State Route 54 fatal crashes in Florida

FARS records 98 fatal crashes with 108 deaths on State Route 54 in Florida from 2015 to 2024.

In 2024 it records 12 fatal crashes with 13 deaths on the route.

By fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024, State Route 54 was number 28 of the 148 routes of Florida with a page.

Fatal crashes on State Route 54 rose by 19.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (82) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (98).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 29.6% of the deaths on State Route 54 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 54 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 54 in Florida: fatal crashes and deaths by year, 2000 to 2024
Year	Fatal crashes	Deaths
2024	12	13
2023	15	16
2022	10	10
2021	9	10
2020	10	12
2019	7	7
2018	10	12
2017	15	16
2016	6	6
2015	4	6
2014	11	11
2013	12	12
2012	5	8
2011	4	4
2010	7	7
2009	11	13
2008	9	11
2007	10	11
2006	8	11
2005	5	5
2004	10	10
2003	5	5
2002	8	9
2001	3	8
2000	7	7

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 54: fatal crashes on the route in each county, 2015 to 2024, in name order
County	On the route	On all roads of the county
Hardee County	1 or 2	92
Pasco County	97	929

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 54 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 98 fatal crashes	14	98 fatal crashes	14.3%	20.7%
A speeding-related driverof 98 fatal crashes	6	98 fatal crashes	6.1%	9.8%
Pedestriansof 108 deaths	17	108 deaths	15.7%	21.7%
Motorcyclistsof 108 deaths	32	108 deaths	29.6%	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 54 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.	13	13.3%	21.7%
6 a.m. to noon	20	20.4%	17.7%
Noon to 6 p.m.	22	22.4%	23.5%
6 p.m. to midnight	43	43.9%	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 54 fatal crashes in Florida. https://fatalroads.com/route/fl/sr-54/. 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 54 in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 82 fatal crashes on State Route 54 in Florida from 2005 to 2014. It records 98 from 2015 to 2024.

What part of the fatal crashes in Florida was on State Route 54?

98 of the 30,387 fatal crashes in Florida from 2015 to 2024 were on State Route 54. That is 0.3 percent.

How many fatal crashes on State Route 54 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 98 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 6 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 54 in Florida only. The route in a different state has its own page.