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Fatal crashes 2015–2024 342Deaths 368Counties 7Latest data year 2024

FARS data are based on police crash reports and other sources; the drunk-driving measure is based on the highest BAC of any driver in the crash. Latest data year: 2024. The route is the trafficway recorded for each crash (FARS TWAY_ID); the same route number in another state has its own page.

Interstate 4 in Florida was the trafficway in 342 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 368 people died.

That is 1.1% of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida over the same years. The ten-year crash count was about level between 2005–2014 (346) and 2015–2024 (342).

The crashes were concentrated in Hillsborough County (77), Orange County (70) and Polk County (68) and 4 other counties.

28.9% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Florida: 20.7%) and 7.9% had a speeding-related driver (9.8%); pedestrians were 13.9% and motorcyclists 15.2% of those killed.

342fatal crashes, 2015–2024-1% vs 2005–2014
368people killed1.1 per fatal crash
29%with a drinking driverFlorida: 21%
8%speeding-relatedFlorida: 10%

Fatal crashes per year

027542000200520102015202020242000: 26 crashes2001: 38 crashes2002: 54 crashes2003: 33 crashes2004: 40 crashes2005: 49 crashes2006: 38 crashes2007: 41 crashes2008: 41 crashes2009: 28 crashes2010: 20 crashes2011: 33 crashes2012: 35 crashes2013: 34 crashes2014: 27 crashes2015: 29 crashes2016: 33 crashes2017: 29 crashes2018: 38 crashes2019: 36 crashes2020: 33 crashes2021: 48 crashes2022: 43 crashes2023: 30 crashes2024: 23 crashes
Fatal crashes on Interstate 4 (FL) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 23 crashes.

Route identification in FARS is consistent from 2000; earlier years are not shown. Shaded band: the ten-year window used for the shares below.

Compared with all fatal crashes in Florida

MeasureInterstate 4Florida
Fatal crashes, 2015–202434230,387
Deaths, 2015–202436832,681
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Share of state fatal crashes1.1%100%
Change vs previous ten years-1%+19%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking28.9%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver7.9%
Pedestriansshare of people killed13.9%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed15.2%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes66.7%

tick marks the Florida share. Bars are shares of fatal crashes (alcohol, speeding, darkness, rural) or of people killed (pedestrians, motorcyclists, unrestrained occupants) over the ten-year window.

Counties along the route

#CountyFatal crashes on I-4Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Hillsborough County7723%1,993
2Orange County7020%1,685
3Polk County6820%1,217
4Volusia County6318%1,127
5Seminole County3711%391
6Osceola County268%561
7Broward County10%2,318

Hour of day

12am9.6%
1am6.4%
2am6.1%
3am6.1%
4am5%
5am3.8%
6am5.8%
7am1.8%
8am0.9%
9am3.2%
10am3.5%
11am2.3%
12pm2.3%
1pm3.5%
2pm2.3%
3pm4.4%
4pm2%
5pm1.2%
6pm2.6%
7pm6.1%
8pm5.6%
9pm4.4%
10pm5.6%
11pm5.3%

Share of fatal crashes on Interstate 4 beginning in each hour, 2015–2024; tick marks the Florida share for all roads.

Other routes in Florida

All routes and counties in Florida

Questions and answers

How many fatal crashes have there been on Interstate 4 in Florida?

342 fatal crashes with 368 deaths over 2015–2024, per NHTSA's FARS. The route is the trafficway recorded for the crash; the same numbered route in another state has its own page.

Which counties along Interstate 4 had the most fatal crashes?

Hillsborough County (77), Orange County (70), Polk County (68), Volusia County (63) and Seminole County (37).

What share of crashes on Interstate 4 involved alcohol or speeding?

28.9% had a driver reported as drinking and 7.9% a speeding-related driver, against 20.7% and 9.8% for all fatal crashes in Florida.

When do fatal crashes happen on Interstate 4?

66.7% of the crashes were between 6pm and 6am. The hour chart on this page shows the full distribution.

Provenance

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System, annual national CSV files 2000–2024 (accident, vehicle and person tables), public domain. Route pages are built for signed Interstate, US and state routes with at least 20 fatal crashes in 2015–2024. Data through 31 Dec 2024; generated 30 Sep 2026. See methodology and corrections.