State Route 40 fatal crashes in Florida

FARS records 115 fatal crashes with 138 deaths on State Route 40 in Florida from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024 it records 13 fatal crashes with 25 deaths on the route.

By fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, State Route 40 was number 24 of the 148 routes of Florida with a page.

Fatal crashes on State Route 40 rose by 18.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (97) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (115).

In Florida they rose by 18.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 23.2% of the deaths on State Route 40 and 19.0% in Florida.

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.Fatal crashes on State Route 40 in Florida by year, 2015 to 2024

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Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this route has a change on record.

Fatal crashes by year

Table 1.State Route 40 in Florida: fatal crashes and deaths by year, 2000 to 2024
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths
2024	13	25
2023	8	9
2022	11	13
2021	15	16
2020	9	11
2019	21	24
2018	12	14
2017	11	11
2016	1 or 2	1 or 2
2015	13	13
2014	8	10
2013	6	6
2012	7	9
2011	14	15
2010	6	7
2009	10	10
2008	10	10
2007	10	10
2006	11	13
2005	15	19
2004	15	17
2003	14	18
2002	9	13
2001	10	10
2000	6	6

Note: the route is the trafficway that FARS records for the crash. The records of routes start in 2000. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2".

Counties on the route

Table 2.State Route 40: fatal crashes on the route in each county, 2015 to 2024, in name order
County	On the route	On all roads of the county
Lake County	6	547
Levy County	1 or 2	168
Marion County	70	840
Volusia County	38	1,127

Note: the table has the counties where FARS records a fatal crash on the route in these years.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 3.State Route 40 in Florida: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share on all roads of Florida
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	27	115 fatal crashes	23.5%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	8	115 fatal crashes	7.0%	9.8%
Pedestriansof 138 deaths	25	138 deaths	18.1%	21.7%
Motorcyclistsof 138 deaths	32	138 deaths	23.2%	19.0%

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. One crash can be in two 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.

Time of day

Table 4.State Route 40 in Florida: fatal crashes by time of day, 2015 to 2024
Time of day	Fatal crashes	Share	Share on all roads of Florida
Midnight to 6 a.m.	16	13.9%	21.7%
6 a.m. to noon	16	13.9%	17.7%
Noon to 6 p.m.	39	33.9%	23.5%
6 p.m. to midnight	44	38.3%	37.0%

Note: the table has the fatal crashes with a known hour.

Routes in the same counties

These routes of Florida have a fatal crash on record in one or more of the same counties. The list is for navigation. The number is the fatal crashes on the route from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Florida

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.
Florida State Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Florida.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. State Route 40 fatal crashes in Florida. https://fatalroads.com/route/fl/sr-40/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 2000 to 2024. A route page is built for a signed Interstate, US or state route with 20 or more fatal crashes in a state in ten years. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on State Route 40 in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 97 fatal crashes on State Route 40 in Florida from 2005 to 2014. It records 115 from 2015 to 2024.

What part of the fatal crashes in Florida was on State Route 40?

115 of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida from 2015 to 2024 were on State Route 40. That is 0.4 percent.

How many fatal crashes on State Route 40 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 27 of 115 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 8 of them.

Does this page count the same route number in a different state?

No. This page counts the fatal crashes that FARS records on State Route 40 in Florida only. The route in a different state has its own page.