Rankin County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Rankin County in 2024.

FARS records 193 deaths in 180 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.4 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, Rankin County was number 5 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Rankin County fell by 19.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (239) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (193).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 39.7% of the fatal crashes in Rankin 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 Rankin 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.Rankin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	28	6
2023	19	19	5
2022	23	23	4
2021	18	13	4
2020	16	15	1 or 2
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	21	19	4
2017	22	21	0
2016	19	17	3
2015	16	15	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	193	180	30

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (2005)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Rankin County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	28
2023	19	19
2022	23	23
2021	18	13
2020	16	15
2019	11	10
2018	21	19
2017	22	21
2016	19	17
2015	16	15
2014	18	16
2013	21	20
2012	22	19
2011	16	15
2010	16	14
2009	19	18
2008	29	27
2007	26	25
2006	26	23
2005	46	41
2004	30	25
2003	24	23
2002	30	24
2001	25	22
2000	31	30
1999	34	32
1998	34	29
1997	33	28
1996	20	19
1995	30	27
1994	23	19
1993	10	10
1992	20	18
1991	19	18
1990	15	14
1989	25	20
1988	24	19
1987	20	18
1986	10	10
1985	32	29
1984	14	14
1983	21	18
1982	24	22
1981	20	16
1980	14	12
1979	13	12
1978	18	17
1977	11	11
1976	8	8
1975	11	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.Rankin County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Rankin County	Mississippi	United States
2024	17.4	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.4	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. Rankin County had 160,893 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Rankin County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 180 fatal crashes	30	180 fatal crashes	16.7%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 180 fatal crashes	38	180 fatal crashes	21.1%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 148 occupant deaths with restraint use known	72	148 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.6%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 193 deaths	11	193 deaths	5.7%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 193 deaths	1 or 2	193 deaths	1.0%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 193 deaths	22	193 deaths	11.4%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 179 fatal crashes with the condition reported	71	179 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.7%	69.8%
In the darkof 180 fatal crashes with the condition reported	90	180 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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.Rankin 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	3	10	11	29
Monday	0	4	3	5	12
Tuesday	3	7	9	11	30
Wednesday	5	7	3	5	20
Thursday	3	8	7	6	24
Friday	1 or 2	6	8	16	32
Saturday	9	4	7	13	33
All days	27	39	47	67	180

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.Rankin County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	32	17.9%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	49	27.4%	27.9%
Minor arterial	30	16.8%	22.1%
Major collector	30	16.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	15	8.4%	6.5%
Local	22	12.3%	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.Rankin County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	86
Dark, not lighted	65
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Rankin County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	139
Cloudy	23
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Rankin County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Rankin	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 20	Interstate	27	150
Interstate 55	Interstate	5	299
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	49
State Route 18	State highway	9	62
State Route 25	State highway	9	79
State Route 43	State highway	4	59
US Route 49	US highway	20	277
US Route 80	US highway	10	68

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.Rankin 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
Rankin County: 12.4

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 Rankin County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hinds County	Mississippi	59	529	23.1
Madison County	Mississippi	13	140	12.9
Scott County	Mississippi	7	119	42.4
Simpson County	Mississippi	4	70	26.6
Smith County	Mississippi	4	35	23.3

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 Rankin 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 Rankin in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 239 deaths in Rankin County from 2005 to 2014. It records 193 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Rankin in 2024?

The rate of Rankin County in 2024 was 17.4 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 Rankin had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 30 of 180 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 Rankin?

8 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 86 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.