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State Route 20

Fatal crashes 2015–2024 128Deaths 144Counties 10Latest 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.

State Route 20 in Florida was the trafficway in 128 fatal crashes between 2015 and 2024, in which 144 people died.

That is 0.4% of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida over the same years. The ten-year crash count rose 54% from 83 in 2005–2014 to 128 in 2015–2024.

The crashes were concentrated in Putnam County (33), Alachua County (20) and Calhoun County (18) and 7 other counties.

22.7% of the crashes had a driver reported as drinking (Florida: 20.7%) and 6.3% had a speeding-related driver (9.8%); pedestrians were 14.6% and motorcyclists 16.7% of those killed.

128fatal crashes, 2015–2024+54% vs 2005–2014
144people killed1.1 per fatal crash
23%with a drinking driverFlorida: 21%
6%speeding-relatedFlorida: 10%

Fatal crashes per year

010202000200520102015202020242000: 8 crashes2001: 11 crashes2002: 14 crashes2003: 11 crashes2004: 9 crashes2005: 11 crashes2006: 12 crashes2007: 8 crashes2008: 7 crashes2009: 3 crashes2010: 8 crashes2011: 11 crashes2012: 8 crashes2013: 8 crashes2014: 7 crashes2015: 3 crashes2016: 10 crashes2017: 11 crashes2018: 18 crashes2019: 13 crashes2020: 12 crashes2021: 20 crashes2022: 14 crashes2023: 16 crashes2024: 11 crashes
Fatal crashes on State Route 20 (FL) by year, 2000–2024. Latest point: 2024, 11 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

MeasureState Route 20Florida
Fatal crashes, 2015–202412830,387
Deaths, 2015–202414432,681
Deaths per fatal crash1.11.1
Share of state fatal crashes0.4%100%
Change vs previous ten years+54%+19%

Factor shares

Alcoholcrashes with a driver reported as drinking22.7%
Speedingcrashes with a speeding-related driver6.3%
Pedestriansshare of people killed14.6%
Motorcyclistsshare of people killed16.7%
Night (6pm–6am)share of crashes50%

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 SR-20Share of routeCounty total, all roads
1Putnam County3326%252
2Alachua County2016%476
3Calhoun County1814%43
4Walton County1411%209
5Leon County129%336
6Okaloosa County119%289
7Bay County75%321
8Liberty County65%15
9Washington County54%68
10Flagler County22%182

Hour of day

12am2.3%
1am3.1%
2am1.6%
3am3.9%
4am1.6%
5am4.7%
6am3.9%
7am6.3%
8am0.8%
9am1.6%
10am2.3%
11am3.9%
12pm3.9%
1pm3.9%
2pm3.9%
3pm3.9%
4pm9.4%
5pm6.3%
6pm5.5%
7pm7%
8pm8.6%
9pm5.5%
10pm4.7%
11pm1.6%

Share of fatal crashes on State Route 20 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 State Route 20 in Florida?

128 fatal crashes with 144 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 State Route 20 had the most fatal crashes?

Putnam County (33), Alachua County (20), Calhoun County (18), Walton County (14) and Leon County (12).

What share of crashes on State Route 20 involved alcohol or speeding?

22.7% had a driver reported as drinking and 6.3% a speeding-related driver, against 20.7% and 9.8% for all fatal crashes in Florida.

When do fatal crashes happen on State Route 20?

50.0% 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.