Pearl River County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 15 deaths in 13 fatal crashes in Pearl River County in 2024.

FARS records 148 deaths in 135 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.2 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, Pearl River County was number 10 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Pearl River County fell by 7.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (160) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (148).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.4% of the fatal crashes in Pearl River 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 Pearl River 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.Pearl River County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	15	13	4
2023	18	17	0
2022	13	12	1 or 2
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	18	17	1 or 2
2019	14	13	5
2018	20	15	6
2017	11	11	1 or 2
2016	12	12	5
2015	17	15	5
2015 to 2024	148	135	31

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (1998)2024: 15

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

Table 2.Pearl River County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	15	13
2023	18	17
2022	13	12
2021	10	10
2020	18	17
2019	14	13
2018	20	15
2017	11	11
2016	12	12
2015	17	15
2014	13	11
2013	13	13
2012	9	9
2011	18	17
2010	14	14
2009	15	13
2008	23	21
2007	17	16
2006	19	17
2005	19	19
2004	20	15
2003	13	8
2002	19	18
2001	7	7
2000	15	12
1999	13	11
1998	27	23
1997	18	13
1996	7	7
1995	18	16
1994	13	10
1993	20	17
1992	10	10
1991	7	5
1990	12	10
1989	12	12
1988	11	11
1987	13	12
1986	18	13
1985	5	5
1984	12	8
1983	11	11
1982	12	12
1981	10	10
1980	9	7
1979	5	4
1978	13	12
1977	9	8
1976	8	8
1975	4	4

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.Pearl River County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pearl River County	Mississippi	United States
2024	25.4	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.2	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. Pearl River County had 59,013 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pearl River County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 135 fatal crashes	31	135 fatal crashes	23.0%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 135 fatal crashes	22	135 fatal crashes	16.3%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	56	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.4%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 148 deaths	16	148 deaths	10.8%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 148 deaths	1 or 2	148 deaths	1.4%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 148 deaths	17	148 deaths	11.5%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 134 fatal crashes with the condition reported	101	134 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.4%	69.8%
In the darkof 135 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	135 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	42.2%	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.Pearl River 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	7	4	5	17
Monday	4	4	6	4	18
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	7	7	20
Wednesday	4	3	7	6	20
Thursday	3	4	5	7	19
Friday	4	1 or 2	5	9	20
Saturday	1 or 2	9	7	3	21
All days	20	33	41	41	135

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.Pearl River County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	27	20.0%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	6	4.4%	27.9%
Minor arterial	44	32.6%	22.1%
Major collector	33	24.4%	19.3%
Minor collector	9	6.7%	6.5%
Local	16	11.9%	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.Pearl River County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	74
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pearl River County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	99
Cloudy	16
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pearl River County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pearl River	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 59	Interstate	27	122
State Route 13	State highway	4	49
State Route 26	State highway	11	27
State Route 43	State highway	26	59
State Route 53	State highway	5	25
US Route 11	US highway	14	45

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.Pearl River 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
Pearl River County: 26.2

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 Pearl River County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0
Washington Parish	Louisiana	10	110	24.0
Forrest County	Mississippi	27	173	22.5
Hancock County	Mississippi	10	112	24.0
Lamar County	Mississippi	14	107	16.7
Marion County	Mississippi	5	68	27.6
Stone County	Mississippi	7	55	29.6

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 Pearl River 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 Pearl River in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 160 deaths in Pearl River County from 2005 to 2014. It records 148 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pearl River in 2024?

The rate of Pearl River County in 2024 was 25.4 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 Pearl River had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 135 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 Pearl River?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 87 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.