Panola County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 13 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Panola County in 2024.

FARS records 135 deaths in 116 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 40.3 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, Panola County was number 14 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Panola County fell by 14.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (157) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (135).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.9% of the fatal crashes in Panola 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 Panola 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.Panola County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	13	10	1 or 2
2023	18	14	3
2022	10	10	1 or 2
2021	11	11	4
2020	13	11	1 or 2
2019	13	12	4
2018	14	13	4
2017	21	15	4
2016	12	11	1 or 2
2015	10	9	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	135	116	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 29 (2005)2024: 13

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

Table 2.Panola County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	13	10
2023	18	14
2022	10	10
2021	11	11
2020	13	11
2019	13	12
2018	14	13
2017	21	15
2016	12	11
2015	10	9
2014	11	11
2013	15	14
2012	8	8
2011	19	18
2010	13	13
2009	17	17
2008	18	16
2007	15	13
2006	12	12
2005	29	23
2004	24	21
2003	12	11
2002	16	16
2001	12	11
2000	18	14
1999	21	18
1998	18	17
1997	16	16
1996	19	17
1995	18	13
1994	10	7
1993	10	10
1992	13	11
1991	10	10
1990	7	6
1989	10	10
1988	11	9
1987	12	11
1986	24	18
1985	4	4
1984	7	6
1983	12	9
1982	10	8
1981	15	13
1980	8	7
1979	10	8
1978	6	6
1977	9	9
1976	6	6
1975	11	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.Panola County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Panola County	Mississippi	United States
2024	39.7	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	40.3	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. Panola County had 32,719 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Panola County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 116 fatal crashes	26	116 fatal crashes	22.4%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 116 fatal crashes	18	116 fatal crashes	15.5%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 111 occupant deaths with restraint use known	54	111 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.6%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 135 deaths	7	135 deaths	5.2%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 135 deaths	1 or 2	135 deaths	0.7%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 135 deaths	7	135 deaths	5.2%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.9%	69.8%
In the darkof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.2%	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.Panola 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	12	4	4	8	28
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	0	4	4	5	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	4	14
Friday	1 or 2	9	8	4	22
Saturday	5	4	5	5	19
All days	21	27	38	29	115

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.Panola County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	26	22.6%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	17	14.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	26	22.6%	22.1%
Major collector	32	27.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	9	7.8%	6.5%
Local	5	4.3%	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.Panola County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	60
Dark, not lighted	44
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Panola County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	93
Cloudy	11
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Panola County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Panola	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 55	Interstate	26	299
State Route 35	State highway	5	71
State Route 315	State highway	14	21
US Route 51	US highway	13	81
US Route 278	US highway	13	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.Panola 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
Panola County: 40.3

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 Panola County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lafayette County	Mississippi	13	103	18.4
Quitman County	Mississippi	3	31	47.8
Tallahatchie County	Mississippi	6	35	26.9
Tate County	Mississippi	9	97	34.2
Tunica County	Mississippi	6	56	57.6
Yalobusha County	Mississippi	7	46	37.1

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 Panola 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 Panola in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 157 deaths in Panola County from 2005 to 2014. It records 135 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Panola in 2024?

The rate of Panola County in 2024 was 39.7 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 Panola had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 116 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 Panola?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 71 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.