Scott County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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

FARS records 119 deaths in 111 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 42.4 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, Scott County was number 16 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Scott County rose by 4.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (119).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 86.4% of the fatal crashes in Scott 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 Scott 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.Scott 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	18	17	4
2022	13	13	4
2021	18	16	4
2020	15	14	1 or 2
2019	10	9	0
2018	7	6	1 or 2
2017	15	14	0
2016	8	7	0
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	119	111	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 23 (2008)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Scott County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	18	17
2022	13	13
2021	18	16
2020	15	14
2019	10	9
2018	7	6
2017	15	14
2016	8	7
2015	8	8
2014	9	8
2013	10	8
2012	8	8
2011	3	3
2010	11	9
2009	11	7
2008	23	18
2007	11	10
2006	17	16
2005	11	9
2004	15	15
2003	13	12
2002	18	16
2001	17	15
2000	13	13
1999	18	15
1998	13	12
1997	12	10
1996	14	12
1995	17	10
1994	20	14
1993	13	10
1992	12	12
1991	7	7
1990	11	11
1989	14	12
1988	8	7
1987	9	9
1986	17	16
1985	11	7
1984	8	6
1983	7	5
1982	5	5
1981	6	6
1980	12	11
1979	9	8
1978	12	8
1977	12	9
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	5	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.Scott County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Scott County	Mississippi	United States
2024	25.1	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	42.4	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. Scott County had 27,920 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Scott County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 111 fatal crashes	17	111 fatal crashes	15.3%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 111 fatal crashes	17	111 fatal crashes	15.3%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 80 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	80 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.8%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 119 deaths	10	119 deaths	8.4%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 119 deaths	3	119 deaths	2.5%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 119 deaths	7	119 deaths	5.9%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	95	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	86.4%	69.8%
In the darkof 110 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	110 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	38.2%	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.Scott 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	6	4	18
Monday	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	3	11
Tuesday	0	1 or 2	10	1 or 2	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	5	8	18
Thursday	3	5	8	6	22
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	8	17
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	12
All days	15	20	40	36	111

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.Scott County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	26	23.9%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	3	2.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	36	33.0%	22.1%
Major collector	27	24.8%	19.3%
Minor collector	3	2.8%	6.5%
Local	14	12.8%	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.Scott County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Scott County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	81
Cloudy	7
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Scott County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Scott	In all of Mississippi
Interstate 20	Interstate	26	150
State Route 13	State highway	7	49
State Route 21	State highway	10	24
State Route 25	State highway	1 or 2	79
State Route 35	State highway	16	71
US Route 80	US highway	8	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.Scott 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
Scott County: 42.4

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 Scott County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Leake County	Mississippi	10	77	34.9
Madison County	Mississippi	13	140	12.9
Newton County	Mississippi	6	52	24.5
Rankin County	Mississippi	28	193	12.4
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 Scott 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 Scott in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Scott County from 2005 to 2014. It records 119 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Scott in 2024?

The rate of Scott County in 2024 was 25.1 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 Scott had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 111 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 Scott?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 69 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.