Washington County, Mississippi: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Washington County in 2024.

FARS records 142 deaths in 130 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 32.0 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, Washington County was number 11 of 82 counties of Mississippi.

Deaths in Washington County rose by 7.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (132) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (142).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 59.4% of the fatal crashes in Washington County with known light were in the dark, against 46.7% 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 Washington 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.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	21	6
2023	19	19	3
2022	15	14	1 or 2
2021	12	12	5
2020	15	14	0
2019	12	10	1 or 2
2018	13	12	1 or 2
2017	12	9	3
2016	12	12	1 or 2
2015	8	7	0
2015 to 2024	142	130	21

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (2024)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Washington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	21
2023	19	19
2022	15	14
2021	12	12
2020	15	14
2019	12	10
2018	13	12
2017	12	9
2016	12	12
2015	8	7
2014	10	7
2013	9	8
2012	21	16
2011	10	9
2010	14	13
2009	18	18
2008	9	8
2007	9	9
2006	18	17
2005	14	14
2004	15	14
2003	12	11
2002	21	19
2001	16	13
2000	21	21
1999	19	16
1998	22	20
1997	21	19
1996	18	15
1995	13	11
1994	20	17
1993	15	15
1992	11	11
1991	13	12
1990	17	17
1989	11	11
1988	18	18
1987	12	12
1986	17	17
1985	14	11
1984	18	17
1983	12	10
1982	21	17
1981	9	8
1980	14	13
1979	11	11
1978	11	10
1977	16	13
1976	11	9
1975	23	17

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.Washington County beside Mississippi and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington County	Mississippi	United States
2024	58.2	25.5	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	32.0	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. Washington County had 41,218 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Mississippi
A driver recorded as drinkingof 130 fatal crashes	21	130 fatal crashes	16.2%	18.5%
A speeding-related driverof 130 fatal crashes	15	130 fatal crashes	11.5%	14.8%
No restraint usedof 90 occupant deaths with restraint use known	44	90 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.9%	53.0%
Pedestriansof 142 deaths	33	142 deaths	23.2%	11.6%
Bicyclistsof 142 deaths	1 or 2	142 deaths	1.4%	1.3%
Motorcyclistsof 142 deaths	4	142 deaths	2.8%	6.7%
On a rural roadof 126 fatal crashes with the condition reported	76	126 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.3%	69.8%
In the darkof 128 fatal crashes with the condition reported	76	128 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	59.4%	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.Washington 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	21
Monday	4	4	3	4	15
Tuesday	3	4	3	5	15
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	8	5	15
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	14
Friday	5	7	5	9	26
Saturday	8	1 or 2	3	11	24
All days	34	23	29	44	130

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.Washington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Mississippi
Interstate	0	0.0%	12.3%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.8%	0.4%
Other principal arterial	76	59.8%	27.9%
Minor arterial	21	16.5%	22.1%
Major collector	11	8.7%	19.3%
Minor collector	6	4.7%	6.5%
Local	12	9.4%	11.4%
Not reported	3	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.Washington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	49
Dark, not lighted	46
Dark, lighted	28
Dawn	3
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Washington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	97
Cloudy	21
Rain	6
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Mississippi
State Route 1	State highway	18	25
State Route 12	State highway	3	55
US Route 61	US highway	18	169
US Route 82	US highway	53	137

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.Washington 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
Washington County: 32.0

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 Washington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chicot County	Arkansas	0	48	47.0
Bolivar County	Mississippi	5	77	25.1
Humphreys County	Mississippi	4	33	41.8
Issaquena County	Mississippi	1 or 2	10	76.3
Sharkey County	Mississippi	1 or 2	15	37.9
Sunflower County	Mississippi	6	63	24.9

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 Washington 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 Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 132 deaths in Washington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 142 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington County in 2024 was 58.2 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 21 of 130 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 Washington?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 92 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.