Neshoba County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Neshoba County in 2024.

FARS records 102 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 35.0 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, Neshoba County was number 22 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Neshoba County fell by 1.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (104) 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, 39.3% of the fatal crashes in Neshoba 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 Neshoba 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.Neshoba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	9	8	1 or 2
2022	3	3	0
2021	17	15	3
2020	8	8	1 or 2
2019	7	7	1 or 2
2018	17	13	3
2017	12	9	1 or 2
2016	14	13	1 or 2
2015	8	7	3
2015 to 2024	102	90	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1995)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Neshoba County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	9	8
2022	3	3
2021	17	15
2020	8	8
2019	7	7
2018	17	13
2017	12	9
2016	14	13
2015	8	7
2014	1 or 2	1 or 2
2013	4	4
2012	11	6
2011	15	13
2010	11	10
2009	10	8
2008	8	8
2007	14	14
2006	21	18
2005	8	7
2004	13	8
2003	12	12
2002	4	4
2001	12	11
2000	12	12
1999	8	8
1998	15	14
1997	8	8
1996	15	12
1995	25	17
1994	9	8
1993	5	5
1992	8	7
1991	4	4
1990	3	3
1989	5	5
1988	7	7
1987	8	6
1986	10	6
1985	1 or 2	1 or 2
1984	5	1 or 2
1983	12	7
1982	8	8
1981	7	6
1980	7	6
1979	11	10
1978	11	7
1977	10	9
1976	8	6
1975	13	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.Neshoba County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Neshoba County	Mississippi	United States
2024	24.3	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	35.0	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. Neshoba County had 28,817 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Neshoba County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	17	90 fatal crashes	18.9%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	7	90 fatal crashes	7.8%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 86 occupant deaths with restraint use known	48	86 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.8%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 102 deaths	9	102 deaths	8.8%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 102 deaths	0	102 deaths	0.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 102 deaths	3	102 deaths	2.9%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 90 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	90 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.6%	69.8%
In the darkof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	89 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.3%	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.Neshoba 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	11
Monday	1 or 2	3	4	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	3	6	9	1 or 2	19
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	7	1 or 2	16
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8	12
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	9
Saturday	6	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	13
All days	18	21	32	19	90

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.Neshoba 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	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	4	4.5%	27.9%
Minor arterial	56	62.9%	22.1%
Major collector	19	21.3%	19.3%
Minor collector	3	3.4%	6.5%
Local	7	7.9%	11.4%
Not reported	1 or 2	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.Neshoba County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	51
Dark, not lighted	29
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Neshoba County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	61
Cloudy	14
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Neshoba County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Neshoba	In all of Mississippi
State Route 15	State highway	14	101
State Route 16	State highway	18	67
State Route 19	State highway	16	50
State Route 21	State highway	10	24

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.Neshoba 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
Neshoba County: 35.0

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 Neshoba County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Kemper County	Mississippi	3	49	52.5
Leake County	Mississippi	10	77	34.9
Newton County	Mississippi	6	52	24.5
Winston County	Mississippi	11	44	24.6

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 Neshoba 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 Neshoba in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 104 deaths in Neshoba County from 2005 to 2014. It records 102 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Neshoba in 2024?

The rate of Neshoba County in 2024 was 24.3 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 Neshoba had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 90 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 Neshoba?

4 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.