Pike County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 18 deaths in 16 fatal crashes in Pike County in 2024.

FARS records 126 deaths in 114 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 31.8 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, Pike County was number 15 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Pike County rose by 38.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (91) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (126).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 25.4% of fatal crashes in Pike County and 18.5% 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 Pike 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.Pike County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	18	16	6
2023	6	6	1 or 2
2022	15	14	3
2021	10	9	1 or 2
2020	14	13	5
2019	11	11	4
2018	4	3	1 or 2
2017	20	18	1 or 2
2016	13	12	1 or 2
2015	15	12	5
2015 to 2024	126	114	29

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 30 (1993)2024: 18

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

Table 2.Pike County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	18	16
2023	6	6
2022	15	14
2021	10	9
2020	14	13
2019	11	11
2018	4	3
2017	20	18
2016	13	12
2015	15	12
2014	11	11
2013	9	7
2012	6	6
2011	15	11
2010	11	9
2009	8	5
2008	10	10
2007	6	6
2006	9	9
2005	6	5
2004	13	11
2003	19	18
2002	13	12
2001	14	12
2000	12	11
1999	17	12
1998	15	14
1997	12	10
1996	11	8
1995	13	12
1994	6	6
1993	30	21
1992	16	16
1991	8	6
1990	9	7
1989	14	12
1988	5	5
1987	10	9
1986	8	8
1985	13	12
1984	12	12
1983	16	15
1982	10	8
1981	9	7
1980	14	13
1979	15	13
1978	5	5
1977	6	5
1976	13	12
1975	8	7

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.Pike County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pike County	Mississippi	United States
2024	46.2	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	31.8	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. Pike County had 38,999 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pike County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 114 fatal crashes	29	114 fatal crashes	25.4%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 114 fatal crashes	17	114 fatal crashes	14.9%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	50	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.9%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 126 deaths	18	126 deaths	14.3%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 126 deaths	1 or 2	126 deaths	1.6%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 126 deaths	8	126 deaths	6.3%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 113 fatal crashes with the condition reported	80	113 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.8%	69.8%
In the darkof 111 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	111 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.9%	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.Pike 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	5	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	14
Monday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7	14
Tuesday	4	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	16
Wednesday	0	5	6	5	16
Thursday	0	1 or 2	5	5	12
Friday	4	4	1 or 2	8	18
Saturday	8	3	8	5	24
All days	22	22	36	34	114

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.Pike County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	23	20.2%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	26	22.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	11	9.6%	22.1%
Major collector	26	22.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	11	9.6%	6.5%
Local	17	14.9%	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.Pike County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	53
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Pike County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	84
Cloudy	16
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pike County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pike	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 55	Interstate	23	299
State Route 24	State highway	3	21
US Route 51	US highway	9	81
US Route 98	US highway	19	107

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.Pike 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
Pike County: 31.8

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 Pike County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Tangipahoa Parish	Louisiana	30	319	23.7
Washington Parish	Louisiana	10	110	24.0
Amite County	Mississippi	4	45	36.0
Lincoln County	Mississippi	12	95	27.5
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 Pike 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 Pike in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 91 deaths in Pike County from 2005 to 2014. It records 126 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pike in 2024?

The rate of Pike County in 2024 was 46.2 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 Pike had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 29 of 114 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 Pike?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.