State Route 44 fatal crashes in Florida

FARS records 174 fatal crashes with 191 deaths on State Route 44 in Florida from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024 it records 22 fatal crashes with 22 deaths on the route.

By fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, State Route 44 was number 19 of the 148 routes of Florida with a page.

Fatal crashes on State Route 44 rose by 54.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (113) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (174).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 11.5% of the deaths on State Route 44 and 21.7% 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 44 in Florida by year, 2015 to 2024

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 44 in Florida: fatal crashes and deaths by year, 2000 to 2024
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths
2024	22	22
2023	16	16
2022	23	27
2021	25	27
2020	11	11
2019	18	21
2018	19	21
2017	13	13
2016	16	21
2015	11	12
2014	9	10
2013	16	17
2012	10	11
2011	8	9
2010	14	14
2009	13	16
2008	11	12
2007	11	11
2006	10	11
2005	11	13
2004	19	20
2003	9	13
2002	14	17
2001	12	14
2000	13	14

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 44: fatal crashes on the route in each county, 2015 to 2024, in name order
County	On the route	On all roads of the county
Citrus County	42	277
Lake County	36	547
Sumter County	30	218
Volusia County	66	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 44 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 174 fatal crashes	40	174 fatal crashes	23.0%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 174 fatal crashes	9	174 fatal crashes	5.2%	9.8%
Pedestriansof 191 deaths	22	191 deaths	11.5%	21.7%
Motorcyclistsof 191 deaths	45	191 deaths	23.6%	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 44 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.	29	16.7%	21.7%
6 a.m. to noon	28	16.1%	17.7%
Noon to 6 p.m.	58	33.3%	23.5%
6 p.m. to midnight	59	33.9%	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 44 fatal crashes in Florida. https://fatalroads.com/route/fl/sr-44/. 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 44 in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 113 fatal crashes on State Route 44 in Florida from 2005 to 2014. It records 174 from 2015 to 2024.

What part of the fatal crashes in Florida was on State Route 44?

174 of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida from 2015 to 2024 were on State Route 44. That is 0.6 percent.

How many fatal crashes on State Route 44 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 40 of 174 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 9 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 44 in Florida only. The route in a different state has its own page.