippi	13	82	16.2

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 Lowndes 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 Lowndes in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 85 deaths in Lowndes County from 2005 to 2014. It records 102 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lowndes in 2024?

The rate of Lowndes County in 2024 was 24.5 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 Lowndes had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 96 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 Lowndes?

FARS records 11 fatal crashes on State Route 12 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 19 fatal crashes on US Route 45 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 17 fatal crashes on US Route 82 in the county from 2015 to 2024.